Hi All,
Following this post with much interest, as this affects everyone that
wants to reduce reliance on a utility grid
that is already overburdened, If TOU metering was done away with, it
would eliminate "buy low and sell high",
which is a "wash" when you consider battery replacement cost (d
Ray;
We always run a variety of made-up financial scenarios in our "Intro to
Off-Grid" classes.we usually end up around 35 to 70 cents per kWh.
Or another way to put ita monthly 'battery bill' of $25 to $120
depending on battery bank size, and how many years they pamper it to
lastor t
Just to add to Phil's comments: I've been calculating total life cost
of battery storage (KWH x cycle life x %DOD) and the costs are 15 to
35 cents/ KWH to cycle a battery. Its even higher for sealed batteries
and Li+. It would have to be an amazing cost difference in the TOU
rates to beat
I just ran into this on a new Dasol 12 v module. I ended up wiring with
USE but couldn't do the series connections. I had to bring each module
wire into a J Box. I'm now using Kyocera, as that was a PITA. Since
your project is low amperage, have you considered smaller USE like 12 or
14 GA?
Yes, the 14 gauge I found was USE-2.
Bill
- Original Message -
From: Allan Sindelar
To: RE-wrenches
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 10:48 PM
Subject: [RE-wrenches] Oddball wire request
Wrenches,
I do a fair amount of work on ancient systems, just because there's been
Instead of un-obtanium wire, can you glue a modern j-box onto the
module, over the top of the old j-box?
For example:
http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/1986175-3/A99648-ND/1980953
Or even just an outdoor rated plastic box that has the back cut out?
Dow Corning 748 Noncorrosive Silicone
Thinking out loud here: Can you, 1) Use short pieces of the TC for the box entry
/exit. Butt crimp, solder, insulate / heat shrink USE-2 or PV wire to the
emerging TC tails. Or, 2) Can you modify the locknuts on the new 3/8" CGB by
grinding or cutting to reduce their diameter? Or, 3) Ditch the lock
Hi Allan,
Is it possible to use 1/2" carflex connectors and nm carflex from panel
to panel? You could then use THWN anywhere you wanted. This is what we
used to do with all our systems back in the day
Daryl
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