Jeff, I greatly appreciate your offer to help us think through putting a system together in Haiti. For some time we will be prioritizing the loads not so much for the orphanage but for the doc and his wife. They are like so many who buy into a project before processing that they are the ones needing to modify their lifestyles….one of their priorities at our last meeting was air conditioning. So it is going to take a reality check on equipment costs for them to come to grips with actually living there. Even then these people might have enough money to stick out as the Cadillac in a barrio. As we get closer to a list of indispensable loads (even at that you’ll probably have a better idea of what can be bought in Haiti), then we’ll know what size battery bank, inverter, etc and I would like to get back to you on the hardware and other design considerations that might be unique to Haiti.
Bill Dorsett Sunwrights Manhattan, KS From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Lahl Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 7:47 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Solar NGO's in Haiti?? Hi Bill, If you want to contact me offline, we can refer you to a local dealer in Port au Prince who ussually has Outback and Rolls products in stock and I believe he currently has some Solarworlds as well. For a one-off project you're probably on the right track. Importing and going through customs in Haiti is definately a pain and can be time-consuming. You may pay more $ locally but will pay less in problems, delays and frustration. (SELF has been working there since before the quake) Jeff j...@self.org Jeff Lahl | Project Director Solar Electric Light Fund | <http://www.self.org/> www.self.org p 808-874-5706 f 808-874-5706 ________________________________ energy is a human right™ <https://www.givedirect.org/give/givefrm.asp?Action=GC&CID=868&AVS=OFF> Change a life. Change the world. From: William Dorsett <wmdors...@sbcglobal.net> To: re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 10:37 AM Subject: [RE-wrenches] Solar NGO's in Haiti?? A doctor in town has started an orphanage in Haiti and while it has connection with government power for a few hours per day, it of course is not reliable and is very expensive. We are still in the stage where we are trying to figure how to shed as much load as possible. I have no territoriality in this project and will help provide system design and hardware at my cost, however apparently tariffs can be huge so we may want to source as much as possible in country. Can anyone tell me which solar NGO’s (SELF?) you’d recommend to tell us what hardware (deep cycle batteries) is available in country? And if it is a simple UPS system, storing from the grid, what grid-connected battery chargers does everyone recommend for a fairly large battery bank? Used to be Todd chargers and I wondered if they’ve corrected problems or passed on to some other company. Thanks for your suggestions. Bill Dorsett Sunwrights 1715 Leavenworth Manhattan, KS 785/539-1956 Home/Office Bill Dorsett Sunwrights 1715 Leavenworth Manhattan, KS 785/539-1956 Home/Office _______________________________________________ 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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