Re: [RE-wrenches] American made

2009-09-02 Thread Matt Tritt
Some of the small Solectrias are made in Taiwan. Matt T Michael Kelly wrote: Mike, Solectria grid-tie inverters are made in the USA. They have three-phase 13kW and 15kW units. Web site: www.solren.com. - Mike -- Michael Kelly Project Manager / Project Engineer NABCEP Certified Solar PV Ins

Re: [RE-wrenches] American made

2009-09-02 Thread Wind-sun.com
We refuse to do or even quote for any of those, so can't help you much. .. Northern Arizona Wind & Sun - Electricity From The Sun Since 1979 Solar Discussion Forum: http://www.wind-sun.com/ForumVB/ ...

[RE-wrenches] ET Solar modules?

2009-09-02 Thread Dan Fink
Hello wrenches - I'm consulting for a local wrench here in Colorado. Does anyone here have experience with ET Solar modules? They appear to be from a large company in China, and my client's customer found a great package deal on 3.2kw of modules at $2.84 a watt, bundled with an SMA SB4000. The

Re: [RE-wrenches] American made

2009-09-02 Thread jay peltz
PV powered is USA, lots of sizes. jay peltzpower On Sep 2, 2009, at 2:53 PM, Michael Kelly wrote: Mike, Solectria grid-tie inverters are made in the USA. They have three-phase 13kW and 15kW units. Web site: www.solren.com. - Mike -- Michael Kelly Project Manager / Project Engineer NABCEP C

Re: [RE-wrenches] Installer's grant

2009-09-02 Thread North Texas Renewable Energy Inc
We are nearing completion of our own home NW of Fort Worth. We were able to roll the cost of the 2-1350W Wattsun trackers into the mortgage payment. Though we were not able to qualify for anything more than the 30% tax credit, the amoratized cost will more than offset the non-rebate available j

Re: [RE-wrenches] Direct Grid Tie Upgrade - drawing attached

2009-09-02 Thread William Miller
Friends: Better advice: If you can down size a breaker in the main panel feeding the garage sub-panel to about 70 amps, you gain 30 amps of back feed capability. Far easier and cheaper. William At 01:04 PM 9/2/2009, you wrote: Carl: To analyze these scenarios, you need to know the Max

Re: [RE-wrenches] American made

2009-09-02 Thread Michael Kelly
Mike, Solectria grid-tie inverters are made in the USA.  They have three-phase 13kW and 15kW units.  Web site: www.solren.com. - Mike -- Michael Kelly Project Manager / Project Engineer NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer ™ SolarFlair Energy, Inc. 11 Mayhew Street Framingham, MA 01702 Direct Mob

Re: [RE-wrenches] American made

2009-09-02 Thread Phil Schneider
We have obtained a letter from SMA stating that their inverters qualify for the "Buy American Provisions of the ARRA" under the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement. They say this position is based on the advice of "outside counsel" but give the disclaimer that "you are encour

[RE-wrenches] American made

2009-09-02 Thread Michael Cook
We are running into applications that need American made products for stimulus monies. Modules are easy inverters are the difficult thing. Has anyone gotten any of the big name inverters approved? Looking for 10KW 3 phase. 3 - 3KW units would be fine, or a single 10KW as well. Mike Cook m...@

Re: [RE-wrenches] Direct Grid Tie Upgrade - drawing attached

2009-09-02 Thread William Miller
Carl: To analyze these scenarios, you need to know the Maximum AC Output Current possible with a given inverter. I do not have the time to look these up, I leave that to you. Assuming the breaker sizes are close to the maximum AC output amps, you are above the capabilities for load side con

Re: [RE-wrenches] Direct Grid Tie Upgrade - drawing attached

2009-09-02 Thread Dave Click
Carl, it looks like you're already Code-noncompliant thanks to the 100A garage panel having 100A utility, 20A PV, and 20A wind breakers supplying it. Adding an additional 20A of PV of course doesn't help things. I'd replace the 100A panel with a 150A+ (so probably a 200A), keeping the 100A main

[RE-wrenches] Direct Grid Tie Upgrade - drawing attached

2009-09-02 Thread Carl Adams
Hello Wrenches, I have a prospect who has an existing PV system and a small wind turbine already in place. He is interested in adding additional capacity via another small grid tie system. The attached drawing outlines the existing and proposed installation. My question has to do with the grid