Re: [RE-wrenches] Bergey Excel 1 wind generator issues

2014-02-19 Thread b...@midnitesolar.com
Ray will also hopefully respond here. Bergey opted to sell the combination of Classic, turbine control box and XL.1 turbine and take on the warranty for over-voltage installations, like this one . The data logs show 400+ volts which is as high as the CL250 goes. They assumed that their bla

Re: [RE-wrenches] Bergey Excel 1 wind generator issues

2014-02-19 Thread Ray Walters
Hi Jeremy; I'm referring to the Clipper. It includes everything that the regular control box MNTCB includes: rectifier, bypass/ brake switching, but also has the voltage limiting control circuit, and dump resistors. Midnite sells several size resistors, so I'm waiting to find out which ohm

Re: [RE-wrenches] California State Fire Marshal's "Solar Photovoltaic Installation Guidelines"

2014-02-19 Thread Jerry Shafer
Wrenches I have had two buildings involved in a fire after we were completed and down the road neither fires had anything to do with our work at all. In one fire there was a unit next door (common wall) that had an appliance over heat that was left on while there was no one there and started the fi

Re: [RE-wrenches] Bergey Excel 1 wind generator issues

2014-02-19 Thread All Solar, Inc.
Ray, Are you referring to Midnite's wind turbine control box, which is what comes with the Bergey? It does not include any diversion for slowing the turbine. I questioned why they did not use the clipper, but did not really get an answer. We have installed 2 of the Excel 1s in the last 6 months

Re: [RE-wrenches] Bergey Excel 1 wind generator issues

2014-02-19 Thread Ray Walters
We've done some research on this, as we're doing an XL.1 project at 12 v right now. I don't have first hand experience with the Clipper yet, but I have over a decade of XL.1 experience and many years with Midnite's electronics. The Clipper is exactly what is needed. It also moves the rectifier

[RE-wrenches] Bergey Excel 1 wind generator issues

2014-02-19 Thread Chris Daum
Hello Wrenches: We have a customer who's got one of the Excel One wind gennies, and he's burnt up two Classic controllers (overvoltagethe 2nd time it got over 400V before it burnt up). Bergey's been dragging their feet as to why this is happening; they're saying it's probably an "upslope sit

[RE-wrenches] Trojan IND9-6V settings with Outback FX and Flexmax 60

2014-02-19 Thread Chris Mason
I just switched a customer from VRLA batteries to Trojan IND9. I changed all the battery settings to the numbers recommended by Trojan but I would be interested to hear any recommendations from experience. Please let me know if you have experience with the charge and discharge settings for this com