Re: [RE-wrenches] Skystream for 48V battery charging

Chris, We have one connected to the backup panel of a battery-based grid-tied system (Outback GVFX). It functioned well in testing with the grid shut off. The batteries were pretty full, so we didn¹t get to see much charging through the inverters, but the battery sensor did disconnect the turbin

Re: [RE-wrenches] CSST source

On 2/28/09 5:12 PM, Bill Loesch wrote: One of the several CSST manufacturers is Omegaflex who currently sells the TrackPipe product. Thanks - I'll be in touch with them Monday. Following a brief conversation with one of their people Friday, I learned the gas pipe is made from 304 stainless w

[RE-wrenches] Skystream for 48V battery charging

Hello Folks: I have a customer who's become enamoured of the Skystream wind generator. They are offgrid, with a 48V battery bank. Has anyone used one of these in an offgrid situation? Most of the information I have on them is with their grid-tied unit (and the positive notes on those are prett

Re: [RE-wrenches] Is a Smart Phone a Useful Tool in PV?

I have gotten to the point where I turn off or don't have any more a lot of the "future tech" gadgets. You reach a point where you are spending more time fooling with that than with actually DOING stuff. There comes a time when there is too much communication - or actually too much trivial babbl

Re: [RE-wrenches] Is a Smart Phone a Useful Tool in PV?

Dan, I used a hackberry from 2003 to 2007 for phone calls, voicemail messages from worldwide time zones, emails w/o attachments and lots of typos, PV system problem alarms, and occasional internet use (like booking a flight on line while standing in line at the airport, finding phone numbers, e

Re: [RE-wrenches] CSST source

Kurt, One of the several CSST manufacturers is Omegaflex who currently sells the TrackPipe product. Following a brief conversation with one of their people Friday, I learned the gas pipe is made from 304 stainless while the "solar" pipe is 316 material. These folks plan to offer it as "bare" or w

[RE-wrenches] Is a Smart Phone a Useful Tool in PV?

Hey Everybody; I'm trying to justify switching to smart phone technology. (BlackBerry Curve.) My Immediate supervisor just gets this "I don't know Dan" look on her face. Others question the need for that level of communication in the field. Good point. But I can kinda rationalize the argu