Re: [RE-wrenches] SW inverter matching

2008-09-24 Thread Allan Sindelar
William, While it will work, the only big reason to do it is for 240V loads. With your experience, I suspect that you know this. The penalty is 32W idle, and both inverters shut off if one overloads. Some years ago we did a large GTWB system with a 4048 and a 5548 that were not stacked, but served

Re: [RE-wrenches] Personal project: roofing colors

2008-09-24 Thread Matt Lafferty
Hi William, I'm interpreting your question to be mostly aimed at finding out how roof color affects the temperature inside your house. It makes a heckuva difference. Conventional wisdom holds true... Lighter colors absorb less heat than darker ones. If you are going to stick with comp, from a ther

Re: [RE-wrenches] Personal project: roofing colors

2008-09-24 Thread Matt Tritt
William, My first company truck was a 1970 Land Rover 109 Diesel, that had something called a "tropical roof", which was a second roof surface (aluminum like the rest of the car) mounted on standoffs about 2" above the actual cab roof. There were also scuttle flaps that allowed inside air to

Re: [RE-wrenches] Personal project: roofing colors

2008-09-24 Thread Joel Davidson
William, There's lots of good technical data (and also wild advertising claims) on the www if you google "cool roofs". Smooth white roofs (metal or non-metal) reflect heat well. Several years ago the US Bureau of Standards tested composition shingles and found that so-called white comp shingle

Re: [RE-wrenches] Personal project: roofing colors

2008-09-24 Thread Max Balchowsky
William, the 6 years I spent in he Palm Springs area gave me a lot of exposure to what works and what doesn't as far as roofing material. The longest lasting and best insulators were standing seam metal and vinyl covered foam. A white rooffing material made an incredible difference in tempretur

Re: [RE-wrenches] SW inverter matching

2008-09-24 Thread Mark Edmunds
Hi William, Technically, it will work... officially, we do not support stacking anything except like items. The part number for the stacking cable is just SWI - there are lots of dealers and distributors that still have stock, though we are out. Hope this gives you some guidance, Best, Mark

[RE-wrenches] Apologies/thanks

2008-09-24 Thread William Miller
Friends: Sorry for duplicate messages and thanks for being such a great resource. WM ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenche

[RE-wrenches] SW matching

2008-09-24 Thread William Miller
Mark: This is a duplicate of a message posted to the Wrenches forum. Is it possible to pair a Xantrex SW4048 with an SW5548? Has anyone tried it? Does anyone have a spare sync cable they might like to sell? Thanks in advance. And thanks for your quick response on various questions in the

Re: [RE-wrenches] Personal project: roofing colors

2008-09-24 Thread Michael Welch
Hi William. White roofs can be very effective. SMUD has an extensive white roofs program in Sacramento. Not only do they help cool an individual building, but in inner-city situations they can decrease ambient temperatures. http://www.fypower.org/pdf/LBNL_CoolRoofs_Overview.PDF http://www.treeh

[RE-wrenches] Personal project: roofing colors

2008-09-24 Thread William Miller
Friends: I have an energy question on a personal project. We are adding two rooms to our house and it is time to select roofing colors. Nothing will match the weird comp shingles already on our roof, so we are going to not match and re-roof the rest of the house later. In the meantime, I ne

[RE-wrenches] SW inverter matching

2008-09-24 Thread William Miller
Friends: Is it possible to pair a Xantrex SW4048 with an SW5548? Has anyone tried it? Does anyone have a spare sync cable they might like to sell? Thanks in advance. William Miller ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wre