Re: [RE-wrenches] Best Ground Racking?

2014-02-04 Thread Kelly Larson
Wow, William. Thank you for all the details. One size clearly doesn't fit all! I like the page with all the different wire management options you've used. Somebody tell me why we still don't have this taken care of WITH the racking... Shesh. Blessings, Kelly On Feb 4, 2014, at 8:47 PM,

Re: [RE-wrenches] Best Ground Racking?

2014-02-04 Thread william
Kelly: Ground mount racking choice is determined on a case-by-case basis. If the ground is flat and area plentiful, we use ballasted on gravel (Dyno-Raxx). If you need to seasonally adjust, we like the DPW MPM. If the ground is sloped other than gradually south, top of pole mounts may be

Re: [RE-wrenches] Best Ground Racking?

2014-02-04 Thread Kelly Larson
Great. Many thanks, Jerry! On Feb 4, 2014, at 3:39 PM, Jerry Shafer wrote: > We use holes with concrete for a small array its less expensive > > On Feb 4, 2014 3:37 PM, "Kelly Larson" wrote: > Thanks for your reply, Jerry. How do you attach them to the ground? > Concrete? Driven? > > Bles

Re: [RE-wrenches] Best Ground Racking?

2014-02-04 Thread Jerry Shafer
We use holes with concrete for a small array its less expensive On Feb 4, 2014 3:37 PM, "Kelly Larson" wrote: > Thanks for your reply, Jerry. How do you attach them to the ground? > Concrete? Driven? > > Blessings, > Kelly > > On Feb 4, 2014, at 3:30 PM, Jerry Shafer wrote: > > We use unirac U

Re: [RE-wrenches] Best Ground Racking?

2014-02-04 Thread Kelly Larson
Thanks for your reply, Jerry. How do you attach them to the ground? Concrete? Driven? Blessings, Kelly On Feb 4, 2014, at 3:30 PM, Jerry Shafer wrote: > We use unirac ULA good engineering not much on wire management > Jerry > > On Feb 4, 2014 2:29 PM, "Kelly Larson" wrote: > Hi, > > We ar

Re: [RE-wrenches] Best Ground Racking?

2014-02-04 Thread Jerry Shafer
We use unirac ULA good engineering not much on wire management Jerry On Feb 4, 2014 2:29 PM, "Kelly Larson" wrote: > Hi, > > We are looking to install some 4KW ground mounted arrays. What racking > are you using? Best ground connection? Wire management? The shows have > so many choices, and I

[RE-wrenches] Best Ground Racking?

2014-02-04 Thread Kelly Larson
Hi, We are looking to install some 4KW ground mounted arrays. What racking are you using? Best ground connection? Wire management? The shows have so many choices, and I keep doing the same ol thing... Blessings, Kelly Kelly Larson Electrical Engineer NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installation

Re: [RE-wrenches] Off grid heat pumps

2014-02-04 Thread Ray Walters
I'd 2nd Hilton's comments. Energy efficiency can reduce heating loads to almost nothing. The German standard "passive solar" design uses almost R100 insulation, triple pane Lo E windows, doors with multiple seals, and are so tight they require an air to air heat exchanger to insure fresh air.

[RE-wrenches] Off grid heat pumps

2014-02-04 Thread Hilton Dier III
I've done a couple of load profile studies for heat pumps and solar and unless the load is primarily air conditioning it's a bad match. Ground sourced heat pumps in general only pencil out if there is a big air conditioning load. The only time I'd recommend a heat pump with an off grid system