Re: [RE-wrenches] Heart Interface Idle Draw

2013-12-10 Thread Allan Sindelar
William, Eric's specs include "50VAC..." - that has a specific relevance. The old Hearts used a different search structure, in that the AC output measures around 50 VAC in search mode. If you're troubleshooting and don't know this, you'll think there's somet

Re: [RE-wrenches] Return on investment information

2013-12-10 Thread Nathan Stumpff
Chris, You could try System Advisor Model (SAM) from NREL for free: https://sam.nrel.gov/ Cheers, -Nathan -- Nathan J. Stumpff NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional #091209-175 NABCEP Certified Solar Heating Installer #032412-14 Project Manager | Arctic Sun, LLC nat...@arcticsun-llc.com

Re: [RE-wrenches] Mike Holt Solar Video - LIVE in your town, limited time only

2013-12-10 Thread Christopher Warfel
Really good on those nights when Curling is not on ESPN.. On 12/6/2013 8:25 PM, Dave Click wrote: Dear Wrenches, Several of your co-wrenches are helping Mike Holt with the video companion to his PV & the NEC 2014 book. So since you spend all your weekdays thinking about th

[RE-wrenches] Return on investment information

2013-12-10 Thread Chris Daum
Dear wrenches: We are bidding a job for a thrifty fellow; it's a small commercial system (7.2KW array), and he's interested on the figures relating to his return on investment. Does anyone have any link or software where we can crunch the numbers and get him an idea of his real ROI? Besides t

Re: [RE-wrenches] Heart Interface Idle Draw

2013-12-10 Thread Larry Crutcher, Starlight Solar Power Systems
Brian, We often have customers that don't want to loose programming for their satellite receiver. To reduce tare loss and the parasitic drain on a large inverter, we install a 100 Watt dedicated inverter, about $20, to keep the sat receiver going 24/7. We do the same thing for small refrigerator

Re: [RE-wrenches] Heart Interface Idle Draw

2013-12-10 Thread Brian Teitelbaum
William, The flat screen and the satellite receiver are both phantom loads when off, so either make sure that they are on a plug strip and switched off when not in use, or you will have to increase the battery charging source (PV?). The satellite unit may lose its programming when switched off

Re: [RE-wrenches] Mike Holt Solar Video - LIVE in your town, limited time only

2013-12-10 Thread Richard L Ratico
Bill, You would do us all a great service if you would explain why, "The roof-mounted requirement was a complete mistake--and potentially dangerous in most cases." To the trained eye, as Doug Wells points out, a rooftop PV array looks like one enormous air terminal. You guys are agreeing it makes