[RE-wrenches] roof noise after solar install.

2010-08-29 Thread Darryl Thayer
New roof asphalt shingle, 5.1 kW system, string inverter makes roof noises in the morning, and afternoon particularly after dark Creek and crack it finally stops late at night but restarts late morning and stops mid afternoon most days then intensifies after dark. Timing seems to follow tempe

Re: [RE-wrenches] Inverter for fire protection pump

2010-08-29 Thread Richard L Ratico
Maybe another possibility if the generator is a non-starter: 1) Sealed Batteries (no maintainance) appropriately sized for the running load only, no motor starting surge 2) Single Sunny Island 5048 inverter (the most reliable IMHO) 3) 6 kVA autotransformer (boosts SI output to 240V) 4) 240V single

Re: [RE-wrenches] Inverter for fire protection pump

2010-08-29 Thread R Ray Walters
HI Daryl; Your experiences with the water pump got me to thinking that a water pump has a MaxPowerPoint as well. (Flow rate x head) As you varied the flow rate, you were also MPPT ing the pump- inverter system. You found max current at the middle of the pump's range, just like a solar module.