[RE-wrenches] Direct solar options for stock tank de icing

2020-02-10 Thread gary easton
Hello Wrenches. I have a friend in need of a way to keep stock tanks free of ice during winter months. Has any one had any experience with direct solar options for this? -- Sent from Gmail Mobile ___ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address:

Re: [RE-wrenches] New member

2020-02-01 Thread gary easton
http://members.sti.net/offgridsolar/ <http://members.sti.net/offgridsolar/> > e-mail offgridso...@sti.net > text 209 813 0060* > > On Sat, 1 Feb 2020 16:45:09 -0500, gary easton wrote: > > No one knows? > > On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 10:25 AM gary easton wrote: >

Re: [RE-wrenches] New member

2020-02-01 Thread gary easton
No one knows? On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 10:25 AM gary easton wrote: > I am sorry for this off topic question but how do I suggest a new member? > > -- > Sunny Regards, > > Gary Easton > *Appalachian Renewable Power **Celebrating over 10 years of bringing > power to t

[RE-wrenches] New member

2020-01-31 Thread gary easton
I am sorry for this off topic question but how do I suggest a new member? -- Sunny Regards, Gary Easton *Appalachian Renewable Power **Celebrating over 10 years of bringing power to the people!* 10131 Haga Ridge Stewart, Ohio 45778 NABCEP Certified Solar PV #031508-29 T: 740-277-8498

Re: [RE-wrenches] NEC 2020 not available as a portable PDF?

2020-01-08 Thread gary easton
It’s a subscription. The digital you pay for access each year. On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 5:20 PM Glenn Burt wrote: > It is true, I have both 2017 and 2014 in PDF format. > > They must be concerned about piracy. > > -Glenn > Sent from my 'smart'phone, so please excuse typos and spelling errors. >

Re: [RE-wrenches] Enphase M-250 Source

2019-08-08 Thread gary easton
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[RE-wrenches] Cybo Energy

2019-07-09 Thread gary easton
Hello all, Anyone have any experience with Cybo Inverters? I have a colleague that is in love but I just have not heard anything at all about this product. -- Sunny Regards, Gary Easton *Appalachian Renewable Power **Proud to Celebrate over 10 years in business* 10131 Haga Ridge Stewart

[RE-wrenches] Load break DC breaker for combiner

2019-04-23 Thread gary easton
I’m looking for a load break rated 15amp 600v DC breaker din rail mount. Any suggestions? -- Sent from Gmail Mobile ___ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings:

[RE-wrenches] De- combining

2019-04-04 Thread gary easton
into two seperate MPPT channels. We would like to do the same with combiner panels in reverse. I spoke with SMA and they are checking with Germany but I knew I would find info here. Anyone with experience with this? -- Gary Easton *Appalachian Renewable Power llc. * *Proud to Celebrate over 10 years

[RE-wrenches] Solar set backs

2018-07-09 Thread gary easton
Hello Wrenches, What are you all seeing required as setbacks post 2017? I am having inspectors vary between wanting a 3' lane at the bottom and sides to allowing the array down to the gutter, and from requiring between 18" and 3' at the ridge. -- Gary Easton Appalachian Renewable Power St

Re: [RE-wrenches] experience with the Tesla Powerwall

2018-02-13 Thread gary easton
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[RE-wrenches] Tariff

2017-11-06 Thread gary easton
Is anyone stocking up on modules before the 15th when the first tariff gets signed? -- Sent from Gmail Mobile ___ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings:

[RE-wrenches] residential carport options

2017-10-30 Thread gary easton
Does anyone have experience with a simple steel residential solar carport structure for 4-5 kw that has a reasonable lead time? -- Gary Easton Appalachian Renewable Power Stewart, Ohio 45778 NABCEP Certified Solar PV T: 740-277-8498 www.arp-solar.com “First they ignore you. Then they laugh

Re: [RE-wrenches] Milwaukee M18 one key tools

2016-11-28 Thread gary easton
How can you torque a lag into wood? On Sunday, November 27, 2016, Dan Fink wrote: > I thought the idea of being to preset torque RPM settings from the app was > good, my reasoning being have one impact set (by the boss, behind password) > for installing racking lags, another

Re: [RE-wrenches] Enphase Support Non-Responsive

2016-08-05 Thread gary easton
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[RE-wrenches] 48 volt battery charger.

2016-06-10 Thread gary easton
I have a customer that has an 8 kW outback radian system with a 516amphr 48 volt battery bank. He also has a large generator to power some large loads. He does not want the generator tied to the outback. He does not like automatic features but would like to run a simple battery charger whenever

[RE-wrenches] Inverter back feed liability

2015-11-22 Thread gary easton
Hello Wrenches, I have an electrical engineer customer that asked me a "what if" that I had not heard before. If an inverter somehow back feeds the grid during an outage and damages something or hurts someone who is liable? -- Gary Easton Appalachian Renewable Power Stewart, Ohio 45

Re: [RE-wrenches] Inverter back feed liability

2015-11-22 Thread gary easton
omer that asked me a "what if" that I > had not heard before. If an inverter somehow back feeds the grid during an > outage and damages something or hurts someone who is liable? > -- > Gary Easton > Appalachian Renewable Power > Stewart, Ohio 45778 > NABCEP Certified So

Re: [RE-wrenches] large array on 200 amp service

2015-09-25 Thread gary easton
. > > It's a lesson to check the utility transformer serving the property, not > just the service rating. > > > > On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 9:10 AM, gary easton <g...@arp-solar.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','g...@arp-solar.com');>> wrote: > &

[RE-wrenches] large array on 200 amp service

2015-09-25 Thread gary easton
Hello Wrenches, What are folks doing when installing 100A plus of solar into a 200A service? -- Gary Easton Appalachian Renewable Power Stewart, Ohio 45778 NABCEP Certified Solar PV T: 740-277-8498 www.arp-solar.com “First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you

[RE-wrenches] Battery bank calculator

2015-09-15 Thread gary easton
anyone have a suggestion for a battery bank sizing tool? -- Sent from Gmail Mobile ___ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings:

Re: [RE-wrenches] Guarding against live parts 690.7 (D)

2015-09-04 Thread gary easton
Bill Are you saying there is no requirement to shield wires on a ground array? On Friday, September 4, 2015, wrote: > Craig, > > > > This one is easy to misinterpret. You missed the words “live parts”. This > has been removed from the 2017 NEC because it is actually

Re: [RE-wrenches] Bird droppings

2015-07-06 Thread gary easton
-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org');] *On Behalf Of *gary easton *Sent:* Monday, July 06, 2015 3:36 PM *To:* RE-wrenches *Subject:* [RE-wrenches] Bird droppings I have a customer with a bit of a bird problem. The array is ground mounted and can be easily cleaned but he is wondering what

[RE-wrenches] Bird droppings

2015-07-06 Thread gary easton
I have a customer with a bit of a bird problem. The array is ground mounted and can be easily cleaned but he is wondering what the impact of for instance droppings on one cell. And how it adds up. Is there a rule of thumb for this? Does it depend where the cell is located in the module?

[RE-wrenches] Battery charger

2015-06-07 Thread gary easton
I have a customer with an outback Radian system as well as an SMA TL inverter. He would like to plug a small battery charger into the emergency outlet on the SMA if the grid goes down and send that little extra juice into his battery bank. Is there an issue with two systems charging the same

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2013-04-18 Thread Gary Easton
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[RE-wrenches] NABCEP credits and code webinars

2011-01-04 Thread gary easton
Hello Wrenches, Anyone aware of webinars coming up approved for NABCEP's code related continuing education credits? ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options settings:

[RE-wrenches] enphase and AFI circuits

2010-09-28 Thread Gary Easton
Has anyone had issues with enphase tripping AFI circuits on the panel they are interconnected with? In this install the interconnection is a line side tap. Gary Easton Appalachian Renewable Power Systems NABCEP Certified Solar PV NABCEP Certified Solar Thermal 740-277-8498 DIV style=font

[RE-wrenches] thermal imaging stud sensors

2010-08-30 Thread Gary Easton
Anyone have experience with a thermal imaging stud sensor or any other sensor that will work through roofs? Gary Easton Appalachian Renewable Power Systems NABCEP Certified Solar PV NABCEP Certified Solar Thermal 740-277-8498 Drake, Chris Freitas wrote an article on this topic in SP1.1, ³Form

[RE-wrenches] metering an outback system

2010-08-09 Thread Gary Easton
the bottom with a neutral from the E-panel connected to the fifth leg. The meter is not reading anything close to the Outback. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Gary Easton Appalachian Renewable Power Systems NABCEP Certified Solar PV NABCEP Certified Solar Thermal 740-277-8498 Kelly, When

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fwd: Re: GVFX temperatures

2010-03-04 Thread Gary Easton
Anyone know of a source for a SMA 2100? or any reasons for this inverter being hard to find? Gary Easton Appalachian Renewable Power Systems NABCEP Certified Solar PV NABCEP Certified Solar Thermal 740-277-8498 Thankfully my MX60's software is old enough to still have an option to control it's