Re: [RE-wrenches] OK, so what iwould happen if I do this...

2020-03-04 Thread Jay
this... (frenergy) > 3. Re: OK, so what iwould happen if I do this... (Kent Osterberg) > 4. Re: OK, so what iwould happen if I do this... (Jerry Shafer) > > > -------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 29 Feb 2020 15:27:32 -0800 > From: Mark Frye > To: RE-wrenches > Subject: [RE-wrenche

[RE-wrenches] OK, so what iwould happen if I do this...

2020-03-03 Thread don
... (Jerry Shafer) -- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 29 Feb 2020 15:27:32 -0800 From: Mark Frye <ma...@berkeleysolar.com> To: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> Subject: [RE-wrenches] OK, so what iwould happen if I

Re: [RE-wrenches] OK, so what iwould happen if I do this...

2020-03-01 Thread Jerry Shafer
Mark What you are saying is to AC couple but most likely this would fail as your battery fills not enough loads HBCO or to much loads and your battery does a LBCO, either way you would be better off spending the money in a maybe a Outback Skybox easy install and is high voltage PV input and even a

Re: [RE-wrenches] OK, so what iwould happen if I do this...

2020-03-01 Thread Kent Osterberg
Mark, I believe that your plan would fail because you are forcing power to flow through the XP inverter backwards to charge the batteries. I don't believe the XP inverter can do that. The grid tied inverter would probably connect then immediately shut down, or connect and immediately ruin

Re: [RE-wrenches] OK, so what iwould happen if I do this...

2020-03-01 Thread frenergy
Mark,             OR, you change-out your inverter to an SMA with Secure Power Supply and during grid power outage, while there is some sun on the panels, you would have up to 2KW of 120VAC power on the SPS circuit by just flipping a switch. We usually install a 4X outdoor box with a 120 VAC

[RE-wrenches] OK, so what iwould happen if I do this...

2020-02-29 Thread Mark Frye
I have 2kw of grid tied PV on my house. Suppose I: - Open the main breaker to disconnect from the grid - I open the PV breaker - I connect a small good quality inverter like an Exeltech XP 500 to one of the phases of the service (120 VAC) - I put a small battery pack, 100 AH at 24 VDC on