Re: [RE-wrenches] Fire fighters safety class

2016-09-19 Thread Dave Palumbo
Wrenches, I will be presenting a class on "Solar Home Fire Fighter Safety" to our local volunteer fire department this coming weekend. I will tour them around my off grid neighborhood so that we can review various PV, micro-hydro, different inverters and battery systems, various back-up generat

Re: [RE-wrenches] Issue with DR1512 and oven

2016-09-19 Thread Brian Teitelbaum
Solid advice from both Ray and Allan. Switching to a sine-wave inverter will solve the controller issue, but not the 300W glow bar draining the batteries. Switching to a Peerless-Premier would solve that problem, or use an old Wedgewood range like I do. My 6-burner/two oven gas Wedgewood from th

Re: [RE-wrenches] Issue with DR1512 and oven

2016-09-19 Thread Allan Sindelar
Kristopher, Ray's advice is sound, and I'll add: that 14 year old inverter is likely to last forever, and that's not a reason to keep using it. It's almost certainly the crude waveform that's causing the issues. If range replacement remains the only option, talk with Peerless-Premier (www.premi

Re: [RE-wrenches] Issue with DR1512 and oven

2016-09-19 Thread Kristopher Schmid
Thanks Ray, This is a circa 2002 inverter. I may just tell them to go to a pilot light stove model (hate to waste gas, ya know). Kris On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 5:39 PM, Ray Walters wrote: > Sounds like ovens have gotten more complicated over the years. As soon as > I read "control board" and m

Re: [RE-wrenches] Issue with DR1512 and oven

2016-09-19 Thread Ray Walters
Sounds like ovens have gotten more complicated over the years. As soon as I read "control board" and modified sine wave, I cringe. The good old DR inverters worked great, I even ran my own shop on one for several years back in the 90s. I for the most part quit selling them though, as even tho

[RE-wrenches] Issue with DR1512 and oven

2016-09-19 Thread Kristopher Schmid
Hi Wrenches, I have a client that has blown out 2 control boards on their oven in the last few months. The appliance is a Whirlpool Model WFG515S0EW0 powered by a Xantrex DR1512. Since this is an off-grid home, i recommended that they get an LP stove with no oven glow bar and this was the unit t

Re: [RE-wrenches] FW: RE: home trackers

2016-09-19 Thread Allan Sindelar
Well, it wasn't a rumor... I was given this information as well by Michael. My post was about support and parts for existing residential trackers. I spoke this morning with Kyle Greulich: replacement controllers are available through them. It's now a plc-based unit with its own sensor, and uses

[RE-wrenches] FW: RE: home trackers

2016-09-19 Thread toddcory
wrenches, i did some follow-up with array technology regarding the sales and service of home scale trackers. the good news is these services are still available (see the forwarded message below). todd mount shasta energy services On Monday, September