Nearly everything so far that we have been seeing shortages in is in off-grid
equipment. We have not seen a huge increase or decrease in off-grid, but
apparently some of the mfg's decided there would be a big drop. With the
exception of a couple of particular models of inverters, we have seen no
> These inspectors were explaining to me that the feeder IS
> the buss and 120%... and its really hard to explain the intent with the
> language of the paragraph. It needs to
> be 2 separately described scenarios in my opinion, to avoid the constant
> misunderstanding.
Wow, I thought that wa
Funny, because although Off grid has remained relatively slow compared to the
crazy GT market, its also been very steady.
Ray
On Nov 23, 2009, at 9:07 AM, wind...@wind-sun.com wrote:
> Nearly everything so far that we have been seeing shortages in is in off-grid
> equipment. We have not seen
That is what we have seen also - for past 3-4 years, off-grid has remained
pretty much flat lined, while grid-tie has all kinds of wild gyrations. But I
guess that some vendors failed to notice that and just assumed that off grid
would fall with the rest of the market recently.
Hiya Ray,
In my experience, off-grid is always as steady as it ever was except for the
Y2K burp. Those of us who know how to design and install for that market will
always have some work, even in a crappy economy. At NABCEP, we take a lot of
heat from all the new on-grid only installers who don'
With small off-grid equipment, I am seeing lots of substitutions. As in,
"it might be weeks or months to get you the inverter/charger you spec'd,
but this other product meets them at a similar cost and can ship right
now"
Sometimes that's OK, but sometimes *not* if the product's dimensions
Here, here Bob-O.
We, too, have seen no decrease in our off grid market as well. It is
rapidly becoming a specialized field here in Maine.(not talking about
you, Tump) Even our largest competitor is now sending off grid business
to us as they have had too many problems training competent install
Is there some sort of reciprocity between AZ and CA regarding contractor's
licenses? I think I remember hearing something about that a while ago and
neglected to pay attention. Now we are beginning to be asked about doing a
job there. - Peter
I don't think so as the installer/contractor must list a current ROC
number. See: http://www.aps.com/_files/SolarRenewable/PVSamplePurchaseAgrmt.pdf
Sincerely,
Larry Crutcher
www.starlightsolar.com
la...@starlightsolar.com
(928) 941-1660
Retail Store & Shipping
2998 Shari Ave.
Yuma, AZ 85365
I agree with Bob-O that we need to keep the off-grid system design in
NABCEP. I recently installed a small off-grid system at a school in Haiti
and had it reconfirmed that off-grid systems in the third world are so very
important. Small systems like those installed by SELF, Solar Electric Light
F
Thanks, Lee. As 98% of our systems are off-grid, we really hope there is a
continued interest in the industry in learning about and working with these
systems. Besides having our own project management staff now, we also often
hire very experienced solar techs to be project installation manag
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