Re: [RE-wrenches] Source for Filon

[William Dorsett]

Jeremy, can you use Kalwall? If so then it's available (8', 10' and 25'
rolls of either 48" or 49.5") from Solar Components Inc.
(http://www.solar-components.com/sun.htm). We used them interchangably

 

Bill Dorsett

Sunwrights

Manhattan, KS

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Inc.
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To: RE-wrenches
Subject: [RE-wrenches] Source for Filon

 

Anyone know of a source for Filon, our supplier is out of business.  Trying
to re-glaze a panel.

 

 

All Solar, Inc.
Jeremy and Amy Rodriguez
1463 M St
Penrose, CO 81240
www.asolarelectric.com
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[RE-wrenches] Update on Solarworld (plant closing, not tariff issue)

[Allan Sindelar]

  
  
In response to my question to a distributor:

   Original Message 
  
Hi Allan,

See response from my sales person over at Solarworld.
http://www.solarworld-usa.com/news-and-resources/news/federal-trade-dislocation-benefits.aspx
  
They

are idling the crystal growing and wafering divisions in
Hillsboro.  We are going to do all global Crystal growth and
wafering in Germany.  We will still be doing all the cell
processing in Hilsboro as well as module assembly.  Many of
our the workers that were let go were temporary.  Most of
the permanent workers are being transitioned into the
moduling and cell lines of the facility.  There are still
around 700 employees in the US between the Oregon facility
and our sales and marketing arm. 

Let
me know if your customer has any other questions.
John
  

On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 2:59 PM, Allan
  Sindelar 
  wrote:
  

  
Dan,
  I understand that Solarworld is closing its Oregon
  manufacturing plant. Please update me/us on the future
  of Solarworld in the US.
  Thanks, Allan
  
  

  Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified PV
  Installation Professional 
  NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
  New Mexico EE98J Journeyman Electrician
  Founder and Chief Technology Officer
  Positive Energy, Inc., a Certified B CorporationTM
  3209 Richards Lane
  Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507
  505
  424-1112 office 780-2738 cell
  www.positiveenergysolar.com

  

  

  

  

  

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[RE-wrenches] Sunny Island question

[Allan Sindelar]

  
  
Will the Sunny Island mate up with these Sunny Boys that have the
limited backup capability during an outage, as they will with
standard Sunny Boys?
Thank you, Allan

--- Original Message 

  

  Subject: 
  Re: [RE-wrenches] SMA Secure Power Supply


  Date: 
  Tue, 23 Jul 2013 23:16:23 -0600


  From: 
  Orion Thornton 


  Reply-To:
  
  RE-wrenches 


  To: 
  'RE-wrenches' 

  


Hi Carl and All,

This spring we had the opportunity to install a 5000-TLUS inverter for a
client, as a pre-release version.  The inverter was commissioned on April
1st and has produced about 2.7 MWhs thus far.  As mentioned, the secure
power supply (SPS) requires a dedicated outlet with a switch to control its
operation.   For this installation we installed the SPS in the mechanical
room, which is about 50 ft from where the inverter is located.  We chose the
mechanical room because it is centrally located within the floor plan of the
home, making it easily accessible to plug in emergency type loads, i.e. cell
phone chargers, laptops, lamps, etc.. It is also very close to the fridge,
which we plugged in with a short extension cord and tested its operation in
the "stand-alone" mode (which is what the inverter display when the grid is
down and the SPS in activated).  The inverter had no problem powering the
fridge.  The inverter display showed about 900 watts bypassed from the solar
array to the SPS when the fridge cycled onI must say it was a very cool
feeling seeing this happen.

As far as the inverter itself goes, I only have a few minor complaints.
Like the old SMA 1800U and 2500U, the conduit knockouts on the bottom of the
inverter are at a slight angle, which means you must put a slight bend in
your conduit.  This is obviously a bit annoying and I can only guess it has
something to do with the plug and play nature of non-U.S. installation
techniques.  The TLUS inverters are also lacking Bluetooth communication,
unlike their HFUS counterparts. I think this is a nice feature of the HFUS
inverters and wish it was integrated into the TL's.  

With no real difference in cost compared to traditional grid-direct
inverters, I see no reason not to specify the TL, especially for someone who
has a desire for "limited" power supply during a grid outage.   They can
always add a Sunny Island later on, if a more robust backup system is
needed.  

I hope this helps.

Orion Thornton
Onsite Energy 
NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer

-Original Message-
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[mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Jesse Dahl
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 4:11 PM
To: wire...@gmail.com; RE-wrenches
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] SMA Secure Power Supply

I know the MREA in WI has one installed on site, but not sure who installed
it. 

Do they have a representative on the list?

Jesse  

Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 22, 2013, at 6:18 PM, wire...@gmail.com wrote:

> If we have another long outage here in CT and we seem to have one every
year now, I don't want to have to explain to my customers why I didn't use
this inverter. 
-- 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Allan Sindelar
  al...@positiveenergysolar.com
  NABCEP Certified PV
Installation Professional 
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
New Mexico EE98J Journeyman Electrician
Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Positive Energy, Inc., a Certified B CorporationTM
3209 Richards Lane
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507
505 424-1112 office 780-2738 cell
www.positiveenergysolar.com
 
  

  

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Re: [RE-wrenches] Sunny Island question

[Dave Click]

Allan- SMA tech support confirmed with me yesterday that the 3/4/5 kW TL 
units are compatible with the SMA frequency shifting.


On 2013/8/2 16:34, Allan Sindelar wrote:

Will the Sunny Island mate up with these Sunny Boys that have the
limited backup capability during an outage, as they will with standard
Sunny Boys?
Thank you, Allan

--- Original Message 
Subject:Re: [RE-wrenches] SMA Secure Power Supply
Date:   Tue, 23 Jul 2013 23:16:23 -0600
From:   Orion Thornton 
Reply-To:   RE-wrenches 
To: 'RE-wrenches' 


Hi Carl and All,

This spring we had the opportunity to install a 5000-TLUS inverter for a
client, as a pre-release version.  The inverter was commissioned on April
1st and has produced about 2.7 MWhs thus far.  As mentioned, the secure
power supply (SPS) requires a dedicated outlet with a switch to control its
operation.   For this installation we installed the SPS in the mechanical
room, which is about 50 ft from where the inverter is located.  We chose the
mechanical room because it is centrally located within the floor plan of the
home, making it easily accessible to plug in emergency type loads, i.e. cell
phone chargers, laptops, lamps, etc.. It is also very close to the fridge,
which we plugged in with a short extension cord and tested its operation in
the "stand-alone" mode (which is what the inverter display when the grid is
down and the SPS in activated).  The inverter had no problem powering the
fridge.  The inverter display showed about 900 watts bypassed from the solar
array to the SPS when the fridge cycled onI must say it was a very cool
feeling seeing this happen.

As far as the inverter itself goes, I only have a few minor complaints.
Like the old SMA 1800U and 2500U, the conduit knockouts on the bottom of the
inverter are at a slight angle, which means you must put a slight bend in
your conduit.  This is obviously a bit annoying and I can only guess it has
something to do with the plug and play nature of non-U.S. installation
techniques.  The TLUS inverters are also lacking Bluetooth communication,
unlike their HFUS counterparts. I think this is a nice feature of the HFUS
inverters and wish it was integrated into the TL's.

With no real difference in cost compared to traditional grid-direct
inverters, I see no reason not to specify the TL, especially for someone who
has a desire for "limited" power supply during a grid outage.   They can
always add a Sunny Island later on, if a more robust backup system is
needed.

I hope this helps.

Orion Thornton
Onsite Energy
NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer

-Original Message-
From:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org
[mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Jesse Dahl
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 4:11 PM
To:wire...@gmail.com; RE-wrenches
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] SMA Secure Power Supply

I know the MREA in WI has one installed on site, but not sure who installed
it.

Do they have a representative on the list?

Jesse

Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 22, 2013, at 6:18 PM,wire...@gmail.com  wrote:


If we have another long outage here in CT and we seem to have one every

year now, I don't want to have to explain to my customers why I didn't use
this inverter.

--

*Allan Sindelar*
_Allan@positiveenergysolar.com_ 
NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
New Mexico EE98J Journeyman Electrician
Founder and Chief Technology Officer
*Positive Energy, Inc.*, a Certified B Corporation^TM
3209 Richards Lane
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507
*505 424-1112 office 780-2738 cell*
_www.positiveenergysolar.com_ 



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Re: [RE-wrenches] XW availability

[Tom Duffy]

Hi Allan:

We're a Schneider Distributor and they have informed us that they (may) be 
receiving the controllers Aug 22 they are getting 300 in and have 215 currently 
on order.

Tom Duffy
Senior Solar Design Engineer
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Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2013 3:32 PM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: [RE-wrenches] XW availability

Wrenches,
A local installer called yesterday to ask if we had any XW charge controllers 
in stock, to replace on recently killed by lightning. We didn't. He told me 
that he had called several distributors and all are backordered until an order 
arrives from China.

Does anybody know more about this? Is there a back story?

Allan
--

Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
New Mexico EE98J Journeyman Electrician
Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Positive Energy, Inc., a Certified B CorporationTM
3209 Richards Lane
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507
505 424-1112 office 780-2738 cell
www.positiveenergysolar.com
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Re: [RE-wrenches] Sunny Island question

[Glenn Burt]

Did they mention if they support the shifting into/out of grid tied mode via 
the SMA comms bus like the transformer based Sunny Boys do?
Glenn

-Original Message-
From: "Dave Click" 
Sent: ‎8/‎2/‎2013 16:52
To: "re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" 
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Sunny Island question

Allan- SMA tech support confirmed with me yesterday that the 3/4/5 kW TL 
units are compatible with the SMA frequency shifting.

On 2013/8/2 16:34, Allan Sindelar wrote:
> Will the Sunny Island mate up with these Sunny Boys that have the
> limited backup capability during an outage, as they will with standard
> Sunny Boys?
> Thank you, Allan
>
> --- Original Message 
> Subject:  Re: [RE-wrenches] SMA Secure Power Supply
> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 23:16:23 -0600
> From: Orion Thornton 
> Reply-To: RE-wrenches 
> To:   'RE-wrenches' 
>
>
> Hi Carl and All,
>
> This spring we had the opportunity to install a 5000-TLUS inverter for a
> client, as a pre-release version.  The inverter was commissioned on April
> 1st and has produced about 2.7 MWhs thus far.  As mentioned, the secure
> power supply (SPS) requires a dedicated outlet with a switch to control its
> operation.   For this installation we installed the SPS in the mechanical
> room, which is about 50 ft from where the inverter is located.  We chose the
> mechanical room because it is centrally located within the floor plan of the
> home, making it easily accessible to plug in emergency type loads, i.e. cell
> phone chargers, laptops, lamps, etc.. It is also very close to the fridge,
> which we plugged in with a short extension cord and tested its operation in
> the "stand-alone" mode (which is what the inverter display when the grid is
> down and the SPS in activated).  The inverter had no problem powering the
> fridge.  The inverter display showed about 900 watts bypassed from the solar
> array to the SPS when the fridge cycled onI must say it was a very cool
> feeling seeing this happen.
>
> As far as the inverter itself goes, I only have a few minor complaints.
> Like the old SMA 1800U and 2500U, the conduit knockouts on the bottom of the
> inverter are at a slight angle, which means you must put a slight bend in
> your conduit.  This is obviously a bit annoying and I can only guess it has
> something to do with the plug and play nature of non-U.S. installation
> techniques.  The TLUS inverters are also lacking Bluetooth communication,
> unlike their HFUS counterparts. I think this is a nice feature of the HFUS
> inverters and wish it was integrated into the TL's.
>
> With no real difference in cost compared to traditional grid-direct
> inverters, I see no reason not to specify the TL, especially for someone who
> has a desire for "limited" power supply during a grid outage.   They can
> always add a Sunny Island later on, if a more robust backup system is
> needed.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Orion Thornton
> Onsite Energy
> NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer
>
> -Original Message-
> From:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org
> [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Jesse Dahl
> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 4:11 PM
> To:wire...@gmail.com; RE-wrenches
> Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] SMA Secure Power Supply
>
> I know the MREA in WI has one installed on site, but not sure who installed
> it.
>
> Do they have a representative on the list?
>
> Jesse
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 22, 2013, at 6:18 PM,wire...@gmail.com  wrote:
>
>> If we have another long outage here in CT and we seem to have one every
> year now, I don't want to have to explain to my customers why I didn't use
> this inverter.
>
> --
>
> *Allan Sindelar*
> _Allan@positiveenergysolar.com_ 
> NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional
> NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
> New Mexico EE98J Journeyman Electrician
> Founder and Chief Technology Officer
> *Positive Energy, Inc.*, a Certified B Corporation^TM
> 3209 Richards Lane
> Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507
> *505 424-1112 office 780-2738 cell*
> _www.positiveenergysolar.com_ 
>
>
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[RE-wrenches] Enphase failures

[Marco Mangelsdorf]

What are you all seeing as far as failure rates for the Enphase M215s?

 

I've got a contractor friend on O'ahu who installed a 60-mod system (using
the M215s) and has had failures with nine of the buggers, leading to a
rather unhappy homeowner.

 

While my contractor friend has had some level of support from our Enphase
friends, he has gone back to the site many times and is wondering at what
point Enphase would authorize replacing the whole kit and caboodle of all
them thar micros.

 

Anyone have anything similar happen?

 

Finally, are you seeing access yet to the new M250?

 

Thanks,

marco

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