Re: [RE-wrenches] evergreen panels diode problems

2008-09-23 Thread jay peltz
, but if not, request off-line. Peter D. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Brooks Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 10:28 PM To: 'RE-wrenches' Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] evergreen panels diode problems Doug, I'd like to see the bulletin about

Re: [RE-wrenches] evergreen panels diode problems

2008-09-23 Thread jay peltz
Hi All, I want to thank everyone about all the great info on the Evergreen. The system is in Suriname, South America. Its a telecom site which was contracted out and although there are no problems yet, when we found the melted junction boxes, well the emails started then. Thanks again its

Re: [RE-wrenches] evergreen panels diode problems

2008-09-23 Thread Walt Ratterman
Jay: Let me know if you need someone to stop in.. (Just kidding...) Walt SunEnergy Power Int'l --Original Message-- From: Jay Peltz Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: RE-wrenches ReplyTo: RE-wrenches Sent: Sep 23, 2008 12:40 PM Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] evergreen panels diode problems

Re: [RE-wrenches] evergreen panels diode problems

2008-09-21 Thread Darryl Thayer
is about 3000 amps. Darryl --- On Sat, 9/20/08, jay peltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: jay peltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] evergreen panels diode problems To: RE-wrenches re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Date: Saturday, September 20, 2008, 8:32 PM HI Mark, I've seen

Re: [RE-wrenches] evergreen panels diode problems

2008-09-21 Thread Marv Dargatz
Pratt Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008 5:25 PM To: 'RE-wrenches' Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] evergreen panels diode problems Jay, there was a bulletin from Evergreen earlier this year about their modules being used in positive ground systems. I don't remember the exact details (and I'm not at work

Re: [RE-wrenches] evergreen panels diode problems

2008-09-21 Thread boB
Darryl Thayer wrote: Hi all this all seems strange, perhaps the high positive voltage on the front of the cells causes a build up of charge attracting the negatively charged dust in the air. Locally we have a DC power line each line either 450,000 volts either positive or Negative. They

Re: [RE-wrenches] evergreen panels diode problems

2008-09-21 Thread jay peltz
Hi Marv, What do they do in Europe or japan? How are they grounded, or are they grounded? thanks, jay On Sep 21, 2008, at 11:17 AM, Marv Dargatz wrote: Mark, From an inverter manufacturer's standpoint there is a huge advantage in running positive ground in all installations. Since the

Re: [RE-wrenches] evergreen panels diode problems

2008-09-21 Thread Marv Dargatz
Jay, Europe is ungrounded. As a result, there are other requirements to detect leakage currents to earth at startup, and during operation. You might wonder what happens if there's a ground fault. Well, it is detected by the leakage current detection. Interestingly, a ground fault on an

Re: [RE-wrenches] evergreen panels diode problems

2008-09-21 Thread Bill Brooks
--it just works--and that is all that matters. Bill. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doug Pratt Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008 5:25 PM To: 'RE-wrenches' Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] evergreen panels diode problems Jay

Re: [RE-wrenches] evergreen panels diode problems

2008-09-20 Thread Doug Pratt
Pratt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jay peltz Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 5:24 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: [RE-wrenches] evergreen panels diode problems Hi All, Ive got two evergreen 170 watt panels with bad bypass diodes in them

Re: [RE-wrenches] evergreen panels diode problems

2008-09-20 Thread jay peltz
www.berkeleysolar.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doug Pratt Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008 5:25 PM To: 'RE-wrenches' Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] evergreen panels diode problems Jay, there was a bulletin from Evergreen earlier this year about

Re: [RE-wrenches] evergreen panels diode problems

2008-09-18 Thread Bill Brooks
. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jay peltz Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 5:24 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: [RE-wrenches] evergreen panels diode problems Hi All, Ive got two evergreen 170 watt panels with bad bypass diodes in them

Re: [RE-wrenches] evergreen panels diode problems

2008-09-18 Thread boB
Oops ! I should have read that closer, Jay. Or, send them back to Evergreen for replacement of course. Nevermind ! boB boB wrote: I'm not familiar how Evergreen implements their diodes, but if they're just plain old diodes that are open, you could bypass each module with an external diode.