[RE-wrenches] Battery Back-up and Grid Tie

2013-04-26 Thread Bill Turberville
I live in a TVA area where there is a Feed In Tariff. Everything that is generated by the PV array feeds into the grid through a Generation Meter that ties-in ahead of the house meter. I have started getting calls from customers who hate having a solar array that does not generate when the grid

Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery Back-up and Grid Tie

2013-04-26 Thread Jay Peltz
Hi bill Just how often is your grid down? Jay Peltz power Sent from my iPhone On Apr 26, 2013, at 10:01 AM, Bill Turberville billt...@ece-llc.com wrote: I live in a TVA area where there is a Feed In Tariff. Everything that is generated by the PV array feeds into the grid through a

Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery Back-up and Grid Tie

2013-04-26 Thread Bill Turberville
there. *From:* re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] *On Behalf Of *Jay Peltz *Sent:* Friday, April 26, 2013 12:25 PM *To:* RE-wrenches *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery Back-up and Grid Tie Hi bill Just how often is your grid down

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2013-04-26 Thread Chris Mason
-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] *On Behalf Of *Jay Peltz *Sent:* Friday, April 26, 2013 12:25 PM *To:* RE-wrenches *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery Back-up and Grid Tie Hi bill Just how often is your grid down? Jay Peltz power Sent from my iPhone On Apr 26, 2013, at 10:01

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2013-04-26 Thread Bill Turberville
] *On Behalf Of *Chris Mason *Sent:* Friday, April 26, 2013 1:36 PM *To:* RE-wrenches *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery Back-up and Grid Tie For the price that you would spend on batteries and a Sunny Island system, you could buy and install a generator. I would go that route. On Fri, Apr 26, 2013

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2013-04-26 Thread Chris Mason
...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] *On Behalf Of *Jay Peltz *Sent:* Friday, April 26, 2013 12:25 PM *To:* RE-wrenches *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery Back-up and Grid Tie Hi bill Just how often is your grid down? Jay Peltz power Sent

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2013-04-26 Thread toddcory
] Battery Back-up and Grid Tie Hi bill Just how often is your grid down? Jay Peltz power Sent from my iPhone On Apr 26, 2013, at 10:01 AM, Bill Turberville [mailto:billt...@ece-llc.com] billt...@ece-llc.com wrote: I live in a TVA area where there is a Feed In Tariff. Everything

Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery Back-up and Grid Tie

2013-04-26 Thread SunHarvest
there. From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Jay Peltz Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 12:25 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery Back-up and Grid Tie Hi bill Just how often is your grid down

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2013-04-26 Thread Bill Turberville
:* Friday, April 26, 2013 2:25 PM *To:* RE-wrenches *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery Back-up and Grid Tie I have a crazy...I mean *creative* customer who wants a BB system so that he can run off-grid during peak and partial-peak rate hours: 1 to 7pm is peak, 7 to 9pm is partial from PGE. He got

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2013-04-26 Thread SunHarvest
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 12:30 PM Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery Back-up and Grid Tie Batteries actually do better if they are cycled than if they just sit there. He may actually extend his battery life. What kind of batteries is he using? From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re

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2013-04-26 Thread toddcory
@lists.re-wrenches.org] RE-wrenches Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 11:57 AM Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery Back-up and Grid Tie our power outages generally come from bad weather too... and of course when the weather is bad the pv does next to nothing. so for emergency backup, i recommend

Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery Back-up and Grid Tie

2013-04-26 Thread Dan Fink
I agree that this is an incorrect myth, when referring to lead-acid batteries. The fewer times you cycle them, the longer they last. At this time, we don't have any other options in the real world, though. Dan Fink, Executive Director; Otherpower Buckville Energy Consulting Buckville Publications

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2013-04-26 Thread toddcory
in particular? Thanks pros. Eric SunHarvest - Original Message - From: [mailto:toddc...@finestplanet.com] toddc...@finestplanet.com To: [mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org] RE-wrenches Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 11:57AM Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] BatteryBack-up and Grid Tie our

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2013-04-26 Thread Gary Willett
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery Back-up and Grid Tie For the price that you would spend on batteries and a Sunny

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2013-04-26 Thread Chris Mason
...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] *On Behalf Of *Chris Mason *Sent:* Friday, April 26, 2013 1:36 PM *To:* RE-wrenches *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery Back-up and Grid Tie For the price that you would spend on batteries and a Sunny Island system