Re: [RE-wrenches] Snow loads

2013-02-22 Thread Gary Bassett
Jeffrey, I agree. We do structural analysis on every roof design and factor in the point loading at the attachment points. I had floated this idea because it came from an SE that I work with that also has a PV system. His theory is the definition snow loads are accumulation of snow over time.

[RE-wrenches] Remote Sunny boy Monitoring

2013-02-22 Thread William Miller
Friends: Thanks for the responses to my question. Here is what I have learned: The main problem is that the Sunny Boy is remote from the house and there is no signal conduit. There are any number of monitors that can hard wire to the Sunny Boy, usually with an RS485 connection. Without a

Re: [RE-wrenches] Remote Sunny boy Monitoring

2013-02-22 Thread Steve Jefferson
There is a company called Digi.com. they make a wireless bridge for the RS-485 protocol. Needs to be line of sight, but it will travel about 1000'. They are familiar with installers using their radios to communicate with our inverters, set up is pretty straight forward. I am looking for a part

Re: [RE-wrenches] Remote Sunny boy Monitoring

2013-02-22 Thread William Miller
Steve, Ryan: I don't quite have line of sight. There is the brow of a hill... I will look to see if any of the wireless solutions will handle this scenario. Wm At 12:57 PM 2/22/2013, Steve Jefferson wrote: Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: multipart/alternative;

Re: [RE-wrenches] Remote Sunny boy Monitoring

2013-02-22 Thread Steve Jefferson
If that is the case, there are some Ethernet bridges that will work. Depending on distance, you would need to buy a set with either adjustable power or know the exact range. I have a security camera set up I used a set on, had adjustable power setting. Works great. Adjusting the power adds bend

Re: [RE-wrenches] Remote Sunny boy Monitoring

2013-02-22 Thread toddcory
i have set up wireless bridges for ip to remote locations and my experience with this has me leaning towards no dice william. these links run in the 2.3 gHz and up range which is line-of-sight only. trees will even attenuate the signal, so total blockage with the earth looks grim. have a

Re: [RE-wrenches] Remote Sunny boy Monitoring

2013-02-22 Thread Kevin Pegg
Hi William, I have successfully used this product below on a few installs without line of sight, trees, hills, etc in the way approx 1 km span doing exactly what you are asking for - wireless RS485. It costs more than WiFi bridges, but it also works!

Re: [RE-wrenches] Electric car chargers

2013-02-22 Thread Randy Brooks
William, I found this on Wikipedia: Level Original definition[195]Coulomb Technologies' definition[196] Connectors Level 1 AC energy to the vehicle's on-board charger; from the most common U.S. grounded household receptacle, commonly referred to as a 120 volt outlet. 120 V

[RE-wrenches] Electric car chargers

2013-02-22 Thread frenergy
William, I would have to concur with Randy's chart pretty much. A couple months a go we bought a 2012 Toyota RAV4 EV. I had just recently completed an upgrade system here (4.5KW PV, Classic, 84 KW of Rolls batts and a Radian). We are off-grid. The research I did before