[RE-wrenches] Enphase failures

2013-08-02 Thread Marco Mangelsdorf
What are you all seeing as far as failure rates for the Enphase M215s? I've got a contractor friend on O'ahu who installed a 60-mod system (using the M215s) and has had failures with nine of the buggers, leading to a rather unhappy homeowner. While my contractor friend has had some level of

Re: [RE-wrenches] Sunny Island question

2013-08-02 Thread Glenn Burt
Did they mention if they support the shifting into/out of grid tied mode via the SMA comms bus like the transformer based Sunny Boys do? Glenn -Original Message- From: "Dave Click" Sent: ‎8/‎2/‎2013 16:52 To: "re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Sunny Island qu

Re: [RE-wrenches] XW availability

2013-08-02 Thread Tom Duffy
Hi Allan: We're a Schneider Distributor and they have informed us that they (may) be receiving the controllers Aug 22 they are getting 300 in and have 215 currently on order. Tom Duffy Senior Solar Design Engineer [Real-logo-X-195] Toll Free 888-895-8179 t...@thesolar.biz

Re: [RE-wrenches] Sunny Island question

2013-08-02 Thread Dave Click
Allan- SMA tech support confirmed with me yesterday that the 3/4/5 kW TL units are compatible with the SMA frequency shifting. On 2013/8/2 16:34, Allan Sindelar wrote: Will the Sunny Island mate up with these Sunny Boys that have the limited backup capability during an outage, as they will with

[RE-wrenches] Sunny Island question

2013-08-02 Thread Allan Sindelar
Will the Sunny Island mate up with these Sunny Boys that have the limited backup capability during an outage, as they will with standard Sunny Boys? Thank you, Allan --- Original Message Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches

[RE-wrenches] Update on Solarworld (plant closing, not tariff issue)

2013-08-02 Thread Allan Sindelar
In response to my question to a distributor: Original Message Hi Allan, See response from my sales person over at Solarworld. http://www.solarworld-usa.com/news-and-resources/news/federal-trade-dislocation-benefits.aspx

Re: [RE-wrenches] Source for Filon

2013-08-02 Thread William Dorsett
Jeremy, can you use Kalwall? If so then it's available (8', 10' and 25' rolls of either 48" or 49.5") from Solar Components Inc. (http://www.solar-components.com/sun.htm). We used them interchangably Bill Dorsett Sunwrights Manhattan, KS From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailt