Re: [RE-wrenches] Kohler 14RES phantom load?

2013-08-22 Thread Tom Duffy
Jeff While it will cause the little battery to go dead in about 2 weeks, it can't be too much as a 5 or 10 watt solar module will keep up with it without a charge controller Kind regards Tom Duffy Systems Design Engineer [cid:133065820@02122011-32D5]

[RE-wrenches] Xantrex XW system stability

2013-08-22 Thread Kevin Pegg
Hello Wrenches, Curious how others are finding the stability of larger Xantrex XW deployments? We have an installation with 12 Xanbus devices (4 x XW6048, 6 x XW-MPPT60, 1 x AGS, 1 x SCP) and it keeps crashing. Power cycle the whole system and it's fine for a few weeks and then it crashes

Re: [RE-wrenches] Xantrex XW system stability

2013-08-22 Thread William
Kevin: Send the coordinates and I will drop by! Just kidding. We have seen failure to connect to external AC devices but no comm issues. Keep us posted. William On Aug 22, 2013, at 10:18 AM, Kevin Pegg kp...@energyalternatives.ca wrote: Hello Wrenches, Curious how others are finding

Re: [RE-wrenches] Kohler 14RES phantom load?

2013-08-22 Thread Jeff Oldham
Thank you Tom and Michael. Tom, are you saying that the load is DC/battery only, I understood it required an 120Vac input, no? From the Solar, Wind and Hydro powered office of Jeff Oldham/Regenerative SOLutions 30-second trick for a

Re: [RE-wrenches] Xantrex XW system stability

2013-08-22 Thread Jay Peltz
Hi Kevin Given how that system works, could you install the CC's on their own? Ie use a seperate scp to keep track of data? Jay Peltz power. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 22, 2013, at 10:18 AM, Kevin Pegg kp...@energyalternatives.ca wrote: Hello Wrenches, Curious how others are finding

[RE-wrenches] 1000 V meters?

2013-08-22 Thread August Goers
Hi Wrenches, It's new tool time! We're starting engineering for our first 1000 V small and medium commercial systems. There are all kinds of details to consider when making the jump to 1000 VDC but I'm wondering if any of you have good ideas for a 1000 V multimeter. I'm looking at the Fluke

Re: [RE-wrenches] 1000 V meters?

2013-08-22 Thread Chris Mason
We're doing all 1000V work these days. I use a Extech EX730 True RMS 800-Ampere AC/DC Clamp Meterhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BF53YM/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8psc=1 which is very inexpensive and works great. We also use a Seaward Solar PV150 solar test kit for testing strings. On Thu,