Jeff,
We've only done a couple of XW systems, but when I needed software
I was able to have it emailed to me by XW tech support. If you
don't get a response here, you might try that.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
$10 to $14 each, and we need eight of them.
Is using doubled up #4 or #2 the only
solution? Are there any other suggestions that will
allow us to use the 1/0 X-Flex?
Thank you,
Allan
-
Allan Sindelar
27;m on Interstate's side.
Hope this helps,
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
New
mention of temp comp.
Magnum needs to weigh in on this.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
ethod
circumvents your problem. Would it work for you?
I forwarded your post to supp...@magnumenergy.com. I'll forward
any response to the list.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP
Rated 111A at 54 VDC; 222A at 27 VDC. I
think that's too much current for any charge controller.
So close and yet so far...
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovo
if I
recall, is that at 54V (on 48V nominal) the DC output voltage is
too low for our purposes and is not adjustable.
So close, and yet so far... if anyone has learned that this has
changed, please let this list know.
Allan
Allan Sin
their bills promptly get the best
bend-over-backward support. Some of them even offer tea and
cookies.
Good luck!
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
instead of the #6
necessary with a 60A breaker. And of course, you could use a 40A
breaker with #6 conductors, so theoretically it would be fine. I
just fail to see any benefit to doing so.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenerg
prone to nuisance trips under large cumulative loads.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
No, it's definitely not a Windseeker.
They were much different in appearance; for example, no section of
flexible conduit or SOWA cable between sections.
But I have no idea what it is.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
I'd like to see it too, please.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
New Mexico
we can't offer the prices a distributor can.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
New Mexico EE9
response about my rant, I'll post it to
the list.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
worry about the 125a dc breaker size? Are there SI
programming settings that I should know about to better protect
against nuisance tripping?
Thank you,
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
N
of us are facing the same issues in
our jurisdictions.
Thank you,
Allan
--
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
Ne
William,
Yes, that's my understanding. Outback acknowledged this to me
years ago.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
N
) was involved with sponsoring development of
an LP gennie tough enough to handle off grid demands. They first
approached Kohler, who turned them down, and then worked with
Generac (all this is hearsay; don't quote me on it).
Allan
the output breaker.
This is a different issue than was being discussed, but fits your
question.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP
On 1/24/2013 12:35 PM, Allan Sindelar wrote:
Wrenches,
We have years of installing 36-cell (12V) and 72-cell
(24V) modules for battery-based customers. Most of our
(off list) What brand and model are
they, Larry?
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
Jason,
How do you AC couple some microinverters to cover the decrease in
performance in an off grid system, especially with older
equipment, such as an SW4024?
Thanks, Allan
Allan Sindelar
al
,
and other common situations?
Thank you in advance for the collective wisdom, as usual.
Allan
--
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
failed BP modules in that size range, and are hesitant to use their
technology, fearing that the problems may persist in the continued
line.
Thank you for any discussion and recommendations.
Allan
--
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenerg
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
New Mexico EE98J Journeyman Electrician
Founder and Chief Techn
ant enough issue to merit choosing the FM".
I'll offer that Outback is suddenly way behind the curve on this
one.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Ins
s of three meets the
customer's output and aesthetic needs.
Any solutions would be welcome.
Thank you,
Allan
--
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Tec
compression, although not being an engineer I can't quantify this.
I have seen a ton of industrial cells resting directly on it,
fully supported with only modest dimpling.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysola
Thank you,
Allan
--
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
New Mexico EE98J Journeyman Electrician
Founder and Chief Techn
LEDs are the way to go. Is
the difference simply the high number of lumens the tubes are
designed to produce, versus the low number for the Christmas
lights?
Thanks, Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysola
eries that will
tell you all you are seeking to know about them.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
Carl,
Yes, I know and appreciate that the pumps remain in production.
However, I don't think there's a U.S. distributor. As my customer
wants to be prepared for unknown disruptions of the social
structure, telling him that if the pump fails we can get parts
n though I understand that the pumps are pretty good
nowadays.
Thank you, Jeff,
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Tech
lication, as they (like the Lorentz) are a helical rotor design
with a brushless motor. But reviews are mixed on reliability.
Anything else to recommend? Any preferences from direct experience
with these or others?
Thank you,
Allan
--
Allan Sind
All heard and well taken, Jay, but the
Concordes are single-case 2V cells, so they are individually
replaceable.
Thanks, Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Wrenches:
First question: for a large grid-tied with battery backup system (9.8 kW
array, two SB5000s, dual Sunny Islands), we have offered the customer
the choice of either one 48V string of 24 2V Concorde SunXtender
PVX-121HT, for 1,200 A/hr, or a set of Absolyte GP 100G23s, for 1,260
A/hr (
e Slowpumps and Booster Pumps almost
never need brushes replaced (and they're available if ever
needed). So can you explain why you're looking for a brushless
motor?
Thanks, Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergys
I used 80-90A estimated because our
combination of high elevation and dry air makes 1,200 W/m2 quite
common.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
90 A/hr string in series with his used
24V 1690 A/hr strin, could we expect the cells to play well
together? Would it be reasonable to predict that the entire single
48V string would perform as well as the older string?
Thank you,
Allan
--
still working? Is it current-limited internally?
By the way, since he had a 7,000 watt (yeah, right) 12V inverter
from a truck stop, I encouraged him to buy a 24V inverter and rewire
everything to 24V; then his C-40 would (just) work.
Thanks, Allan
--
The SMA SB1800 of old was 120 VAC
output, but I don't know if it's still manufactured.
Allan (off grid graybeard)
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
ction.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
New Mexico EE98J Journeyman Electrician
Founder and
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
New Mexico EE98J Journeyman Electrician
Founder and Chief Technolo
to use
them, and in which (series and/or parallel) configurations.
Thank you,
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Tec
so,this is news. Do you have any more info you can share with
us about this?
Thanks, Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Technical
ucts for higher current DC busbar/cabling
combinations will become available in the near future. I think
that we will have increasing need for such higher-capacity
hardware, in order to remain Code-compliant on larger systems.
Allan
internal cell-to-cell connection
and made it work until the pair could be replaced.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales
27;t use a single amp-hour meter, such as a
TriMetric. So I would tend to place less value on subjective
perception without the metrics to back it up.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Ph
vpc, with temperature
compensation.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
New Mexico EE98J Journe
Just my $.02001
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
New Mexico EE98J Jo
w
MPP. That way the overall output would be minimally reduced,
and a modest amount of shading would not cause the shaded
module to drop below collective MPP as readily.
Allan Sindelar
al...@positive
rmer under the same auspices. My understanding
is that products will be shipping in 4-6 months.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified
(I think).
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
New Mexico EE98J Journeyman Electrician
Founde
ity backup with only ineffective wind as
the secondary source would indeed increase a utility bill, at
least marginally.
It sounds as though the system could be performing exactly as
designed.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
On Aug 23, 2012, at 7:39 AM, Allan
Sindelar wrote:
Wrenches,
We have worked with Outback Radian and Schneider XW once
or twice each for grid-tie with backup, and
there ever a situation in which this would be a better solution
than SMA?
Thank you, as always,
Allan
--
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Pr
will have 20kWhr onboard.
Thank you in advance for any assistance.
Allan
--
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
New Mex
igher cost, the Deltas are pretty much history for our
applications.
Check out http://www.midnitesolar.com/video/spd/spd.php
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovo
regretting having done so.
In this case, this would especially be true with a long time
installer like Jay, who would know what to advise a customer.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABC
on a
time-and-materials basis. That won't work for standard grid-tied
systems, which use completely different sales approaches and
fixed-price bids in a highly competitive environment.
I hope that this helps you, Jason.
Allan
doesn't follow this list any more.
Hope this helps!
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales
Wrenches,
More on the monitoring of GTWB systems, using a TriMetric, from
Ralph Heisey, the developer of the TriMetric. Please include Ralph
(bog...@bogartengineering.com) in any further discussion.
Allan
Hi Allan
For grid tie systems that are only quite oc
d if there is a successor to Semco, please let
the list know.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
me and lead to false
readings. What do you use, Todd, or if you use a traditional
amp-hour meter, how do you program it to fool it into maintaining
accuracy in a system that always sits in float?
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@pos
ld
not likely trigger, as the switchover is too quick. Any ideas for
simple solutions, please?
Allan
--
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Pr
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
New Mexico EE98J Journeyman Electrician
Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Pos
Who has done this and resolved the issue? What shunt did you use?
Thank you,
Allan
--
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
nces. At worst,
it gives you a baseline reading. Also, if you can, look for
browned hot spots, visible beneath he glass in the area over where
the leads leave the module back.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.
http://www.solarhub.com
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
New Mexico EE98J Journeyman
Wrenches,
I forwarded Brian's post on to Robin at Midnite, as I thought it
was an interesting idea. Below is his response, as well as boB's.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP
Sorry, Wrenches, I messed up about the
time in this last post. It's 1 pm PDT, not 9 am.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
N
For those Wrenches who signed up for the Magnum off grid product
webinar, that resulted from a thread here, a reminder that it starts
in an hour.
Allan
--
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
On 7/16/2012 6:33 PM, Allan Sindelar
wrote:
Wrenches,
Here's a bit of background on the recert survey, sent to me and a
few others earlier today by Ezra Auerbach, the Executive Director
of N
Product Sales 888-895-9612
Shipping and Receiving 888-895-6497 Tech
Support 888-895-8179
From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On
Marc
Kurth
Centex
Batteries, LLC
From:
Allan Sindelar [mailto:al...@positiveenergysolar.com]
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 12:41 AM
To: Larry Crutcher, Starlight Solar Power Systems;
s seldom likely to happen).
Your thoughts? I respect your experience.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Profess
have received very good service from this distributor, in case
any Wrenches are looking for a Concorde distributor.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Inst
acity, the EcoGen/SW4024 combination
will have to be dialed way back to keep your C/rate within the
limits of what the batteries can handle. I assume that you mean
T105s.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenerg
ences lack the GTI communications
cable port.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
New Mexico
system monitor, in
place of the third-party TriMetric. And customers are likely to
learn quickly if their fooling around costs them a non-warranty
service call, or worse, a new set of batteries.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positive
Thank you,
Allan
--
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
New Mexico EE98J Journeyman Electrician
Founder and Chief Technology Officer
box, you should have
received a new one. You might talk with Phil U. - he would
understand the customer's dissatisfaction, as he cut his industry
teeth as an installer and has seen it from your perspective.
Good luck,
Allan
especially important for the rest of us since your subject
line is "Re: [RE-wrenches] RE-wrenches Digest, Vol 5, Issue 173",
rather than the actual topic. Thanks!
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Ph
Controller
http://www.eaton.com/Electrical/USA/Support/Documentation/Catalogs/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&RevisionSelectionMethod=LatestReleased&Rendition=Primary&dDocName=VOL02_TAB12
(Contactor Based – Page 538; Breaker Based – Page 556; ATC-100 –
Page 594)
Allan
Wrenches:
Bill Loesch had commented on the lack of any "official" response
from NABCEP on the recent thread. I forwarded this message and
thread to Ezra Auerbach; his response to the list is below.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenerg
Jeff, these are legitimate complaints, well and clearly stated. I
have forwarded them on to Ezra and others at NABCEP. (I'll forward
others too.)
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovo
-only standards
to respond on this list. NABCEP is a small nonprofit organization
set up by volunteers for the benefit of our industry.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Insta
this high before. Given the situation and the back
story, should we have any concern about the high SG readings?
Thank you,
Allan
--
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP
to the SLAVE is the only solution
available at this time.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
New Mexico EE98J
According to a 2008 Xantrex price list, MSRP was $3,025.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
New Mexico
ght on
that skill alone, and another 50% by taking one of the "no pass no
pay" private test prep courses. You can't do that with the NABCEP
Certification exam. To me that's a good thing.
Methinks you complain too much, sir.
Allan
7;m not certain at all here) that the
available wattage would be dependent on only the resistance, not the
voltage or the current.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
N
ave seen this a number of times.
If that's the case, contact me off list and I'll give you some
typical settings to put in.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
l times for installations that we've done. We
don't sell it, preferring to let a generator specialist handle
service and support after the sale. So far no complaints have
filtered back.
I would encourage you to take this one model off of your "stay away
from&q
butor that continues to
offer them, please?
Allan
--
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
New Mexico EE98J Journeyman Electrician
arge (1675
amp-hour) 48-volt flooded battery bank? A customer has inquired.
Thank you,
Allan
--
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
, the names of
those distributors for which you have been given the most and
biggest gold stars? We could all benefit.
Thanks, Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
N
Howie,
No direct experience, but below my signature box is a recent
response from David Katz to a related question. This might also be a
good source for you; AC>DC as well as DC>DC.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysol
does this fully take the place of a tool belt when you're out in the
field?
Thank you,
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Pr
f that's your customer's
preference, although no box. Contact me off-list if this is of
interest, and you have a box.
Allan
Allan Sindelar
al...@positiveenergysolar.com
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
Installer
301 - 400 of 826 matches
Mail list logo