Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery Watering Systems

2009-05-06 Thread jay peltz
Hi Wayne, I've used the following, and sure like them. http://www.batteryfillingsystems.com/ jay peltz power On May 6, 2009, at 5:48 AM, Wayne Irwin wrote: Has anyone found a reliable battery watering system? Wayne Irwin, President Pure Energy Solar International Inc. State Licensed Solar

Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery Watering Systems

2009-05-06 Thread Drake Chamberlin
Try The Solar Biz. At 08:48 AM 5/6/2009, you wrote: Has anyone found a reliable battery watering system? Wayne Irwin, President Pure Energy Solar International Inc. State Licensed Solar Contractor License # CVC56695 mailto:pureenergyso...@hotmail.comwa...@pureenergysolar.net

Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery Watering Systems

2009-05-06 Thread Randy Brooks
Wayne, If you use an automatic battery watering system, make sure it is intended to be used on the make and model of battery you have. If not, it may underfill or overfill battery cells. Randy Brooks Brooks Solar, Inc. Solar Power for People 140 Columbia View Chelan, WA 98816

Re: [RE-wrenches] PV Fire

2009-05-06 Thread Richard L Ratico
Hi Bob, In this case it probably has to be a bandit. I don't believe 600V DC breakers are available yet. Dick --- You wrote: The DC disco coming off the PV breaker box might be a good idea. With this case showing that. We know that we can open the box and kill all the breakers but few others

[RE-wrenches] CHP Generator

2009-05-06 Thread Orion Thornton
Wrenches, Does anyone have any experience with or have a product they can recommend for a combined heat and power generator, specifically for an off-grid application. The prospective client would like to combine the electrical generation/charging capacity with their planned in-floor radiant

Re: [RE-wrenches] Target Fire

2009-05-06 Thread Kent Osterberg
Richard, I 100% agree with you. The thing that concerns me most is that the last exhibit in the report shows that the GFP scheme that our industry has relied on to provide fire protection doesn't work very well. As PV system size gets larger there are more and more opportunities for an

Re: [RE-wrenches] plug in gridtied inverter

2009-05-06 Thread Wayne Irwin
I bought the Plug-In Inverter and the Hydrogen Generator and now that my house is on fire and my car exploded I can say that I gave my all to going green! Wayne Irwin, President Pure Energy Solar International Inc. State Licensed Solar Contractor License # CVC56695

Re: [RE-wrenches] CHP Generator

2009-05-06 Thread Carl Emerson
Orion, This is a good product but not sure if available in the US. http://www.whispergen.com/ Carl Emerson Free Power Ltd. Auckland NZ _ From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Orion Thornton Sent: 7

Re: [RE-wrenches] Target Fire

2009-05-06 Thread Drake Chamberlin
the GFP scheme that our industry has relied on to provide fire protection doesn't work very well. This has been a continual rant of mine since the GFP first became required. It needs to open the circuit near the source of the power if it is to be effective. Drake Chamberlin Athens

Re: [RE-wrenches] Target Fire

2009-05-06 Thread Bob-O Schultze
Kent, Sort of makes the case for the GFPs to be in the combiner boxes on large systems, doesn't it? Obviously nearly worthless at the inverter in this case. Bob-O On May 6, 2009, at 3:52 PM, Kent Osterberg wrote: Richard, I 100% agree with you. The thing that concerns me most is that

Re: [RE-wrenches] CHP Generator

2009-05-06 Thread Orion Thornton
Your right Allan, not quite what I am looking for but Chris's system sounds worthy of a HP article itself. As with most products these days our customers want nice packaged units in lieu of the self engineered systems. Not that say they are not great solutions, but more difficult to sell a