Re: [RE-wrenches] Quietest off-grid inverter HAM radio

2020-10-02 Thread Jay
Hi Bob Is there any inherent advantage or disadvantage to non transformer inverters? Jay > On Oct 2, 2020, at 11:27 AM, "b...@midnitesolar.com" > wrote: > >  > > > This is all great advice. > > Remember that long wires can radiate RF. PV lines and the array can make a > good antenna

Re: [RE-wrenches] Mate3 verses Mate3S

2020-10-02 Thread Roy Butler
Tump, I have a system exactly like this one and had similar AGS issues. Once we ruled out conflicts between the internal Aux commands and the AGS menu in the Mate, we eventually figured out it was heat related. We were using the top inverter on one of the quad

[RE-wrenches] Solar powered clean air during fires!

2020-10-02 Thread Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar
Quite a few of my friends and clients are involved in this disaster, now the largest fire in California history. I told many of them of what they can do to clean the air in their space. I hope this is useful to Wrenches! Home Depot has the US made (metal case) Lasco box fan. If you tape a MRVE

Re: [RE-wrenches] Mate3 verses Mate3S

2020-10-02 Thread Ray
I know its not the same equipment, but we recently had a Magnum autostart doing strange things, and it turns out we had it set up for the wrong generator configuration.  With all the different types of starting configurations on all the different generators, strange things can happen. We're

Re: [RE-wrenches] Mate3 verses Mate3S

2020-10-02 Thread Tuss, Lones
Hello Tump You may want to go into the aux setpoints on the inverter being used to signal a gen run condition and check to see how it is programmed. It could be that the aux is being instructed to turn on by the aux setpoints as set in the inverter. If AGS tells it to turn on great but if inside

Re: [RE-wrenches] Quietest off-grid inverter HAM radio

2020-10-02 Thread b...@midnitesolar.com
This is all great advice. Remember that long wires can radiate RF.  PV lines and the array can make a good antenna for  RFI as well as the battery lines. I agree with Dave that both of those inverters are more than likely similar.  I know that the XW has a good filter on the battery line

Re: [RE-wrenches] Quietest off-grid inverter HAM radio

2020-10-02 Thread Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar
My advice is it is more about the installation and the distance from the inverter, and it's devices from the station location, than the make of equipment. There are other things also that I do to fix noise and interference. My wife is an extra class operator and several clients have visited to

Re: [RE-wrenches] Quietest off-grid inverter HAM radio

2020-10-02 Thread Roy Butler
Mac, As a ham radio operator, renewable energy installer and off-grid system owner I can say that your customer is going to experience RFI with most any inverter. If you or he have no luck finding that ideal inverter I suggest investigating the RFI mitigation

[RE-wrenches] Quietest off-grid inverter HAM radio

2020-10-02 Thread Mac Lewis
Hi Wrenches, I have a HAM radio enthusiast that needs to replace their off-grid inverter. He would like the inverter that puts off the least interference. I don't know a whole lot about evaluating an inverter for this, but I am reaching out for recommendations. Needing ~8kVa at 48V. Thanks!

Re: [RE-wrenches] Enphase Envoy Enclosures

2020-10-02 Thread Jason Szumlanski
Answers to your questions/comments: 1. The same voltage in the panelboard would also apply to the junction box in which it would be located (as suggested by Enphase). You have to bring a 240V 3-wire circuit to the Envoy in its enclosure. I don't see the difference. 2. Enphase's IQ combiner is

[RE-wrenches] Mate3 verses Mate3S

2020-10-02 Thread Tump
I have a client w/ 8 stack of older VFX3648s, Off Grid. Presently connected to a Mate 3 & older hub 10. The generator run time/shut down time is never the same, sometimes 10+ hours of running while the inverters in “silent” mode. Gen stays running despite full batteries, confirmed by battery

Re: [RE-wrenches] Enphase Envoy Enclosures

2020-10-02 Thread William Miller
Jason: Several issues come to mind: 1. I think the question that dictates is the insulation rating of the Envoy and associated wiring as possibly exposed to voltages within the panelboard. This is akin, but not identical, to the scenario described in NEC 300.3(C). Insulation rating