Re: [RE-wrenches] AC coupling

2008-11-09 Thread Drake Chamberlin
The transfer switch and protective relay are to allow for both generator and grid charging. Thanks, Drake At 11:31 PM 11/8/2008, you wrote: Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_=_NextPart_001_01C94234.C3E84BCA" Thanks for the

Re: [RE-wrenches] Reversed polarity on S530 battery

2008-11-09 Thread Chris @ the Oasis
Gentlemen: Date code on this battery says 26082008. Most of the others say 09092008. Of course, the reversed polarity beast was in the middle of the bank, but I have reconfigured the bank--everything seems fine, and I am gently charging them vis a vis my PS2524 inverter/charger. If there are an

Re: [RE-wrenches] AC coupling

2008-11-09 Thread Christopher Freitas
Thanks for the nice comment... AC coupling with the OutBack off-grid inverters and a typical batteryless grid-tie inverter doesn't require any additional transfer switches or protective relays - its actually pretty simple depending on how fancy the battery charging regulation needs to be.

Re: [RE-wrenches] hydro coils

2008-11-09 Thread Drake Chamberlin
At 11:56 AM 11/6/2008, you wrote: is a thermo siphon feed as done in days of old. This is self regulating and worry free Why is the system worry free? Don't the coils thermo siphon into a tank that could overheat? Thanks Drake Chamberlin Athens Electric OH License 44810 CO License 3773 7

Re: [RE-wrenches] Reversed polarity on S530 battery

2008-11-09 Thread mark
I once had an entire batch come in this way.  The molded "+" and "-" was wrong on the battery top but the positive terminal was correctly painted red.  I went ahead and installed 8 of these for a customer.  They were shot within 2 or 3 months.  It appeared that they were charged backwards and the