Re: [RE-wrenches] Generator Controlled Mini Grid

2013-02-08 Thread Kevin Pegg
Hi Drake, SMA has very good solutions for this. Does this out of the box without a bunch of custom control systems. I have put a few systems in like this, but the renewables not yet online (generator / battery now). If you google Isle of Eig you will find some info on what they have done there

Re: [RE-wrenches] getting PV modules up to the roof

2013-02-08 Thread William Miller
Eric: I'd be careful about attaching a large object to the back of anyone climbing a ladder. You are attaching a sail to your climber and if a gust comes up there is no easy way to shed a back pack while holding on for dear life. William Miller At 12:51 PM 2/7/2013, you wrote: I agree th

Re: [RE-wrenches] Insulated cabinet source

2013-02-08 Thread Chris Mason
http://www.usedtowers.com/CABINETS/CABINETS.htm On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Dave Palumbo wrote: > Kirk, > > A few years ago Jeff Randal at DPW made us a nice cabinet for a single > Fronius inverter. It was not insulated. Maybe they could customize a unit > to > your specs? > > Dave > > -

Re: [RE-wrenches] Alarm start stop alarm

2013-02-08 Thread Chris Mason
Easy peasy. The Outback provides 12V to power a relay for the AGS. Change the relay to DPST so you have additional contacts to switch a siren http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Omron-Electronics/G4W-2214P-US-HP-DC12/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMs8I5ltipPMAFAts%252bPMgw13 or, Run a small 12V siren from the AUX o

Re: [RE-wrenches] Snow guards for pitched roof arrays?

2013-02-08 Thread Garrison Riegel
Have you considered installing a flashing like the EcoFasten GF-1, lagging the L-foot to the rafter, and then spanning the L-feet with some AL angle? We use flashings similarly for supporting conduit on roofs, which works very well. Garrison Solar Service Inc 847-677-0950 From: re-wren

Re: [RE-wrenches] Insulated cabinet source

2013-02-08 Thread Dave Palumbo
Kirk, A few years ago Jeff Randal at DPW made us a nice cabinet for a single Fronius inverter. It was not insulated. Maybe they could customize a unit to your specs? Dave -Original Message- From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org]

[RE-wrenches] Insulated cabinet source

2013-02-08 Thread Kirk
Hello, I'm looking to source insulated cabinets, relatively large to house -3- Fronius 5 Kw inverters. They only have a low operating temp spec of -4F. I plan to supply min heat using a small resistive element. Long story, but inverters have to be mounted at the array and I must use Fronius. Thi

Re: [RE-wrenches] Alarm start stop alarm

2013-02-08 Thread Kent Osterberg
I've got a customer that has outside lights that are only on when the generator runs. Also has a siren/strobe light alarm that comes on when the batteries are below the 2-minute threshold for the generator start. Kent Osterberg Blue Mountain Solar, Inc. www.bluemountainsolar.com t: 541-568-4882

[RE-wrenches] Alarm start stop alarm

2013-02-08 Thread Kirpal Khalsa
Hey Folks.I was hoping someone might be able to help with a recommendation for a sound alarm for when a generator starts and stops in an outback controlled auto gen start systemcustomers generator is in a remote building and they cant always hear when it starts or stops. Thank you! Kirp

Re: [RE-wrenches] Accessibility of Equipment on Roof was Are PV Systems Mechanical Equipment?

2013-02-08 Thread Jason Szumlanski
Yeah, normally it would have been our practice to use a j-box and bring down three strings. In this case it made more sense to combine strings on the roof and just bring down a single circuit in a single conduit. Long story... long wire run... probably bad planning in hindsight. The MNPV6-AC is a

Re: [RE-wrenches] Snow guards for pitched roof arrays?

2013-02-08 Thread Allen Frishman
composite shingles so for this project the S-5 solutions will not work. Al Frishman AeonSolar (917) 699-6641 - cell (888) 460-2867 www.aeonsolar.com On Feb 8, 2013, at 12:04 PM, Benn At DayStarSolar wrote: > Allen, > What is the roofing material? > S-5 has a product that works well with stan

Re: [RE-wrenches] Snow guards for pitched roof arrays?

2013-02-08 Thread Benn At DayStarSolar
Allen, What is the roofing material? S-5 has a product that works well with standing-seam. benn Sent from a 'smart' phone, with touch screen keys. Please excuse shortcuts and typos. On 2013-02-08, at 9:02 AM, Allen Frishman wrote: > Wrencher's, > I'm working on a project for a New construct

Re: [RE-wrenches] Accessibility of Equipment on Roof was Are PV Systems Mechanical Equipment?

2013-02-08 Thread Kent Osterberg
Jason, It seems to me that two of the exceptions in 240.24 may apply to your situation. Most significantly (4) For overcurrent devices adjacent to utilization equipment that they supply, access shall be permitted to be by portable means. Thus using a latter to access the ac combiner on the ro

Re: [RE-wrenches] Accessibility of Equipment on Roof was Are PV Systems Mechanical Equipment?

2013-02-08 Thread jay peltz
Hi jason, 3 questions, I can't find the MNPV-AC in midnites price list, is this something custom or just new? And if you don't need breakers why not just do a junction box on the roof. and the inspectors I've had have requested a disconnecting means on the roof or visible from the roof. So I'

Re: [RE-wrenches] Snow guards for pitched roof arrays?

2013-02-08 Thread Dave Palumbo
Al, I believe that Eco Fasten Solar/ Alpine Snow Guards of Morrisville, Vermont have been working on such a product. www.ecofastensolar.com 1-877-859-3947 Best, Dave David Palumbo Independent Power LLC 462 Solar Way Drive Hyde Park, VT 05655 www.independentpowerllc.com Vermo

[RE-wrenches] Snow guards for pitched roof arrays?

2013-02-08 Thread Allen Frishman
Wrencher's, I'm working on a project for a New construction housing complex and the GC had planned to install snow guards to protect people in the below walkways from large sheets of ice/snow. I will be installing large sections of arrays on much of the pitched roof and am looking for a soluti

Re: [RE-wrenches] Accessibility of Equipment on Roof was Are PV Systems Mechanical Equipment?

2013-02-08 Thread Jason Szumlanski
Oh, yes - that is a great application for the MNPV-AC. I didn't mean to imply there isn't a good use for them. In this particular instance the three MVPV-AC's are really subcombiners that get all get tied together in another subpanel at ground level. They really were not necessary, but made it more

[RE-wrenches] Generator Controlled Mini Grid

2013-02-08 Thread Drake
A potential customer is interested in a mini grid, set up by a generator, to connect his array to. Some years back, on this list, an article was linked about a community with a central generator that had PV input to the generator supplied, local grid, using electronic controls. Has any progr