Re: [RE-wrenches] Adios Solar Pathfinder

2008-12-20 Thread Matt Tritt
We have had nothing but trave reviews on the Solmetric. Pricey, but they are replacing a LOT of pathfinders. Matt T jay peltz wrote: Hi Jim, bummer. I still like the pathfinder for just hand held use, quick and easy. for the easiest use with digital the solmetric is pretty nice ( one hand

Re: [RE-wrenches] Xantrex SWI Cable

2008-12-20 Thread William Miller
Mick: I probably have the ribbon cable and connectors in my shop. Is it built pin1 to pin 1? That is the main question. I want to be very careful because one Christmas eve, I blew out two Heart interface inverters by shorting a sync cable. Thanks, William Miller At 12:42 PM 12/20/2008,

Re: [RE-wrenches] Adios Solar Pathfinder

2008-12-20 Thread Wayne Irwin EE
Jim, If you look at it the right way it may be a blessing in disguise. We retired our old pathfinder for the Solmetric SunEye. It has become an extremely valuable tool for site analysis as well as for marketing. Our customers love that they can see right there on the spot what their solar wind

Re: [RE-wrenches] Xantrex SWI Cable

2008-12-20 Thread mick abraham
Hi, a client's rodents recently chewed up their SWI sync cable. I found that the Trace connectors can be opened carefully, then reused with new ribbon cable. 20 conductor ribbon cable was not available in my podunk town but I had some 10 conductor ribbon with the correct spacing (.1 inch if I reca

[RE-wrenches] Xantrex SWI Cable

2008-12-20 Thread William Miller
Friends: I need to build a Xantrex SWI cable (the sync cable for two SW inverters). Do any of you have the specs. for one of these? Thanks in advance, and happy solstice! William Miller ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-

Re: [RE-wrenches] SS Zip Ties alternative

2008-12-20 Thread ASAP POWER! 2
Hi Kirk, Love it. Sounds clean. I think I understood your route. Question, was this a ground mount array or at significant tilt, and would these nifty 2-conductor clamps and SS screw attachment be just as easy to attach and work with for flush roof mounted array wire management along rails? I w

Re: [RE-wrenches] mate issues

2008-12-20 Thread jay peltz
Hi William, I have a couple of spares that I carry and just have them reprogrammed. Just getting very old. jay On Dec 20, 2008, at 10:16 AM, William Miller wrote: Jay: I just had one of these yesterday. Had a rebuilt Mate on the truck, swapped it out and problem solved. I suggest you

Re: [RE-wrenches] mate issues

2008-12-20 Thread William Miller
Jay: I just had one of these yesterday. Had a rebuilt Mate on the truck, swapped it out and problem solved. I suggest you order a case of them! William At 10:10 AM 12/20/2008, you wrote: Hi Tump, So just got a call from a customer. Mate not auto starting the generator. Mate set to au

[RE-wrenches] Dual XW glitches

2008-12-20 Thread William Miller
Friends: We have installed a number of single XW installations but only one dual XW. The dual system is giving us some problems. When the generator is started, both inverters will charge, but aft a minute or so, the slave will stop charging. This is even with very low batteries where both i

[RE-wrenches] mate issues

2008-12-20 Thread jay peltz
Hi Tump, So just got a call from a customer. Mate not auto starting the generator. Mate set to auto. Will start manually. Time and date are perfect. Volts got to 1.5v under 2 minute start and no start. Getting frustrating. jay peltz power ___ Li

Re: [RE-wrenches] FW: Mates Losing time & dates

2008-12-20 Thread jay peltz
Hi Allan, So once the customer has done this, it never happens again? jay peltz power On Dec 17, 2008, at 12:04 PM, Allan Sindelar wrote: Wrenches, On the issue of Outback Mates failing to control the AGS function properly, I forwarded a few of the recent posts to one of our off- grid cl

Re: [RE-wrenches] Adios Solar Pathfinder

2008-12-20 Thread jay peltz
Hi Jim, bummer. I still like the pathfinder for just hand held use, quick and easy. for the easiest use with digital the solmetric is pretty nice ( one hand operation). jay peltz power On Dec 20, 2008, at 9:17 AM, North Texas Renewable Energy Inc wrote: Wrenches, my truck was burglarized

[RE-wrenches] Adios Solar Pathfinder

2008-12-20 Thread North Texas Renewable Energy Inc
Wrenches, my truck was burglarized a couple of nights ago and my circa 1995 Solar Pathfinder, in the steel box, was stolen from the floor behind the drivers seat. It hasn't showed up at any pawnshops locally yet and I don't expect I will ever see it again. So it might be time to upgrade. I use t

Re: [RE-wrenches] SS Zip Ties alternative

2008-12-20 Thread Kirk Herander, VSE
I just wired a 50 kw array using Mcmaster-carr #7429K42 www.Mcmaster.com uv-resistant cable clamps. They worked great, attached to the Unirac rail with SS screws. Certainly much neater than tie-wraps. I was never able to get tie wraps to look that good in any installation. These little clamps, alon