Re: [RE-wrenches] Optics

2024-05-18 Thread Kirk Bailey via RE-wrenches
The rumor I've heard is EG4 purchased them. Kirk Bailey www.abundantsolar.com On Saturday, May 18, 2024, Lou Russo via RE-wrenches < re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: > All my sites are currently down. > > Not related but I tried to call tech support yesterday during business > hours

Re: [RE-wrenches] EG4 Equipment

2024-02-16 Thread Kirk Bailey via RE-wrenches
Dave, I took a quick look at the Discover AES battery specifications you linked to and didn't find an entry for how much power the BMS uses when the battery is turned ON, but doing nothing? In my experience the Fortress eFlex BMS uses on the order of 12-15 W, and it would be interesting to

Re: [RE-wrenches] Integrating Fortress E-vault maxes into an SI AC-coupled system

2023-11-12 Thread Kirk Bailey via RE-wrenches
William, I agree that AC coupled input power can't be "directly" regulated by the battery inverter, but it *can* be indirectly regulated using techniques such as telling the downstream PV inverter(s) to back off via a frequency-watt change, or turning on a diversion load, or worst case

Re: [RE-wrenches] Integrating Fortress E-vault maxes into an SI AC-coupled system

2023-11-12 Thread Kirk Bailey via RE-wrenches
Make that 222-10 for ChrgVtgFlo, not 220-10 Kirk On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 3:05 PM Kirk Bailey wrote: > I went back and looked at my notes on my recent adventure with closed loop > SI to eFlex Fortress, and one thing I had noted at the time is that > Fortress recommends 2.2V, 2.26V, and 2.3V

Re: [RE-wrenches] Integrating Fortress E-vault maxes into an SI AC-coupled system

2023-11-12 Thread Kirk Bailey via RE-wrenches
I went back and looked at my notes on my recent adventure with closed loop SI to eFlex Fortress, and one thing I had noted at the time is that Fortress recommends 2.2V, 2.26V, and 2.3V for the setting for ChrgVtgFlo (220-10), depending on which of three Fortress docs I read. I think I ended up

Re: [RE-wrenches] Home grid stacked battery heating

2023-11-05 Thread Kirk Bailey via RE-wrenches
Something else to consider is that many of the modern LFP batteries use a relatively large amount of power just to keep the internal BMS/contactor(s) energized, independent of whether the battery is being charged/discharged. For example, I believe the Fortress eFlex 5.4's use on the order of 12-20

[RE-wrenches] Off Grid, Cloudy Days, Solar Tilt Question

2023-10-25 Thread Kirk Bailey via RE-wrenches
net/offgridsolar/>https://offgridsolar1.com/ <https://offgridsolar1.com/> <http://members.sti.net/offgridsolar/> e-mail offgridso...@sti.net text 209 813 0060* On 2023-10-25 3:46 pm, Kirk Bailey via RE-wrenches wrote: Hi All! We don't do a lot of pure off-grid systems and I recentl

[RE-wrenches] Off Grid, Cloudy Days, Solar Tilt Question

2023-10-25 Thread Kirk Bailey via RE-wrenches
Hi All! We don't do a lot of pure off-grid systems and I recently ran across something I wanted to run by folks with more experience in this area: Optimal array tilt for our very cloudy PNW winters! My understanding has always been that latitude plus 10-15 degrees was the best tilt to address