Hi Jeff, Was that the Living Center PV system configuration before or after the flood and fire? Was the Fetzer Winery PV system also with 2 meters?
Cheers, Joel ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff Oldham To: re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 10:41 AM Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Grid-Connect Inverter with battery,AND auto backof f? Hi Joel, The system I designed at the Real Goods Solar Living Center was been grid-tied and on battery back-up for 13 years now, goes back to the non net-metering days and 2 meters. I did a whole "house" back-up with 2 SW5548's on the lighting panel and 2 SW5548's on the plug-load panel. PV is about 11kW and battery is good for 8 hours of store back-up. We kept one office off of back-up so we would know when a power failure occurs and energy use could be cut back a bit. All the usual problems of you see over 13 years - inverter issues, batteries not liking a life in float, CC failures and so on, but agin nothing that we would not experience on a typical o-t-g system. Take care old buddy, -jeff o From the Solar, Wind and Hydro powered office of Jeff Oldham/Regenerative SOLutions ____________________________________________________________ Click now for prescreened plumbing contractors. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
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