[RE-wrenches] Two Buildings, Two Services, One Roof

2011-04-17 Thread Mark Frye
I have a customer who has two separate buildings, a home and a shop. Each dwelling has it's own service. He wants to put in two pv systems, one for each service, but wants all the PV modules to be on the shop roof. Why is mind going "clunk" when I try to deside if this is allowed by Code? Mark F

Re: [RE-wrenches] irrigation and direct solar

2011-04-17 Thread Darryl Thayer
I have not studied this but many people use speed drives to improve the efficiency of pumps, also a Drive I like is teh ABB and it can use the DC bus voltage to control drive speed increasing the capability, with caveats.  DT From: "toddc...@finestplanet.co

Re: [RE-wrenches] irrigation and direct solar

2011-04-17 Thread toddcory
How about looking into a more efficient pump first? Todd On Saturday, April 16, 2011 8:00pm, "Darryl Thayer" said: That is 480 x 1.73 x40 A x.8 or 26 kW in the peak of the day, five or 6 big trackers, or about 50 kW of fixed array. ( I assure they want 40 amp breaker? I have run 3

Re: [RE-wrenches] balasted racks

2011-04-17 Thread R Ray Walters
Sunpower's modules with integral ballast are my current favorite for flat roof mounts. We make our own skid frames for ballasted ground mounts. R. Walters r...@solarray.com Solar Engineer On Apr 16, 2011, at 9:38 PM, Nick Vida wrote: > hey wrenches. > > i am looking at some ballasted racks.