Re: [RE-wrenches] Converting Enphase systems to ac coupled multimode systems

2022-08-18 Thread Jerry Shafer via RE-wrenches 
You also might want to look at the solark 12 and 15

On Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 6:06 AM Christopher Warfel via RE-wrenches <
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> I have several Enphase system customers looking to add battery storage.
> The Enphase system, which I got certified in, comes across to me as fairly
> complicated with several historical installation issues. The Outback Mojave
> looks pretty simple, and we have installed quite a few Radian, GVFX, etc
> systems and have had good experiences.  Would anyone care to share their
> experience with Mojave?  Thank you, Chris cwar...@entech-engineering.com
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Re: [RE-wrenches] Converting Enphase systems to ac coupled multimode systems

2022-08-18 Thread Jason Szumlanski via RE-wrenches 
Enphase worked out a lot of kinks with their battery storage. Commissioning
time is cut way down. I've been liking it (other than the price).

One of the biggest problems I would say is the clunkiness of the conduit
connections, especially to the Encharge 10T which only has conduit entry on
the left and the Smart Switch which has a tapered enclosure.  Other than
that, I would say they've made huge progress with the technical issues that
I ran into early on.

The Enphase load management system suggestion is very poor in my opinion,
but that's nothing that can't be solved with a different external load
management system that you cobble together. I am working on a latching
relay solution that doesn't hum and use so much energy with contactors that
get their coil power from line voltage but allow dry contact connections
that the Smart Switch provides.

On balance, the simplicity of a single manufacturer and support team seems
to make sense to me and is a consumer friendly solution.



Jason


On Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 9:06 AM Christopher Warfel via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

> I have several Enphase system customers looking to add battery storage.
> The Enphase system, which I got certified in, comes across to me as fairly
> complicated with several historical installation issues. The Outback Mojave
> looks pretty simple, and we have installed quite a few Radian, GVFX, etc
> systems and have had good experiences.  Would anyone care to share their
> experience with Mojave?  Thank you, Chris cwar...@entech-engineering.com
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[RE-wrenches] Converting Enphase systems to ac coupled multimode systems

2022-08-18 Thread Christopher Warfel via RE-wrenches 
I have several Enphase system customers looking to add battery 
storage.   The Enphase system, which I got certified in, comes across to 
me as fairly complicated with several historical installation issues. 
The Outback Mojave looks pretty simple, and we have installed quite a 
few Radian, GVFX, etc systems and have had good experiences.  Would 
anyone care to share their experience with Mojave?  Thank you, Chris 
cwar...@entech-engineering.com


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