Re: [RE-wrenches] Batteries and customer service

2013-03-18 Thread Lou Russo
Wrenches, Thanks for all insight. Cheers, Lou On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Larry Crutcher, Starlight Solar Power Systems la...@starlightsolar.com wrote: Lou, In addition to what Allan said, if you perform the discharge test, measure the terminal voltage across each battery. If you

Re: [RE-wrenches] 14 inch aluminum standoffs?

2013-03-18 Thread Nathan Stumpff
Andrew, QuickMount PV has been amenable to building custom standoffs. They would be crazy expensive if you only needed a few but for a big job or multiple projects, they might be an option for you. Also, for using galvanized rail you may want to check out Cooper B-Line's solar products. Their

Re: [RE-wrenches] 14 inch aluminum standoffs?

2013-03-18 Thread Nate Coleman
Andrew, There are many existing mounting system products available on the market that use HDG, pre-galvanized sheet steel or combined Al-Zn coatings such as Galvalume. These types of coatings have been used in the roofing industry for decades and roofing product manufacturers often provide 20+

[RE-wrenches] AC Coupling Situation

2013-03-18 Thread Jeremy Rodriguez- All Solar Inc.
Wrenches, Here is my situation: GT string inverter - 3 strings of mods, 10KW DC. We need to reduce the PV when the grid is down as to not overload the AC coupled inverters. Is there a good way to limit PV input like shunt off some power or short part of the array? (part) I was first thinking

Re: [RE-wrenches] AC Coupling Situation

2013-03-18 Thread Jay Peltz
Hi Jeremy Seems like a perfect place for the 600v controller from xantrex Jay Peltz power. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 18, 2013, at 7:23 PM, Jeremy Rodriguez- All Solar Inc. allso...@scswifi.net wrote: Wrenches, Here is my situation: GT string inverter - 3 strings of mods, 10KW DC.