Re: [RE-wrenches] Module recommendation for a specific off grid situation

2015-12-14 Thread Allan Sindelar
Todd, thanks, but I rejected them. They'd be a traditional match as 36-cell modules, but they're way expensive (nearly $2/W Dlr.) and it would take 6 or 8 of them (140W these days) to get the ~kilowatt I'd like. It would work but I'm trying to keep the cost down. Allan

Re: [RE-wrenches] AC house monitoring

2015-12-14 Thread Michael Welch
Hi gang. Sharkey asked me to contribute this to the conversation: It might be of interest to the Wrenches in this discussion to check out the Open Energy Monitor. http://openenergymonitor.org/emon/ I was involved in the very early phase of this project, imparting some knowledge of how revenue-

[RE-wrenches] Module recommendation for a specific off grid situation

2015-12-14 Thread Allan Sindelar
Wrenches, I enjoy the good feeling when I successfully integrate new with old - sort of a steampunk approach. Here's an example for which I could use the Collective Wisdom: A customer wants to upgrade a chronically small array on a maybe 10yo small off grid syste

Re: [RE-wrenches] Discover Batteries

2015-12-14 Thread Drake
Another interesting thing about the Discover L-16 batteries is that they can be operated at incredibly high temperatures. High temperatures drastically reduce the life of the batteries, however. At 12:39 PM 12/13/2015, you wrote: Hi Jay; Actually the Outback RE High Capacity batteries are ra