Hello
I've got an SW+5548 that will barley start my air compressor. Once it does run
it shows 17 Amps on the inverters loads meter. During start up it reads 60+
amps.
Do you think better capacitors would help the situation?
BTW I've never ran the compressor off grid prior.
I even tried #8 from
I am dealing with a small utility that only provides a small feed-in tariff
(basically wholesale). Customer wouldn’t have much value to install PV when
they sell in at 5 cents, and buy back at 8 cents.
However, if we load shifted the PV to provide an internal offset on the
consumption meter (b
Does your air compressor have an unloader valve, or can you install one?
That should do the trick, sounds like you are just running into the regular
high surge current demand.
Off the grid, compressors are in about the same nasty league as old well
pumps as far as surge demand.
Dan Fink
Adjunct
It's been awhile since this question has been asked on this list, I'm
hoping there's something new out there! Does anybody have a favorite
OSHA-compliant safety harness that works well for pitched roofs? I'd be
especially interested in one that has a front waist attachment point since
working face-
The back dorsal D-ring is the ONLY place fall-arrest equipment should be
attached. Any other spot and you could flip upside down during a fall, big
trouble.
The waist D-rings can be used for positioning, and the chest D-ring for
positioning and also ladder climbing if a lad-safe cable or vertical
The (newer) SW5548 was harder on over current protection, mainly because
it could put out more current than the SW4048...
One trick to try is to place a long(ish) extension cord between the SW
and the load to give it a wee bit of series resistance.
Doing this would often reduce that OCP and
Hi jeremy,
The 5548 has really poor surge, it's not a wire issue.
I'm not sure caps will fix that.
Jay
Peltz power.
> On May 30, 2016, at 9:46 AM, Jeremy Rodriguez wrote:
>
> Hello
> I've got an SW+5548 that will barley start my air compressor. Once it does
> run it shows 17 Amps on the inv
boB, a spongey line on a load? Done it with windmills, never with a load.
Makes complete sense to me, I'll add that to the old bag of tricks.
Dan Fink
Adjunct Professor of Solar Energy Technology, Ecotech Institute
IREC Certified Instructor™ for:
~ PV Installation Professional
~ Small Wind Install
Yes, the SW4024 and SW4048 could start larger surge loads than the
SW5548, because both allowed the output voltage to dip farther under
surge. The 5548 was more tightly regulated in order to reduce the
flickering caused by the voltage dip of a large motor under load.
I learned this around 2002
Bob
Can you elaborate a little on this extension cord idea either here or off-line?
Thank you
Jeremy Rodriguez
Solar Installation And Design Expert
All Solar, Inc.
1463 M St
Penrose Colorado 81240
Sent by Jeremy's iPhone. Sorry for typos and shorthand!
On May 30, 2016, at 1:15 PM,
"b...@midnit
On 5/30/2016 1:48 PM, Jeremy Rodriguez wrote:
Bob
Can you elaborate a little on this extension cord idea either here or
off-line? Thank you
Sure. The extension cord, in this case, is just added resistance. Some
inductance but
mainly resistance. The current from the starting load is reduc
Hi all. I returned to a off grid site today after having no winter access.
It appears as though the classic 150 charge controller has failed. The
batteries are completely discharged. The classics screen will flash
occasionally as well as a yellow light on this left front of the controller
but wont
Curious, what is the actual voltage and the nominal voltage?
Jay
Peltz power
> On May 30, 2016, at 4:59 PM, Aaron Mandelkorn wrote:
>
> Hi all. I returned to a off grid site today after having no winter access. It
> appears as though the classic 150 charge controller has failed. The batteries
Uh OH !! Not good !
The Classic will turn on at around 9 volts DC input and will continue to
run down to something around 4.5 volts input.
So, maybe the batteries aren't "zero" volts at least.
You can wait until tomorrow to call in OR go to the www.midnitesolar.com
web site
and start an o
Hey Wrenches,
We'd like to put a combo panel in a coat closet (its shallow and wide)
right next to the existing panel. With the doors open (they are pocket
doors) it is fine with working space requirements. I know the AHJ will have
the ultimate say and am checkin in with them as well but wondering
Any sign of escaped smoke? I had a Classic 150 go south this winter but the
client lives in the house and caught it immediately. No visible damage on it
the screen was blank.
The replacement was a used/refurbished unit with blackened inside front cover;
client was not too happy and caught a ver
MPPT does need a minimum battery voltage to wake up and start charging, at
least 9 volts -- I once arrived at a remote site on a sunny day, the PV
input breaker had tripped, batteries were under 9v, no charging despite the
sunny weather until I woke the MPPT up with jumper cables from my truck
batt
Thanks all for the replies. Battery voltage was 13v on this 48 volt system.
How they drained so low I just don't know. Low batter cut off was set and
there were no DC loads. Not to sure what to make if this. Will be
contacting midnite tomorrow.
Aaron Mandelkorn
Owner/Solar Specialist
Renewable En
Hi Troy,
Does this little utility have a Time of Use rate structure? How often do
they true up (pay the customer for their extra power)?
There are various markets that this makes sense, Germany, Hawaii etc.
They call this type of system a self-consumption system. It does require
energy storage
The more I think about this the stranger it seems. All system breakers were
left on before leaving for the winter. Inverter was also on to power two
small AC fans. How can a 48 volt battery bank get so discharged to the
point of almost complete depletion (13.7 volts). The inverter low battery
cutou
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