Seek Thermal also has some nice, inexpensive thermal imagers that attach to smartphones. Paid for the $250 cost on its first battery bank service call.
Dan Fink Professor of Solar Energy Technology, Ecotech Institute IREC Certified Instructor™ for: ~ PV Installation Professional ~ Small Wind Installer Executive Director, Buckville Energy NABCEP Registered Continuing Education Providers™ 970.672.4342 On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 12:09 PM, Ray <r...@solarray.com> wrote: > An IR camera may be helpful. FIir has some really affordable models now, > I have the TG 167 which is plenty of resolution for electrical. They can > find problems in load centers really fast; we found an overloaded neutral > the other day we would not have noticed otherwise. > > R. Ray Walters > Chief Technical Officer, RemoteSolar.com > BS Mech Engineering, 1988 > Former NABCEP Certified, 2004-2016 > Licensed Master ELectrician, Colorado303 505-8760 <(303)%20505-8760> > > On 3/27/17 5:49 PM, Dana wrote: > > Check for a loose neutral. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ---------------- > > Dana Orzel Great Solar Works, Inc. > > *208.721.7003 <(208)%20721-7003> d...@solarwork.com > <d...@solarwork.com>* > > Idaho Contractor - # 028765 Idaho PV # 028374 > > NABCEP # 051112-136 www.solarwork.biz > > *"Responsible Technologies for Responsible People since 1988" * > > *P* Please consider the environment before printing this email. > > > > > > *From:* RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org > <re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org>] *On Behalf Of *August Goers > *Sent:* Monday, March 27, 2017 11:55 AM > *To:* RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> > <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> > *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] Sunpower micros and mysterious outages > > > > Strange one. I would be surprised if the PV system has anything to do with > this. We’ve experienced strange electrical intermittent problems and they > have almost always been related to grounding or neutral problems. I realize > that two different electricians have checked out the site, but maybe they > missed something like a loose neutral (check all the way back to the > service point of connection). It might be worth calling the utility out as > well incase their feed has problems. > > > > August > > Luminalt > > > > *From:* RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] *On > Behalf Of *Hilton Dier III > *Sent:* Monday, March 27, 2017 9:04 AM > *To:* re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > *Subject:* [RE-wrenches] Sunpower micros and mysterious outages > > > > Friends of mine got a Sunpower system installed last year. Ever since then > they have had intermittent problems with circuits in their house going dead. > > The array is 14 each Sunpower SPR E20 327 C AC. The array is mounted on a > corrugated steel roof on their garage, about 20 feet from the house. > > What happens is that a circuit in their house will either go dead or brown > out so lights barely glow. This happens to various circuits and at any time > of day or night. The rest of the circuits will work fine and the event will > last an hour or two. The breakers don't trip. They have had two different > electricians there to check the house wiring and it's all solid. > > Any ideas? Some kind of metal roof capacitance? > > Many thanks, > > Hilton > > -- > > Hilton Dier III > > Missisquoi River Hydro > > Renewable Energy Design > > 453 East Hill Rd. > > Middlesex, VT 05602 > > Tel: 802-223-6652 <(802)%20223-6652> > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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