Looks like your choice of LiFe Blue is a good one! Lee Bristol Executive Director NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional
Global Solace Inc 20530 Beallsville Road Beallsville, MD 20839 (301) 972-8672 (240) 479-1510 (c) lee.bris...@globalsolace.org www.globalsolace.org On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 2:14 PM, Ray <r...@solarray.com> wrote: > Greetings Wrenches; > > We are designing several systems for Puerto Rico, and while these will > eventually could be grid tied once the grid returns, they will need to > operate reliably in off grid mode possibly for a year or more. What is > everyone's experiences with the Storedge and LG setup? I've worked with > the regular Solaredge GT system and was quite impressed, but I've heard the > Storedge is not a good off grid option. What are the issues, and has > anyone used the Storedge in longer term outages? > > Right now we are designing some smaller systems that will use Magnum > inverters with 24v and 48 v Li+ batteries from other manufacturers, like > Simpliphi and LiFe Blue. ( No GT, Backup only) These are lower cost and > allow us to use more traditional off grid designs, but also have limited > charge and discharge current. In order to make Li+ cost effective, we have > had to reduce the storage size in half compared to lead acid. We feel this > is justifiable considering Li+'s ability to be discharged to 100%, its > voltage stability, and its higher efficiency. > > All feed back is welcome, as we venture into less well charted territory. > We just don't want to set up systems that are going to not be functional in > 5 to 8 years because of inferior AGM lead acid batteries. We use HUP > batteries for most larger off grid systems, but these are not feasible > because of their size and maintenance requirements. > > Thanks, > > Ray Walters > > Remote Solar > > _______________________________________________ > 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.or > g/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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