Re: [RE-wrenches] Small battery bank vs too large array

2012-09-05 Thread Jason Szumlanski
This thread is a little stale, but I have an application to bring it back to life. Has anyone designed a solar powered go-kart? There is a high school challenge here sponsored by the local University. This seems like an application that could use a large array with a small battery to keep weight

Re: [RE-wrenches] counterfeit modules

2012-09-05 Thread Jesse Dahl
I've seen a couple of those sharps up here. The guy bought em on-line with Enphase in a package deal. They had been up for 3 years and two of the modules had the lower portion of the frame come off in heavy snow. Seemed unlike a sharp module to me. He had bought more and wanted us to do the

[RE-wrenches] corrosion on SHW storage tank fitting

2012-09-05 Thread August Goers
Hi SHW Wrenches, We recently inspected a system that was installed by another installer a couple of years ago. At the top of the Rheem Solaraide tank (standard glass lined storage tank) they have a galvanized nipple going to a dielectric union for the cold water inlet. The galvanized nipple is