Jerry Ostermeir at Alternative Power & Machine in Grants Pass Oregon fabricates custom diversion loads. Very high quality. It’s great to be able to specify exactly what the load is to be, and fine tune a system.
Michael > On Jun 12, 2015, at 10:02 PM, Dan Fink <danbo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Kevin; > I agree those dump loads were marginal as far as construction and capacity. > I believe the actual manufacturer was Missouri Wind and Sun, the HL-75/100 > units still show on video on their site. The riveted connections to the > resistor lugs were not good, and backside heat problems as you mention, and > serious expansion and contraction issues. Now they just sell the resistors, > no enclosure. There is a need for a sturdy and reliable product here. > Unfortunately getting a UL listing is so expensive.....but that may not be an > issue for you out back of beyond Smithers, I know and love the area! > The usual DC replacement water heater elements available everywhere have > always worked fine for me. Another need for a product is one that also has a > switchable 120VAC capability for shore power. > At this time I don't know of any solutions for this situation that don't > involve hacking together your own enclosure and air heating elements, and i > would suggest a fan, as you are dumping power anyway. > Best of luck and best regards; > > > Dan Fink > Buckville Energy > IREC Certified Instructor™ for: > ~ PV Installation Professional > ~ Small Wind Installer > NABCEP / IREC / ISPQ Accredited Continuing Education Providers™ > 970.672.4342 > > > > On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 6:45 PM, Kevin Pegg <kp...@energyalternatives.ca > <mailto:kp...@energyalternatives.ca>> wrote: > Hi Wrenches, > > We have been using AEE's HL-75 and HL-100 for many years but understand that > product has been discontinued and have used the last one in stock. It was an > ok product but we had additional sheet metal fabricated to space it away from > the wall further. > > Curious what other wrenches are using for this? In particular needing > something that can handle up to 1 kW @ 48 VDC nominal. Not really wanting to > go back to the hacked up dryer elements of days earlier. > > Kevin > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > <mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > <http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org> > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html > <http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html> > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm <http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm> > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org <http://www.members.re-wrenches.org/> > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org >
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