Re: [RE-wrenches] Repair depot fro Lorentz/Dankoff

2011-11-08 Thread Allan Sindelar
William, Well, I learned a few weeks ago that you can't. We had a worn out PS600 for which I was seeking a replacement helical rotor pump end. Lorentz now has two master distributors; GenPro (866 593-0777; genproenergy.com) for the northern half of the US, and I

Re: [RE-wrenches] High Voltage MPPT units

2011-11-08 Thread Marv Dargatz
As long as an appropriately sized and rated OCPD is used on the input and/or output circuit of both devices, it shouldn't be a problem. If it is a problem, it is with the testing certification process, and the standard needs to be fixed, or the testing laboratory needs to re-evaluate their inte

Re: [RE-wrenches] High Voltage MPPT units

2011-11-08 Thread Darryl Thayer
Caution!!! if you parallel the imput of both the inverter and terh charge controller one or the other will be destroyed.  ASk BoB if you parallel on teh input either charge controllers or inverters one or the other dies. or both.  From: "Larry Crutcher, Starli

Re: [RE-wrenches] Repair depot fro Lorentz/Dankoff

2011-11-08 Thread Maverick Brown [Maverick Solar]
You can try GenPro. Thank you, Maverick Maverick Brown BSEET, NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer ® President & CEO Maverick Solar Enterprises, Inc. Office: 512-919-4493 Cell:512-460-9825 Sent from an iPhone. On Nov 8, 2011, at 10:04 AM, William Miller wrote: > Friends: > >

[RE-wrenches] Repair depot fro Lorentz/Dankoff

2011-11-08 Thread William Miller
Friends: Where do I send an early Lorentz / Dankoff controller for repair? Thanks in advance! William Miller Miller Solar Voice :805-438-5600 email: will...@millersolar.com http://millersolar.com License No. C-10-773985 ___ List sponsored by Home P

Re: [RE-wrenches] Faulty PM-60 circuit board

2011-11-08 Thread Ray Walters
Rewiring the array for higher voltage gives the MPPT more range to play with, in addition to cutting the wire losses by half. Sometimes with older modules close to the battery voltage, the controller will operate the array below max power point, and not really see any boost. Ray On 11/7/2011

Re: [RE-wrenches] High Voltage MPPT units

2011-11-08 Thread Larry Crutcher, Starlight Solar Power Systems
Dick, I had that thought as well but it leaves open the possibility of paralleling the grid inverter and charge controller. What effect that will have is yet to be explored. This idea originated for my personal residence in Yuma which has 4400 watts of PV. We leave that home for several months

Re: [RE-wrenches] High Voltage MPPT units

2011-11-08 Thread Richard L Ratico
I may be missing something here.. but, for a manual switching solution, why not use two standard 600V DC discos. Put the PV to the top of both, load side of one goes to the battery inverter, load side of the other to the grid tied inverter. Turn one off, turn the other one on. Not as elegant as