Re: [RE-wrenches] Roof harness

2016-06-01 Thread Garrison Riegel
Dan (or others), Will you please elaborate on the statement, “There are many options for more comfortable hands-free, tool-use positioning on tricky roofs…”? We have the same issue as Rebecca, where we have not found a comfortable and cost effective method to deploy fall protection on roofs too

Re: [RE-wrenches] Metal Battery Box

2016-06-01 Thread Solar
I've had boxes made by a local dad shop for places that a pre-made box wouldn't fit. Jesse Dahl NABCEP PV Installation Professional IBEW Local 292 - Electrician Electrical/Solar PV Instructor - HCC Sent from my iPhone > On May 31, 2016, at 9:08 PM, Benn Kilburn wrote: > > Is this an electr

[RE-wrenches] Shurflo pump

2016-06-01 Thread Gary Higbee
Drake and Wrenches, Interesting timing as I experienced a failure with my 9300 a couple weeks ago. I originally installed the pump about 17 years ago for an off-grid cabin I had then. I put the pump in the well, tested it, then removed it after a year or so. In total it had about 30 minutes of

Re: [RE-wrenches] Shurflo pump

2016-06-01 Thread Allan Sindelar
Gary, What I suspect may be at issue is the wire. Shurflo requires jacketed cable (10 or 12 AWG) of a particulat dimensional range. The issue is that few suppliers carry the right cable. It's a Code issue - any pump with a metal case requires an equipment bonding conductor (silly, I know) whic

Re: [RE-wrenches] Shurflo pump

2016-06-01 Thread Kevin Pegg
This is the cable we use for the 9300's. Haven't had any issues as long as prepared properly. But would much prefer pigtails and heat shrink butt splicing, way faster and leak-free. https://www.anixter.com/en_ca/product-detail.PS-Copper%2BShipboard%2BCable.LSDSGU-9.html Kevin From: RE-wrenches

Re: [RE-wrenches] RE-wrenches Digest, Vol 9, Issue 170

2016-06-01 Thread Jason Andrade
I have had Powerfab build custom enclosures for me in the past but I really like the HDPE enclosures from radiantsolartech.com they are safe and constructed well. I prefer stacked battery racks myself and am building a custom one now for my personal off grid system, https://www.facebook.com/113295

[RE-wrenches] Feed-in tariffs and internal offsets

2016-06-01 Thread Troy
The utility feed-in meters right off the inverter, then separately demand meter off of the load-side meter. Which means I need to load shift the solar to offset the building loads just shy of net zero, then export the excess on the feed-in meter (because you can’t net meter). I could set it up