Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery electrolyte question

2011-01-10 Thread JKO
Wrenches, Check with your local battery guys..most will take them for free.however I would check before just giving them away. Almost any legit battery reseller/distributor will PAY you for used batteries. Used and dead L16's in northern Nevada bring $40 to $60 each just for salvage. J

Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery electrolyte question

2011-01-10 Thread Dana
See if say, Interstate battery has a recycle program? Dana Orzel Great Solar Works, Inc E - d...@solarwork.com V - 970.626.5253 F - 970.626.4140 C - 970.209.4076 web - www.solarwork.com "Responsible Technologies for Responsible People since 1988" Do not ever believe anything, but ser

Re: [RE-wrenches] Low temperature over-voltage bypass (not Apollo Solar)

2011-01-10 Thread The Office of Tom Duffy
Lee I think that the Apollo may still be gotten call me 888-826-0939 or contact me off list Thanks Tom Duffy Systems Design Engineer t...@thesolar.biz 575-539-2111 X 301 Although no trees were killed in the sending of this message, a large number of electrons were terribly incon

Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery electrolyte question

2011-01-10 Thread Mick Abraham
I suggest that you turn the electrolyte in at your nearest battery wholesaler. They deal with similar material all the time as part of their recycling programs. Jolliness, Mick Abraham, Proprietor www.abrahamsolar.com Voice: 970-731-4675 On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Allan Sindelar < al...@

Re: [RE-wrenches] Low temperature over-voltage bypass (not Apollo Solar)

2011-01-10 Thread David Katz
Title: David Katz Lee, We never had enough interest to warrant getting a UL listing on the product. Is it for grid-tie or off-grid? David David Katz Founder & CTO AEE Solar

Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery electrolyte question

2011-01-10 Thread Glenn Burt
Big box of Baking Soda? From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Allan Sindelar Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 4:36 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: [RE-wrenches] Battery electrolyte question Wrenches, By chance I found a hal

[RE-wrenches] Battery electrolyte question

2011-01-10 Thread Allan Sindelar
Wrenches, By chance I found a half-full gallon jug full of lead-acid battery electrolyte. It has begun to leak. With no knowledge of its history, age, origin, etc. I'm not sure how to dispose of it safely. I don't think I've ever seen this addressed on this list be

Re: [RE-wrenches] Low temperature over-voltage bypass (not Apollo Solar)

2011-01-10 Thread Allan Sindelar
Lee, I think Dave Katz at AEE had a solution, although I don't remember the details. You might contact him. Allan Sindelar Allan@positiveenergysolar.com NABCEP Certified Photovoltai

[RE-wrenches] Low temperature over-voltage bypass (not Apollo Solar)

2011-01-10 Thread Lee Bristol
Wrenches, Does anyone know of a UL Listed low temperature, over-voltage bypass device like the dis-continued Apollo Solar product? I need to knock out or bypass one module of a string when the temperature gets below 5 degrees F. The Apollo product was appropriate but is no longer available. Tha

Re: [RE-wrenches] Xslent?

2011-01-10 Thread Mark Frye
I too spoke breifly with the CTO of Apparent who was kind enough to offer to explain the technology to me in person if I were able to visit their facility in the Bay Area. When pushed to the detail he did say that it is false to claim that a smaller PV array used with the Apparent inverter will p

Re: [RE-wrenches] Xslent?

2011-01-10 Thread Dave Click
Standard residential utility meters couldn't care less about power factor and will ignore reactive power. Additional utility bill savings by using these reactive-capable microinverters is $0. Dan brought up a good point that adding too much capacitance also hurts power factor- so even if a uti

Re: [RE-wrenches] Xslent?

2011-01-10 Thread Exeltech
By the way, in answer to answer your original question, capacitors of proper value, when installed in a circuit containing inductive loads, are capable of allowing the circuit to attain a power factor of 1.0.  As part of our Underwriter's Laboratories testing for our grid-tied inverters, a test

Re: [RE-wrenches] Xslent?

2011-01-10 Thread North Texas Renewable Energy Inc
How efficient is a capacitor in offsetting the power factor error? 99.9%... ±2%...? Jim Duncan -Original Message- From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org]on Behalf Of Exeltech Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 9:03 PM To: RE-