[RE-wrenches] SolarPro & Home Power magazines

2024-04-27 Thread Michael Welch via RE-wrenches
Please contact me off-list if you have any concerns or questions. I wanted to remind folks that all back issues of SolarPro & Home Power magazines are available for free at: https://www.solarprofessional.com/ and: https://www.homepower.com/ ___ List

[RE-wrenches] Soligent outside request for info

2024-02-16 Thread Michael Welch via RE-wrenches
Hi Wrenches. I received the following from Bruce Roush, who is not on the list. If you can help him, please contact him directly, off-list. Of course, if something is important to share with other Wrenches, it's fine to do it on-list. Hi Michael- I am trying to get in contact with someone

[RE-wrenches] Admin: RE-Markets list

2023-03-16 Thread Michael Welch via RE-wrenches
Hi Wrenches. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me off-list. Several folks have asked me about the RE-Markets list that I set up, and run in conjunction with Bill Roush. Here is what it is for: The RE-Markets list was set up specifically for discussing marketing and similar

Re: [RE-wrenches] Admin post: equipment available reminder

2023-03-13 Thread Michael Welch via RE-wrenches
Canadian Solar PV modules Text: Looking for 2 Canadian Solar Bifacial 635 W PV modules to replace hail-damaged modules. Supplier no longer has them in stock. Please contact me off-list if you can help. Michael Welch via RE-wrenches wrote at 10:59 AM 3/13/2023: >Hi folks. Contact me off list if

[RE-wrenches] Admin post: equipment available reminder

2023-03-13 Thread Michael Welch via RE-wrenches
Hi folks. Contact me off list if you have any questions or concerns. This is our occasional reminder not to offer equipment on the Wrench List. Like posting jobs and referrals, it is considered off-topic. All those are allowed on the RE-Markets list. But note that the Markets list membership

[RE-wrenches] Admin test & Leads on Wrench List

2023-02-15 Thread Michael Welch via RE-wrenches
the www.nabcep.org web site. 3. Check the Wrench List bio page to see if any of us are nearby the proposed site, www.members.re-wrenches.org 4. It is OK to post leads on the other list, RE-Markets, if you are a member. Michael Welch Sr. Editor Home Power magazine

[RE-wrenches] Admin post: Radian and Fortress incident

2022-12-28 Thread Michael Welch via RE-wrenches
Hi Peter, Nick, & other Wrenches. If you have any questions, please contact me off list. Changing the Subject line for that new topic was very helpful. But it's also important to start a brand new message to the list for a new topic, rather than just replying to an old message and changing

[RE-wrenches] Admin: spam / illicit links coming to list members

2022-11-03 Thread Michael Welch via RE-wrenches
Hello Wrenches. If you have any questions about this, please contact me off list. Some of you have been emailed spam / links that look like they might be coming from the Wrench List. They are intended to deceive you into thinking they are legitimate messages. These emails are NOT coming from

[RE-wrenches] Admin note

2022-05-06 Thread Michael Welch via RE-wrenches
Hi gang. Any questions or responses, please contact me off list. It's very unusual to not see any posts from Wrenches for a week, so I'm using this opportunity to test the system and to give you a reminder to: Please update your biography pages (link in footer below).

Re: [RE-wrenches] Unirac Sunframe Cap Strips?

2022-04-26 Thread Michael Welch via RE-wrenches
Hi Ryan, hope all  is well. You may not be aware, but this posted twice; this one today and another one with an embedded graphic yesterday. No big deal, but it made me wonder if you received the one from the list yesterday. Usually when that happens, it is because they have an email address that

Re: [RE-wrenches] Sol-Ark install (Admin Post)

2022-04-13 Thread Michael Welch via RE-wrenches
Hi gang, let's take any further discussion of Wrench List qualifications off-list, please email me directly with any questions or concerns. First, this is not a NABCEP-only list. If I had to guess, less than half of you have pro installer certifications. In fact, this list predates NABCEP and

[RE-wrenches] Admin post

2022-04-04 Thread Michael Welch via RE-wrenches
Hi gang. If you have any questions, please respond off-list to me directly. This is a good opportunity to remind folks about the Biography listings. It is a pretty good resource for experienced wrenches if you are looking for some in a particular vicinity. I use the bio pages regularly for

[RE-wrenches] Admin Post, do not respond on list

2022-03-27 Thread Michael Welch via RE-wrenches
Hello Wrenches. Contact me off list with any questions or concerns. I'm experimenting with new list server settings, as google had recently been rejecting list messages going to gmail addresses. I think I've got it mostly squared away, but have a couple of concerns I'm figuring out. As I've

[RE-wrenches] Admin Post, do not respond on list

2021-09-27 Thread Michael Welch
y kind on the list. Thank-you. [The RE-Wrenches listserver and other associated lists are managed by Michael Welch, through Redwood Alliance, a nonprofit energy-related environmental organization.] ___ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance Pay optional memb

Re: [RE-wrenches] Exploding RSD Wrench Subcommittee

2021-09-07 Thread Michael Welch
Hi Wrenches. Please contact me OFF List if interested, and I will add you to the listserver I have repurposed for this project: It appears that there are many WRENCHES members who believe the NEC language regarding Rapid Shutdown should be significantly changed, and/or the Rapid Shutdown

[RE-wrenches] Admin note

2021-06-05 Thread Michael Welch
Wrenches. I'm going to be out in the wilderness for about a week. (Yes, your member contributions have helped allow me a vacation.) One of the things I do is keep an eye on the spam & off-topic traps to make sure Wrenches' messages that are caught can be pushed through. I don't anticipate any,

Re: [RE-wrenches] Wrench Membership Dues

2021-05-06 Thread Michael Welch
Drake, your kind words move me. If anyone has any questions about this, please pop me an email off-list. drake.chamber...@redwoodalliance.org wrote at 06:01 PM 5/5/2021: >Hello Wrench Associates, While he's made it optional, I want to encourage you >to respond to Michael's request for

[RE-wrenches] Some admin stuff, please read it all

2021-02-15 Thread Michael Welch
Some housekeeping. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me off list. First, the Wrench list bios may be offline for awhile today. Our host is forcing us into a major PHP upgrade that soon won't work with our application. So I hired Sharkey to work on that for us, and the new

[RE-wrenches] Off topic items (was Re: Commissioning issues with Enphase Ensemble)

2020-11-24 Thread Michael Welch
of any kind on the list. Thank-you. [The RE-Wrenches listserver and other associated lists are managed by Michael Welch, through Redwood Alliance, a nonprofit energy-related environmental organization.] ___ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance L

[RE-wrenches] Admin: factory module damage, has anyone seen this?

2020-11-04 Thread Michael Welch
Hey gang, if you have any questions about this admin post please contact me off list. If you are responding to a post with photo files embedded in it, it is best to delete the files from your response before sending. This keeps us from having multiple duplicate files sent out to everyone. This

[RE-wrenches] Admin posting: Biographies

2020-09-26 Thread Michael Welch
Hi folks. I get a bit nervous when I don't see posts for a few days, so this is a good time to post an admin message. If you have any questions or comments, please contact me off list. Wrenches, it's probably a good idea to update your biography page every now and then. I know that other

[RE-wrenches] Admin posting: Sol-Ark on list

2020-09-10 Thread Michael Welch
Hi gang. If you have any questions or comments, please send them to me off-list. I've had several of you suggest to me off-list that Sol-Ark should have a manufacturer's representative on the list. I agree. On 8/28, one of their employees requested to be added. I responded with my standard

[RE-wrenches] Don Harris

2020-08-21 Thread Michael Welch
Hi gang. Any questions, contact me off-list. Pioneer hydro-maniac Don Harris had to abandon his home and shop this week due to the Santa Cruz fire complex. He's 90% sure he lost it all, because when he left burning embers were falling all around. Anyway, he'd love to hear from his friends, it

[RE-wrenches] Admin says: please read

2020-07-17 Thread Michael Welch
Hi gang. Just a reminder to not post off topic items. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me off-list. We've had a spate of posts recently which shouldn't have gone to the list. Mainly, messages intended only for individuals should not go to the whole list, like responses to

[RE-wrenches] Admin post, please read: Wrench List archives

2020-07-10 Thread Michael Welch
Hi there Wrenches. If you have any questions about this, please contact me off-list. A member has discovered that there are message gaps in the third-party message archive we've been using. It shouldn't be happening, but it is. So, I've changed the archive link in the message footers back to

Re: [RE-wrenches] Industry Publications

2020-04-17 Thread Michael Welch
Hi gang.  Please comment to me off list about this. The online search feature for Home Power wasn't as good as we would have liked, though it was adequate for some uses. But now you can download ALL the back issues to your computers (at no cost). Then if you have the paid version of Acrobat

Re: [RE-wrenches] Surrette/Rolls contact info?

2020-03-12 Thread Michael Welch
Hi gang. This is a good time to remind Wrenches that each of you has a biography page, as do the manufacturer reps on the list. So asking the list is not needed, and considered off-topic. The link to the bios is at the bottom of every Wrench List message, including this one. This also would

[RE-wrenches] Off topic items (was Re: New member)

2020-02-01 Thread Michael Welch
looking for," don't send it to the whole list -- just send it to the individuals. 5. Do not post administrative inquiries, but rather send them to me off-list. 6. And finally, a reminder to never post job leads of any kind on the list. Thank-you. [The RE-Wrenches listserver and other associated lists

Re: [RE-wrenches] Amphenol Connectors

2019-08-26 Thread Michael Welch
Hello Wrenches. I'm posting this on Bryan Norkunas' behalf, and working on getting him signed up as a manufacturer's representative. Hi Jay,   The testing which was done was a third party test I think through Interek I believe, and not through UL.  The testing of the H4 (not the UTX) and the

Re: [RE-wrenches] PV waste problem

2019-04-25 Thread Michael Welch
Hello Wrenches. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me off-list. This very interesting and important topic can be taken up at length on the RE-Markets email listserver. I'm assuming Eric will be starting the conversation soon, so if you're not already on that listserver, you

Re: [RE-wrenches] Schneider Phone Support

2019-01-10 Thread Michael Welch
Hi gang. I am posting this on behalf of Sandra Herrera. Hello Re-Wenches, I am sorry to hear the challenges listed here on accessing the Schneider Electric technical support departments. The recent changes made were intended to improve the support to our installer. However, we are still working

Re: [RE-wrenches] Hober Pumps Reviews?

2019-01-08 Thread Michael Welch
Hi Bill and all. Windy was having troubles getting this to post, so he asked that I post it on his behalf: Bill, I agree, mostly, with Jay. The Shurflo may last 1-3 years and it is difficult and expensive to rebuild. It's a diaphragm pump like an RV pump and has a brush motor. When the diaphragm

Re: [RE-wrenches] PV Panel Disposal

2018-09-25 Thread Michael Welch
Sam Vanderhoof and Kristina Whitney have started a PV recycling company. https://www.homepower.com/187.02 James Rudolph wrote at 09:36 PM 9/24/2018:   Aloha Wrenches, What is the best practice when it comes to disposing of  used PV panels. To be clear I am talking about ones that no longer

Re: [RE-wrenches] Administrative stuff

2018-01-11 Thread Michael Welch
Hi gang. Contact me off list with any questions or concerns. We've finally got our file attachment problem at least kinda sorta worked out. When attaching files, consider the following: 1. The maximum message size (includes headers, message body, and attachments) is 2 megabytes, and the

[RE-wrenches] This is as admin test message, please do not respond

2018-01-11 Thread Michael Welch
Hi gang. I'm still testing file attachments, please do not respond. Sorry to bother you with these, but getting this figured out is important. ___ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver

Re: [RE-wrenches] Administrative stuff

2018-01-03 Thread Michael Welch
Hello again Wrenches. Testing again, please do not respond to this post, contact me off list if you have any questions. Michael Welch wrote at 04:58 PM 11/26/2017: >Hello Wrenches, just an admin note. If you have any questions, please contact >me off list. > >You may

Re: [RE-wrenches] Administrative stuff

2018-01-02 Thread Michael Welch
Hello again Wrenches. Testing again, please do not respond to this post, contact me off list if you have any questions. Michael Welch wrote at 04:58 PM 11/26/2017: >Hello Wrenches, just an admin note. If you have any questions, please contact >me off list. > >You may

Re: [RE-wrenches] Administrative stuff

2017-12-21 Thread Michael Welch
Hello again Wrenches. Testing again, please do not respond to this post, contact me off list if you have any questions. Michael Welch wrote at 04:58 PM 11/26/2017: >Hello Wrenches, just an admin note. If you have any questions, please contact >me off list. > >You may

Re: [RE-wrenches] Administrative stuff

2017-12-11 Thread Michael Welch
. Michael Welch wrote at 04:58 PM 11/26/2017: >Hello Wrenches, just an admin note. If you have any questions, please contact >me off list. > >You may have noticed that graphics files have not been showing up in Wrenches' >posts. > >I've been working with our host to get th

[RE-wrenches] Administrative stuff

2017-11-26 Thread Michael Welch
Hello Wrenches, just an admin note. If you have any questions, please contact me off list. You may have noticed that graphics files have not been showing up in Wrenches' posts. I've been working with our host to get this figured out, and I hope it gets corrected soon. This email is a test,

Re: [RE-wrenches] Unique Off Grid Ranges

2017-10-11 Thread Michael Welch
There is a thread of comments on the HP web site about off-grid ranges, including some comments about the Unique. https://www.homepower.com/articles/home-efficiency/equipment-products/ask-experts-grid-ranges Drake wrote at 12:31 PM 10/11/2017: >Hello Wrenches, > >Some time back, Unique Off

[RE-wrenches] Off topic items

2017-08-02 Thread Michael Welch
. 6. And finally, a reminder to never post job leads of any kind on the list. Thank-you. [The RE-Wrenches listserver and other associated lists are managed by Michael Welch, through Redwood Alliance, a nonprofit energy-related environmental organization.]

[RE-wrenches] Intertek warns of noncompliant modules

2017-06-16 Thread Michael Welch
Intertek Warns of Possible Non-Compliant Flat Plate Photovoltaic Modules Bearing Intertek Certification Marks Some modules from Silicon Energy http://www.intertek.com/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=34359764877 From Phil Lou Solar Energy Specialist Washington State University

[RE-wrenches] Deck Flashing

2017-02-08 Thread Michael Welch
Hi gang. Andrew's mail server is having troubles connecting to ours, so I am posting this on his behalf. Hi Folks, Can anyone suggest some kind of a deck flashing that can be used for mounting on a comp. roof without going into the rafters?  How about plastic flashing.  We install a butch of 

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fwd: Demand Charges and Time of Day Charges

2017-01-28 Thread Michael Welch
Hi gang. I don't really want to get into discussions about rates and charges at individual utilities because there are so many different ones represented by territories you all work in. Probably hundreds. So if we could keep the discussion to design and equipment strategies in this age of

[RE-wrenches] Off topic items

2017-01-24 Thread Michael Welch
looking for," don't send it to the whole list -- just send it to the individuals. 5. Do not post administrative inquiries, but rather send them to me off-list. 6. And finally, a reminder to never post job leads of any kind on the list. Thank-you. [The RE-Wrenches listserver and other associate

Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback Programming Update

2016-11-17 Thread Michael Welch
As most of you know, I'm zealous about stopping off-topic posting. But this is a subject of interest to numerous members, I have no doubt. Definitely not off-topic. William Miller wrote at 11:10 AM 11/17/2016: >Several of you have contacted me off-line asking to be kept updated. I will

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fire fighters safety class

2016-09-21 Thread Michael Welch
Allow me to grease the skids: http://www.iaff.org/pvsafetytraining/ Dan Fink wrote at 07:37 AM 9/21/2016:   I and others recently finished working with IREC on developing  an online basic solar training program for firefighters. It's live online on the IAFF website and is free. I'm in a

Re: [RE-wrenches] Grid tie with dump load?

2016-09-07 Thread Michael Welch
One of our lurker friends asked me to add this to the conversation: Have the poster look into Open Energy Monitor: https://openenergymonitor.org/emon/ scroll down in the home page to "Solar PV diversion". This monitor can do an amazing amount of things, many of them independent of RE systems.

[RE-wrenches] Wrench list host delays

2016-07-27 Thread Michael Welch
I hope to be able to monitor the list more closely again. ---- Michael Welch Sr. Editor Home Power magazine www.homepower.com ___ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver

Re: [RE-wrenches] getting PV modules up to the roof

2016-06-06 Thread Michael Welch
FYI, folks. http://homepower.com/143.92 Benn Kilburn wrote at 01:22 PM 6/6/2016:   I'm still using the same mod lift for the past 6-8 years, with very minor modifications. I used the design that was in HomePower years ago. I switched out strut for pieces of our module rack/rail to make it

Re: [RE-wrenches] PV-direct air heating?

2016-03-10 Thread Michael Welch
Hi Dan and Wrenches, Kirk Bailey asked me to submit this on his behalf. - One option for PV-direct air/water heating controllers is CyboEnergy (www.cyboenergy.com).  They have inverter/controllers for either off-grid air/water heating (CI-Mini-1200H series), or hybrid

Re: [RE-wrenches] Aquion Batteries

2016-02-18 Thread Michael Welch
Hi folks. Tim Wood of Aquion asked me to post this on his behalf. Early versions of the Aquion battery had substantially lower continuous and peak power ratings.  Very few made their way out into the field however some did and we believe the concerns expressed on the board are related to those

[RE-wrenches] Off topic items

2016-02-15 Thread Michael Welch
n't send it to the whole list -- just send it to the individuals. 5. Do not post administrative inquiries, but rather send them to me off-list. 6. And finally, a reminder to never post job leads of any kind on the list. Thank-you. [The RE-Wrenches listserver and other associated lists are mana

Re: [RE-wrenches] the federal tax credit this year

2015-12-19 Thread Michael Welch
Hi gang. A reminder that this is not the best place to find answers to your tax-related and policy questions. Risky business. The RE-Markets list has some solid policy folks that hang out there, in addition to Wrenches. That said, it does seem quite clear that the system would have to be placed

Re: [RE-wrenches] AC house monitoring

2015-12-14 Thread Michael Welch
Hi gang. Sharkey asked me to contribute this to the conversation: It might be of interest to the Wrenches in this discussion to check out the Open Energy Monitor. http://openenergymonitor.org/emon/ I was involved in the very early phase of this project, imparting some knowledge of how

Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback customer service???

2015-12-09 Thread Michael Welch
Hi Wrenches. Sandra Herrera contacted me and let me know that Lones has been temporarily unavailable to the Wrench list, and she asked me to post this on her behalf: - - - - Hello RE-wrenches, Thank you all for your feedback, we really appreciate it. Larry, as you know my team has already

Re: [RE-wrenches] DPW Rack Problems

2015-10-07 Thread Michael Welch
I have had off-list contact with DPW, and I've been asked to post the following for them. If you have questions about my posting this on their behalf, contact me off list. Thanks. Thank you for alerting us to the problems you recently encountered with the paint used in our TPMs. It is our

Re: [RE-wrenches] remember the pirate solar inverter?

2015-09-17 Thread Michael Welch
"OK4U," then Trace bought the rights to rebrand it as a "Trace Microsine." I ran one of each, and still have a couple of the Trace ones kicking around somewhere from guerilla solar days, and I don't think they came with a plug. Nik Ponzio, Building Energy wrote at 03:31 PM 9/17/2015:

Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery bank calculator

2015-09-15 Thread Michael Welch
Hi gang, if you have any questions contact me off-list. The EnergyMaster spreadsheet by The Wizard & Richard Perez is available for download here: http://redwoodalliance.org/files/energymaster.xls But it's pretty dated. Glenn Burt wrote at 08:02 AM 9/15/2015: >Home Power used to have a

[RE-wrenches] Looking for a replacement Sanyo HIP-200BA3 panel

2015-07-20 Thread Michael Welch
Hi gang. Former Wrench list member Laura Uhler laura.uh...@solarki.com is looking for a replacement module. Please contact her directly if you can help. Looking for a replacement Sanyo HIP-200BA3 panel for an older PV system. Ideally would like to keep 51.9x35.2 foot print. Please contact me

[RE-wrenches] Other list servers you may qualify for

2015-05-04 Thread Michael Welch
How do i access the marketing list? Hi gang. Here are some other RE listservers that you may qualify for and find useful. If you have any questions, suggestions, comments, or concerns, please contact me off list. 1. RE-Markets This is for marketing, PR discussions, incentives topics, and other

Re: [RE-wrenches] Tesla Powerwall battery paired with solar

2015-05-02 Thread Michael Welch
Hey gang. This has been interesting, but let's get the list back to wrenching. Let's move any further discussion to the RE-Marketing list, or the RE-Bitching list. Thanks. ___ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address:

Re: [RE-wrenches] Geda Solarlift

2015-04-30 Thread Michael Welch
Here you go, folks. www.homepower.com/143.92 AE Solar wrote at 07:35 PM 4/29/2015: I'd be interested in seeing that homemade designor a link to the home power article. We used a conventional lift for a while...it was pretty noisy, smelly, heavy and loudbut I suppose it was safer than

Re: [RE-wrenches] Chofu Hot Tub Heater

2015-03-04 Thread Michael Welch
Hi gang. It's been interesting, but also has gotten too far afield from wrenching. If you have any further suggestions for Allan, please contact him off list. ___ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org

Re: [RE-wrenches] Spare SW4024 anyone?

2014-12-22 Thread Michael Welch
Mark Snyder can probably handle them. marksnyderelectric.com Mike Nelson wrote at 08:07 AM 12/22/2014: Who services and repairs these older trace inverters? Michael D Nelson MD Electric Solar, Inc. 707-684-0064 mobile 707-884-1862 office www.mdelectricsolar.com Sent from my iPhone

Re: [RE-wrenches] Appliances for off-grid home

2014-12-02 Thread Michael Welch
Here is another great resource for appliance info: http://enervee.com/ Dan Fink wrote at 05:20 PM 12/1/2014: Hi Dave; The last couple times I speced dishwashers for off-grid clients, I ended up doing it right from EnergyGuide ratings. No longer have to order expensive stuff from Europe or

Re: [RE-wrenches] Cooler Modules

2014-09-14 Thread Michael Welch
For the iphone, under $400. http://flir.com/flirone/ b...@midnitesolar.com wrote at 04:30 PM 9/14/2014: Absolutely right, Bill. We have a couple of these cameras and they are very handy. These cameras are also good for detecting high currents through fuses (if you can see the fuses) and bad

Re: [RE-wrenches] Magnum Energy

2014-09-09 Thread Michael Welch
Hi Wrenches. If you have any questions about this, please let me know off-list. This post is intended to put to rest the off-topic issues around Magnum's recent sale. We are working on getting a Magnum manufacturer's tech rep for this list, which should happen shortly. The info below comes

[RE-wrenches] Some archives broken

2014-05-20 Thread Michael Welch
Hi gang. If you have any questions about this, please contact me off list. It appears like there was a significant glitch in the Wrench List archives for a few days. The problem appears to have started May 16, but it looks like this morning's messages are coming through OK. While I am waiting

Re: [RE-wrenches] Hijacked Website

2014-05-01 Thread Michael Welch
Hi gang. If you have any questions about this post, please contact me off-list. Let's bring the list back on-topic. If you have any more suggestions, questions, or concerns for Dan about his hijacked web site, please contact him off-list. ___ List

Re: [RE-wrenches] Moving batteries

2014-03-20 Thread Michael Welch
Off topic, William, please do not send to the whole list! William Miller wrote at 11:27 AM 3/20/2014: Road trip? On Mar 20, 2014, at 9:42 AM, Kevin Pegg kp...@energyalternatives.ca wrote: We bought a 10 tonne crane truck, got all certified, insured and placards for carrying Class 8

[RE-wrenches] 2017 National Electrical Code

2014-03-12 Thread Michael Welch
FYI. If you have any questions, please direct them to Larry Sherwood, off-list. Greetings! Work is beginning on revisions to the 2017 National Electrical Code. This is your opportunity to collaborate on proposals to make changes to this important code. Formal code proposals by paper are due

Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback 200 RE

2014-01-23 Thread Michael Welch
Hi gang. The spec sheet for the battery has a bar graph for a 5-hr. rate: 6,200 cycles at 10% DOD 5,700 at 20% 1,800 at 50% 600 at 80% 425 at 100% Tom Duffy wrote at 06:13 PM 1/22/2014: Life depends on the depth of discharge. What load are you calculating? That will determine the battery

[RE-wrenches] Leads on Wrench List

2013-12-30 Thread Michael Welch
resources have what you are looking for, please email me again at the above address, and I will help you find someone to work with on your project. But whatever you do with leads, do **not** do it on the RE-Wrenches list. Michael Welch Sr. Editor Home Power magazine

Re: [RE-wrenches] Tax credit question.

2013-07-29 Thread Michael Welch
Hi gang. If you have any questions about this post, please contact me off-list. Great answers in this thread, specially with regard to limiting your liability with regard to tax questions from customers. But I also want to remind folks that there are some great RE policy experts on our sibling

[RE-wrenches] Other lists that Wrenches may qualify for

2013-07-29 Thread Michael Welch
Hi gang. Here are some other RE listservers that you may qualify for and find useful. If you have any questions, suggestions, comments, or concerns, please contact me off list. 1. RE-Markets This is for marketing, PR discussions, incentives topics, and other business discussions that do not

[RE-wrenches] Due diligence

2013-06-04 Thread Michael Welch
Hi gang. If you have any questions or concerns about this post, please contact me OFF LIST. I am saddened to report a situation wherein one Wrench list member responded to an equipment-wanted query from another, and the former has unable to collect on the debt owed for the equipment. Just

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fuse sizing in battery circuits

2013-04-09 Thread Michael Welch
If anyone would like an Acrobat version of this article, you can find it here: ftp://ftp.re-wrenches.org/pub/hp27_pg26_freitas.pdf William Dorsett wrote at 07:00 AM 4/9/2013: This topic comes up often enough that we ought to mention a yellowed article in Home Power, (1992 Issue 27, pg 26).

Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery Terminal Connections

2013-04-02 Thread Michael Welch
This from Sharkey: Injecting some knowledge in the current discussion about corrosion inhibiting grease. Allan Sindelar asks if there are other effective products: For the last six years, I've been using a product manufactured by Sanchem, Inc. called NO-OX-ID A-SPECIAL, which is a thick wax

[RE-wrenches] Housekeeping

2013-03-11 Thread Michael Welch
Hi gang. Please send any response or comments to me OFF LIST. Please read carefully. 1. Based on member feedback (or lack thereof), I have increased the allowed message size to 1 MB. That does not mean you should start peppering everyone's hard disks with larger files. Every time you send a

Re: [RE-wrenches] Housekeeping - File sizes and dialup

2013-03-01 Thread Michael Welch
about increasing permissible message sizes on the list. Michael Welch wrote at 11:17 AM 2/21/2013: Hi gang. Please send any response or comments to me OFF LIST. Since we have a fair number of folks on this list who live off-grid, we also had several still stuck with dialup internet access

[RE-wrenches] Housekeeping - File sizes and dialup

2013-02-21 Thread Michael Welch
Hi gang. Please send any response or comments to me OFF LIST. Since we have a fair number of folks on this list who live off-grid, we also had several still stuck with dialup internet access. For them, getting large messages was a hassle. Last year I raised the message size limit to 100K, which

Re: [RE-wrenches] CIS mods

2013-02-19 Thread Michael Welch
Hi Marco. Try this link: http://1.usa.gov/W8m1bK Marco Mangelsdorf wrote at 07:15 PM 2/18/2013: I couldn’t get that link to work, Doug. Thanks. From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [ mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Doug Wells Sent: Monday, February

Re: [RE-wrenches] getting PV modules up to the roof

2013-02-07 Thread Michael Welch
Hi gang. Home Power featured a simple, DIY module lift in Issue #143. Contact me off list if you do not have access to the article and are interested. Eric Youngren wrote at 12:51 PM 2/7/2013: I agree that its impossible to maintain 3 points of contact on a ladder while sliding a module up

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendations?

2013-01-09 Thread Michael Welch
Hi Dave et. al. It sounds like you might already know this good resource, a product list which is probably as up to date as one can get. You can download the Energy Star fridge/freezer database in Excel format, and sort on one or more columns to see the models with the features and energy

Re: [RE-wrenches] Solar Pool Heating

2012-11-28 Thread Michael Welch
Hi gang. Please comment on this topic directly to me, rather than the list. If you have any questions or comments about changing or adding to what is appropriate for the list, it is best to send them directly to me rather than the list. This helps keep the posts on-topic that do go out to the

Re: [RE-wrenches] Where for Renewable Classifieds?

2012-10-29 Thread Michael Welch
Hi gang. Right, this list is not an appropriate place to list inventory or try to sell or market anything. I am hesitant to start yet another list (but am open to off-list persuasion), but please remember that all Wrenches are eligible for the RE-Bitching list, which is private and anything

Re: [RE-wrenches] AC (only) Diversion

2012-10-13 Thread Michael Welch
Hi Nathan and Wrenches. Sharkey asked me to post this for him: In response to Nathan Stumpff, I designed and use a microprocessor-based dump load to keep my RE power off the grid: http://www.mrsharkey.com/solar-power-diversion-load-controller (see links at the top of this page for previous

[RE-wrenches] Housekeeping

2012-09-14 Thread Michael Welch
If you have any concerns or comments about this, please respond to me OFF LIST. Just some reminders, folks. I've been wanting to send some of these for awhile. Now seemed a good time because there have been no messages for several days. 1. You MUST use the email address that is subscribed to

[RE-wrenches] Fwd: PV INDUSTRY FORUM-2014 ROP UPDATE 3

2012-08-21 Thread Michael Welch
Please contact me off list if you would like the enclosures that came with this. They include: 690-2014-ROPDraft.pdf 705-2014-ROPDraft.pdf Panel Actions Affecting Other Proposals.docx SOLAR ABCS 2014 NEC.pdf DEAR MEMBERS OF THE PV INDUSTRY FORUM: 1. As many of you know, NFPA has released the

Re: [RE-wrenches] Wind Turbines killing birds and bats

2012-06-22 Thread Michael Welch
Hi gang. I think we've flogged this very marginally on-topic thread to death. Let's either move it to our wind installers list or the bitching list. Thanks. ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org

Re: [RE-wrenches] Solar Attic Fans

2012-06-08 Thread Michael Welch
Hey gang. Don't forget the idea of putting a DC fan on a gable end with either a vent on the other end, or drawing air up through the soffits. Add an appropriately-sized PV module and a snap-disk thermostatic switch, and you have something that won't protrude or penetrate the roof.

Re: [RE-wrenches] Solar tariffs

2012-05-24 Thread Michael Welch
Hi gang. There has been a discussion on the RE-Markets list, which is the right place for this. There you will find some folks knowledgeable on policy in addition to hands-on wrenches. Thanks. I haven't seen much discussion about the tariffs, but I think the current plan is really an

[RE-wrenches] Other lists that Wrenches may qualify for

2012-05-24 Thread Michael Welch
Hi gang. Here are some other RE listservers that you may qualify for and find useful. If you have any questions, suggestions, comments, or concerns, please contact me off list. 1. RE-Markets This is for marketing, PR discussions, incentives topics, and other business discussions that do not

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fed tax credit?

2012-05-17 Thread Michael Welch
This would be a good time to remind the group that even though discussing Federal incentives does not go against the guidelines for this list, there are seriously knowledgeable policy and incentives folks on our sibling list, RE-Markets. I think you'll find it better and most trustworthy to

[RE-wrenches] No leads on list

2012-05-15 Thread Michael Welch
Hi gang. If you have any questions, please contact me off list. Just a reminder that leads on the list are off-topic. Folks have been pretty good for many years about remembering this, but we've had a recent spate of them. ___ List sponsored by

[RE-wrenches] Some housekeeping

2012-04-26 Thread Michael Welch
Hi gang. If you have any questions about this, please contact me OFF LIST. We've had some off-topic posts recently, but generally you all have been doing great. I want to try to nip these in the bud, mostly because we have a few new members and I don't want them to get mixed messages about how

Re: [RE-wrenches] small wind generators

2012-04-04 Thread Michael Welch
There is not a SWWP manufacturer representative on this list. But somebody just posted a Sunforce message on the AWEA small-wind list that was aimed at SWWP. To join that discussion and list, use this link: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/small-wind-home/ Dan Fink wrote at 06:02 PM

Re: [RE-wrenches] Interstate L-16 vs Trojan L-16REB

2012-02-15 Thread Michael Welch
Yes, William is correct and this is usually the case. Manufacturers are on this list to answer your questions about their own products and avoid entirely discussions that involve their competitors. Of course, sometimes the manu reps are among the better experts in their fields. If somebody

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