rally recommended for this application. The data
shows them as "fast acting." Is this a problem? Will they act too fast
and open during normal surge loads?
Thanks in advance!
William Miller
Troy,
Overcurrent device size is matched to the conductor size. The inverse time
con
John:
Of course. The protocol is copper eyelet in direct contact with the flag.
William
At 06:51 AM 4/1/2013, you wrote:
William:
I agree completely on all points.
I have also seen many bolt heads migrate through the battery terminals
and even split the terminal.
Washers are cheap
-to-metal connections,
torqued before any coating is applied.
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msy basket. Consider snow
and ice and falling objects.
Too many installers entered the PV field without first acquiring the
necessary skills as journeymen or women electricians. I don't see the
benefit of rewriting the code to accommodate a lack of skills in the industry.
Respectfully,
Wil
severe. I don't believe you could or should run power
to a rooftop AC unit in cable tray. Conduit is a tried and true practice
and I recommend it.
William Miller
At 06:01 PM 3/25/2013, you wrote:
Ouch. I promise I'm not advocating for anything like that. What I may be
missing i
7; to do
anyway. Unless I am missing something...
Thanks!
William Miller
PS: Just kidding. Hope no offense is taken.
wm
At 03:46 PM 3/25/2013, you wrote:
So if you ever get called on 392.10(B)(2), I think you can point out that
the Code Making Panels have been busy clarifying that cable
into the
lead, loosening connections. All mating surfaces need to be newly wired
brushed just before assembly. Battery connections need to be re-torqued
annually.
William Miller
At 09:40 AM 3/25/2013, you wrote:
Larry,
Thanks for your reply. For some reason the schematic I received from
Lou:
Allan presents the better advice below. Ignore my previous post until you
are sure the battery is bad.
William Miller
At 02:57 PM 3/15/2013, you wrote:
Lou,
There is nothing in your message that definitively tells me that you have
either a bad cell or a bad battery. "
Lou:
At 1 year you are just within the allowable window. I would monitor the
bank over the next two months after replacement to see if the SG remains
consistent from cell to cell.
William Miller
At 01:38 PM 3/15/2013, you wrote:
Hello Wrenches,
Assuming the one battery is bad, is it
Andrew:
DPW has aluminum stand-offs at least 12", and quite possibly 14". They are
custom order. They are good quality.
William Miller
At 01:52 PM 3/15/2013, you wrote:
Fold Two: Does anyone know of a source for 'standoffs' that are greater
than 7"s but less
AC breaker trips. The breaker may not trip if Gen
Support is
enabled and Gen Amps is configured not to exceed the generator's rated
output current.
I hope this information is relevant, correct and helpful.
Sincerely,
William Miller
At 08:24 AM 3/1/2013, you wrote:
Larry:
In the case
not presume to know about the
requirements of internal ganging.
William Miller
At 08:06 AM 2/27/2013, you wrote:
Hello Wrenches,
I am installing a Classic 150 controller in an RV with potential 95 amps
output at 12 volts. The customer has a Midnite DIN box and wants me to use
it for the
Amen. See millersolar.com for examples.
William Miller
On Feb 26, 2013, at 10:49 AM, Ray Walters wrote:
> HI Jeremy, Bob;
>
> That's the little strap that would slice you open if you weren't careful.
> That's a very hard box to work in just with one inverter.
, please. If you have a specification sheet or photo
of an equipment plaque, that would be appreciated.
William Miller
At 06:04 AM 2/23/2013, Mike Nelson wrote:
I recently installed a tesla charger, 100 amps at 240v, grid tied customer.
Michael D Nelson
advance.
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I don't quite have line of sight. There is the brow of a hill... I will
look to see if any of the wireless solutions will handle this scenario.
Wm
At 12:57 PM 2/22/2013, Steve Jefferson wrote:
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hardwire path that solution is not so easy. Apparently I need to
asses the viability of a wireless RS485 system.
I am wondering:
1. Do I understand the above scenario correctly?
2. Do any of you have any experience with wireless 485 systems?
Thanks again for all of the help.
William Miller
Steve:
Thanks for your input. I think there is enough general interest amongst
this group that it would be useful for you to enlighten all of us on-line
as to what the options are. Thanks in advance.
Sincerely,
William Miller
At 08:51 AM 2/20/2013, you wrote:
Morning Wrenches,
SMA is
otch above experimental beta-test.
I remember the SunCentric from several years ago, but not sure how durable
that turned out, and I was having trouble a vendor for it now. Any
suggestions for today with some favorable track record? Or suggestions on
what to avoid?
William Korthof
Sustainable Solution
to be
warned in advance so you bring the material and metric fasteners.
It is a shame that with such a large installed base of SB2500 inverters out
there that the factory will no longer repair them. Is there a third party
repair shop I don't know about?
William Miller
Miller Solar
V
Friends:
I have a legacy client with a SB2500 remote from a residence. We are using
a Control Light but it is becoming more and more unreliable. What
experience do any of you have with PLC communications with the Sunny Boy
using more modern equipment?
Thanks in advance.
William Miller
em snapping off
while being driven.
William Miller
At 09:26 AM 2/18/2013, Ray Walters wrote:
I've got a project right now on a steel roof. I was just at a trade show
last week, so I got to look at the latest gizmo from S5.
I didn't like it at all, it didn't go into the valleys like
. This is much easier
than adding blocking to create purlins. This only works if you are
installing a fastener through the peak of the corrugation. With the S5
product you have to find framing under two locations, not one.
William Miller
At 02:04 PM 2/16/2013, you wrote:
The S-5 bracket loo
ot;. There are products with height measurements of 0.5 and
0.875.
I have a few questions:
1. How do I figure out which roofing product I have?
2. Does it matter if the spacing varies from one location to the next?
3. Does anyone have experience with the CMB product.
Thanks in advance.
William
#x27;s just that I prefer fusion to
fission. And it just so happens that there's an enormous fusion reactor safely
banked a few million miles from us. It delivers more than we could ever use in
just about 8 minutes. And it's wireless! - William McDonough
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Eric:
I'd be careful about attaching a large object to the back of anyone
climbing a ladder. You are attaching a sail to your climber and if a gust
comes up there is no easy way to shed a back pack while holding on for dear
life.
William Miller
At 12:51 PM 2/7/2013, you wrote:
I
the manual
and did not see this function.
William Miller
PS: Xantrex SW, Xantrex XW, Outback Radian and Sunny Island all do
this. I don't think any of them provide neutral switching.
Wm
At 02:22 PM 2/5/2013, you wrote:
Hello William,
If by mobile you are referring to the neutra
mobile. I have heard the Sunny Island has gen support, but don't know yet
if it is mobile capable.
Thanks in advance.
William Miller
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erent consideration
for AC versus DC in New Zealand.
Do you know what other Metric based nations use for determining wire
resistance values?
Thanks in advance.
William Miller
At 04:32 PM 2/3/2013, Carl Emerson wrote:
Hi William,
Just a comment on the spreadsheet.
You have made provisio
all common wire sizes in one
view so you can evaluate the tradeoffs for various scenarios.
Questions or comments are appreciated.
William Miller
At 09:54 PM 2/1/2013, toddc...@finestplanet.com wrote:
thank you... this is useful. do you have william millers calculator too?
its attached in
. It took him 45 minutes and actually reading the book to figure it
out.
Again, a very limited exposure to the machine, but it's all I got.
William
At 10:54 PM 1/29/2013, you wrote:
I just found Generac's Off grid model 6 Kw. I know I've heard nothing but
$%& about Genera
Allan:
Could it be that the SW systems are protecting the generator with Generator
Support, and the Outback inverters are not?
William Miller
At 07:18 PM 1/29/2013, you wrote:
This is going back several years...
The Outback VFX series lacks the tight input current regulation of the SW
Jesse:
Do you have any way to compare the total harvest for the day for a given
module in a "clipping" scenario versus an unclipping? The question I want
to answer is: Do we improve production enough on the shoulders of the clip
to justify the loss on the peak?
Thanks,
William M
required.
William Miller
PS: You did say all feedback is appreciated
Wm
At 02:27 AM 1/26/2013, you wrote:
Fellow Wrencher's,
I have a project that I will be installing 4 string inverters on a roof
and combining the output into a 3 phase Load center. Once in the
basement I would like
Friends:
If you are accustomed to using an Outback CC and not the Blue Sky, there is
an important difference: The Blue Sky requires that the PV negative
current be routed through the device.
William Miller
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charging rates of each string individually and the strings
combined and we found the system worked pretty well.
Good luck,
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the Ironridge racking system
much better than ProSolar or Unirac. I've seen plenty of demos with Creotec
but haven't had the opportunity to use it yet. Looks very cool though and
has some rave reviews.
Eric Stikes
SunHarvest
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Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 2:09 PM
To: Wrenches
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Awkward Mid-clamps & jigs for installing or
removing modules?
William,
Your helper is suggesting using 4 end-clamps per module, is that right?
Sounds like a good c
(short angle first) flat up under the bottom rail,
and tip them up 90 degrees. The short angles hook on the rail and the module
can rest on the long angles. I can adjust them for any module and it's a lot
easier to get the array aligned.
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Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 11:35:56 -0600
From:
Single-handed mounting for replacing or installing modules on racks. My
helper installing an array on an Iron Ridge rack commented (like so many of
you have surely thought) that the mid-clamps are really clumsy. His
suggestion was that on his, he would lengthen the rail and only use end
clamps so e
Friends:
I've heard that you can apply an external supply and avoid the inverter, if
desired.
William
At 07:28 PM 1/13/2013, you wrote:
Jay, the flexnet dc requires at least one inverter or charge controller,
plus a hub. The device is powered by the inverter/controller's po
/_PV_Wiring2.html
for information. I hope the material included is helpful to some of you.
Thanks,
William
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Thanks a lot for configuring this for my benefit. I'll check it out and let you
know if I have any questions
William Miller
On Jan 1, 2013, at 4:47 PM, Chris Mason wrote:
> William,
> I converted the generator to autostart and added an alert, so you can see how
> the egauge
AC source.
This is probably causing repeated generator failure with a client I am working
with at the present
This an advanced consideration that may be a lot to educate an inspector about.
If you do choose to down-size the feed breaker, just adjust your math
accordingly.
William Miller
On
Jeremy:
You are welcome, but credit belongs to Kent Osterberg.
wm
At 09:02 PM 12/30/2012, you wrote:
William,
They are using the 2011 code, so we should be good.
705.12D2 exception is a little confusing at first, but I got it.
Jeremy
Sent via BlackBerry. Sorry for typos and shorthand
to 150 A,
but not easily. The fit was not perfect -- I had to modify the hold down
bracket, but it passed inspection. Technically I suppose the MMC was no
longer compliant with the listing once I modified it, but sometimes you
gotta do what you gotta do.
Good Luck.
William Miller
* PS: I
Kent:
I do not have that document handy at this moment. Can you send the
citation, please?
Thanks,
William Miller
At 04:56 PM 12/30/2012, you wrote:
If you are using the 2011 NEC, 705.12(D)(2) has an exception to the 120%
rule for inverters with energy storage to allow for operation of
Right on.a database tracking module serials would also allow tracking module
reliability and output.
Bill Dorsett
Sunwrights
Manhattan, KS
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battery charging minus
efficiency losses. Is this your understanding?
William
At 03:13 PM 12/27/2012, you wrote:
Wattage from a generator or generated power? Generated power is the same
as load, right?
On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 5:50 PM, William Miller
<<mailto:will...@millersolar.co
nd
responsive to special requests. This is a good service model. I will
continue to use their products.
William Miller
At 03:30 PM 12/27/2012, you wrote:
The eGauge can measure battery voltage now (using L3 input), been running
with it for months, and they are finishing up work on a DC
Chris:
I want to measure generator watts.
William
At 01:16 PM 12/27/2012, you wrote:
<http://egauge2574.egaug.es/>http://egauge2574.egaug.es/
Now, what do you want to measure. Being an off-grid system, all you can
measure is the output. The normal use for an egauge is to compare load
Chris:
I am trying to demonstrate for a potential customer what and E-Gauge
display on an off-grid system would look like.
Wm
At 11:38 AM 12/27/2012, you wrote:
I can rig something, what are you looking for?
On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 3:15 PM, William Miller
<<mailto:will...@millersol
Friends:
I am looking for an E-Gauge system on the E-Gauge Devices page that is
monitoring an off-grid system. Anyone know of one?
TIA
William Miller
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try setting the start voltage a volt above whatever your battery
voltage is at the moment for testing.
Setup if more trouble than it should be. I use Gen. Type 2 for two wire
starting.
Good luck.
William
PS: Have you checked the menus: AGS/CFG Trigger/Start DCV 30 sec through
DCV 24 hour
y in production.
William
At 05:57 PM 12/26/2012, you wrote:
Hello all,
Does the Enphase box mounting bracket have compatibility problems with any
top down mounting rail? (Solar mount, ironridge std)
Jesse
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On Dec 23, 2012, at 9:03 AM, Mac Lewis wrote:
> Hi Wrenches,
>
> I am working on a project right now where we need to figure out how to put an
> 8kW ground mount on a property that is covered with a sa
Mark:
I will put something on our web site pronto.
William
On Dec 20, 2012, at 8:37 AM, "Mark Dickson" wrote:
> Hello William,
> We are waiting to hear if we get a project for 85kW worth of MPM mounted
> arrays. I would be very interested and appreciative if you could
expanded aluminum. Ask if you want a photo or two.
I am really hoping some manufacturer will develop wire
shielding. According to the inspectors, locals are using chicken wire or
hardware cloth which I doubt is reliable or bonded.
William Miller
At 11:49 AM 12/19/2012, James Reismiller
th what is available.
Good luck,
William
At 10:41 AM 12/16/2012, you wrote:
Wrenches,
Please tell me if I'm overlooking something, in what appears to be a
design weakness:
I would like to use an Outback Radian system for a standard GTBB system.
In order to take full advantage of the
August:
The apocalypse. No, seriously, this is a scenario not supported by any
manufacturer I know of. The report we have is it is likely the generator
will be damaged. I recommend against it.
William Miller
At 02:07 PM 12/12/2012, you wrote:
Hi Wrenches,
I have a quick theoretical
Jesse:
How are you going to avoid crushing the foam when you tighten your fasteners?
William Miller
At 06:00 PM 12/11/2012, you wrote:
Hello,
The roof I'm currently working on is not a typical roof. The construction
is as follows:
2"x6" tongue and groove exposed inside, w
appliances and
wattages and system watt hours provided. Dress it up, put your logo on it
and sell it to the building department.
William Miller
At 07:52 PM 12/11/2012, you wrote:
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perature at
25°C.
On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 10:02 AM, William Dorsett
wrote:
Off the top, can anyone tell me how many lux of sunlight represent 100% of
STC? 1000 watts/sq meter?
Bill Dorsett
Sunwrights
1715 Leavenworth
Manhattan, KS
78
Off the top, can anyone tell me how many lux of sunlight represent 100% of
STC? 1000 watts/sq meter?
Bill Dorsett
Sunwrights
1715 Leavenworth
Manhattan, KS
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I've used FanWorks permanent magnet DC ceiling fans and they use very little
draw and are available in 12 or 24.tap off a 48V battery bank or use a buck
converter?
http://www.thesolar.biz/RCH%20Fan%20Works%20DC%20Fans.htm
Doesn't spin very fast at 12V but destratifying air doesn't take much
mo
In the early days, LED's were rated by the candela and so everything was
apples and oranges. Long time ago, I used an LED to allow boats to navigate
into a narrow passage by lining it up with a second one a distance away. You
didn't have to read a map by it, just see it. As you said Alan, with
Chri
On Sunday, I noticed a Sanyo HIT system we put in about the same time was
dirty so I stopped, hooked up their garden hose and rinsed it off. There is
a disturbing yellow modeling that appears to be under the glass though I
won't know until I get some soap and really wash it. Kind of gave me flash
b
neutral, and xfmr
losses...
Alternate option is to get an isolation transformer with 208 primary and
120/240 secondary. Bond the midpoint.
Better phase balance, but xfmr losses.
/wk
William Korthof
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We
connect directly to an Outback inverter system in single phase mode.
Good luck,
William Miller
At 10:06 AM 11/28/2012, Christopher Warfel wrote:
We were asked to replace two failed Trace SW4048 inverters with two
Outback GT3048 inverters. Upon start up the slave inverter would not
connect. We
Peter:
These batteries sound like IBE 85N batteries. See link below. I need to
warn you that this company has about the worse web site in the industry.
http://www.ibe-inc.com/html/altenergy.htm
William
At 01:31 PM 11/27/2012, you wrote:
We recently purchased a battery powered forklift
.
William
At 09:49 AM 11/27/2012, you wrote:
William
Double check your voltage drop on the AC branch circuits, and make sure
that you consider your wiring between inverters. Remember that voltage
drop is additive and each inverter will see a slightly lower voltage drop
which could account for
in advance,
William
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And if over 250VDC, bonded.
William
On Nov 25, 2012, at 1:58 PM, Bob-O Schultze
wrote:
> Don't forget that EMT carrying DC within a building has to be marked every
> 10'.
> Bob-O
>
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Dave, does Soladeck have a smaller basic junction box without the combiner
box fittings?
Bill Dorsett
Manhattan, KS
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Sent: Sunday, November 25, 20
The news tonight commented that Panasonic/Sanyo has been downrated to "junk
status."
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Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 7:58 PM
To: 'RE-wrenches'
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches]
nough headroom
Thanks again to all of you.
William
At 08:32 PM 11/21/2012, David Katz wrote:
William,
I always connect the hydro side of the diode to the diversion load with
the contactor, so I don't pull the battery down while regulating. The
diversion load must draw enough current to pull
Drake, there is an article in Oct--Nov SolarPro which gives this type of
information on 40 different module mfg's with company longevity, and which
are covered by a third party insurance company: Bit.ly/SPprofiles. Thanks
SolarPro. This is exactly the kind of information we need.
Bill Dorsett
uot;Do not open." I have
been using a fuse, but if it opens, it is likely to remain undetected for a
longer time.
Thank in advance.
William Miller
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Ben:
We do not put anything between the foot and the shingles. Maybe some EPDM
rubber
William
At 07:08 PM 11/13/2012, you wrote:
William,
Yeah the term 'gravity flashing' is new to me too.
While adding Lfeet for support without lagging them into the roof seems
like a reasonabl
of some DPW racking products if the span is long. This should be
an easy way to provide more snow load support. The caveat is that, on
pitched roofs, the resting feet do not provide any support down pitch.
William Miller
At 08:04 AM 11/13/2012, you wrote:
Hi all,
We have been doing PV
Hilton:
This is an intriguing concept: The universal PV AC/DC cable. It has a
red, black and white #10, a green #8, it's rated for 600 V AC or DC and for
wet locations with a metallic cover. I'd buy a roll. Where do we get it?
William Miller
At 11:54 AM 11/9/2012, you w
Rich, Helios is one of the module companies that is offering the Exceltech
Solar ACPV modules. I too would like to know more about the company and
other peoples' experiences.
Bill Dorsett
Sunwrights
Manhattan, KS
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Kirk, the BenQ modules use SolarBridge inverters. One of the questions to
ask with ACPV is who backs the warranty on the inverter. According to
SolarBridge's website, the module manufacturer warranty's the combination.
This is fine as long as the mfg stays afloat but in this time with such
major pl
Jeremy, we used use a screen fabric called Phifer Glass shade screen
(http://www.phifer.com/ExtSunControl.aspx#) which comes in 4' rolls and in
different levels of shading. For vertical collectors we anchored it along
the top of the collector and used awning type pulleys to roll it up on a
bottom r
Jason:
If bare copper can be subject to damage in the attic, the same would be
true of NMC. Is your inspector willing to shut down every residential
wiring project in his/her jurisdiction? I don't think so...
William
At 07:41 AM 10/25/2012, you wrote:
William,
Regarding the bare
Jason:
You can run a 6 or 8 bare in the attic (don't have the book handy) alongside
your romex.
690.47 has an exception exempting the supplementary electrode if the DC load is
within the array, which is the case.
William
On Oct 25, 2012, at 6:12 AM, Jason Szumlanski wrote:
> I
unmarked private utilities while boring or trenching.
-The customer changes the design.
-The roof has hidden defects.
-The Enphase or other communication medium does not work.
-The materials are delayed due to no fault of mine.
Good luck!
William
At 01:15 PM 10/24/2012, you wrote:
Although, not
ules, so
that is not especially new. Tho did I read MPPT at the cell level? That
would be new.
Bill Dorsett
Sunwrights
Manhattan, KS
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Miller
Sent: Monday, October
standards. There is no breaker that will
protect your wiring.
(OCPD is required and is useful in preventing parallel strings from
back-feeding each other in a fault condition.)
William Miller
At 11:08 AM 10/22/2012, you wrote:
Maybe we should reduce our household voltage to 70V also, it would be
Colleagues:
The statement below is substantially true and is the skeleton in the closet
for the PV industry. Smart combiners and automatic roof-top fault
disconnecting means will correct this problem.
William
At 08:22 AM 10/22/2012, you wrote:
Reading their statements make me wonder
, all from my
desk or smart phone. (The one missing function is checking battery
water. A ranch hand can do that.)
Can the Mate 3 do all of this? I am not certain, but if it can, I am going
to start selling them to select clients.
William Miller
PS: I have had conversations with Outback
anyone out there have any idea as to what may have caused these failures?
Thanks in advance for any wisdom passed my way.
William Miller
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Good answer, Mick. I've got an old Trace DR 1512 with charger, and these
people have a very small inverter plugged into a wall outlet (old cigar plug
wall outlets were max'd at 60watts). So they don't do much with it but might
want some ability to run AC loads. I'd sell it to them cheap and they mi
s] Off-grid non-inverter battery charger
recommendations?
Check out Iota.
Aaron Mandelkorn
NABCEP Certified PV Installer
Renewable Energy Outfitters
Box 65 Salida, CO. 81201
(970)596-3744
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On Oct 15, 2012, at 9
What brand recommendations do the group have for an battery charger to be
plugged into a genset? Used to be Todd but at some point they lost favor.
Thanks all.
Bill Dorsett
Sunwrights
1715 Leavenworth
Manhattan, KS
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keeping a charge. Now we insist on cleaning each flag and eyelet no
more than 10 minutes prior to contact.
William Miller
At 09:41 PM 10/14/2012, you wrote:
Hi wrenches,
About 2 months ago, we installed an off-grid Sunny Island System. Here
are the specs:
8.82 kW PV
SunnyBoy 8000
2 x
A client has an old school 12VDC remote cabin, (SunDanzer fridge, Sureflo
pump, 12VDC lights and fans) which she visits perhaps every three months. It
isn't her interest to clean terminals, much less run the generator through
one of her two days of country quiet to equalize the battery bank. The
co
~Ray:
Yes, indeed. But--- would one defective cell bring about the early demise
of the other two in the same case? If this occurs after one year of age,
are we advised against changing out the one bad battery and required to
replace all of them?
More questions seem to occur the more we thi
Tom:
To answer your question below: because it would only be 2 volts.
Best case: for a 48 volt system you need 24 cells, period. This way they
are all in series and not separate strings. In separate strings, one
string will be dominant and others will be subsidiary, over time.
The benefi
be equally likely or less likely to have
cell imbalances in the future?
The only benefit I see is a reduction in string wiring jumpers.
Comments?
Thanks in advance.
William Miller
Miller Solar
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email: will...@millersolar.com
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