[RE-wrenches] Grid-Tie Upgrade Problem

2010-02-19 Thread Cary Lane
: www.energyconcepts.net - Original Message - From: Allan Sindelar To: RE-wrenches Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 8:07 AM Subject: [RE-wrenches] Grid-Tie Upgrade Problem Fellow Wrenches, One of our first batteryless grid-tied installations needs an upgrade and I need to ask this list

[RE-wrenches] Grid-Tie Upgrade Problem

2010-02-18 Thread Allan Sindelar
Fellow Wrenches, One of our first batteryless grid-tied installations needs an upgrade and I need to ask this list for suggestions re how it might be done. In late 2001 we installed two poles in the ground at a home. On one pole we mounted ten BP SX120s on a dual-axis Wattsun tracker. Input

Re: [RE-wrenches] Grid-Tie Upgrade Problem

2010-02-18 Thread Warren Lauzon
/ .. - Original Message - From: Allan Sindelar To: RE-wrenches Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 8:07 AM Subject: [RE-wrenches] Grid-Tie Upgrade Problem Fellow Wrenches, One of our first batteryless grid-tied installations needs an upgrade and I need to ask this list

Re: [RE-wrenches] Grid-Tie Upgrade Problem

2010-02-18 Thread Mick Abraham
:* [RE-wrenches] Grid-Tie Upgrade Problem Fellow Wrenches, One of our first batteryless grid-tied installations needs an upgrade and I need to ask this list for suggestions re how it might be done. In late 2001 we installed two poles in the ground at a home. On one pole we mounted ten BP

Re: [RE-wrenches] Grid-Tie Upgrade Problem

2010-02-18 Thread Allan Sindelar
Mick, I appreciate the suggestion, but that's part of why I overlooked the problem that led to this request: The current BP115s and 125s are 12V modules, similar to the Kyoceras. The old SX120s are 24V - likely 72 MSX60 cells in a larger frame - which I need to get the voltage up for the Sunny