Re: [RE-wrenches] Mounting height

2014-10-22 Thread frenergy
Bob-O, Peter, Garrison, I appreciate the responses, will proceed accordingly. I have seen some references to minimum distance to floor in some manuals. Thank you, Bill Feather River Solar Electric - Original Message - From: Garrison Riegel To: 'RE-wrenches' Sent: We

Re: [RE-wrenches] Mitsubishi Mini Split fighting with Outback VFX Off Grid

2014-10-22 Thread Ray Walters
Just because its worked in the past for me doesn't always make it a good idea. I appreciate having an actual inverter expert on our list to caution us before we create a potential problem. One nice thing is that we've never needed to "fix" an Exeltech sine wave output. R.Ray Walters CTO, Sola

Re: [RE-wrenches] Mounting height

2014-10-22 Thread Garrison Riegel
Bill, See 2011 NEC 690.14(D) or 2014 NEC 690.15(A) Utility-Interactive Inverters Mounted in Not Readily Accessible Locations. Basically there is no maximum height restriction for inverters but there are a number of requirements for AC and DC disconnecting means. See NEC 404.8 for maximum d

Re: [RE-wrenches] Mitsubishi Mini Split fighting with Outback VFX Off Grid

2014-10-22 Thread Exeltech
> We used to use capacitors, but Dan from Exeltech just poo pooed that fix > in another recent thread, so I don't have any other tricks up my sleeve. No poo. Just a cautionary comment. Capacitors connected across the output of an inverter can .. in some circumstances .. cause the voltage contr

Re: [RE-wrenches] Mounting height

2014-10-22 Thread peter.parr...@calsolareng.com
As I remember, anything that needs to be inspected or manually operated needs to be between 6'-6" and 2'-6". - Peter Peter T. Parrish, Ph.D. SolarGnosis > On October 22, 2014 at 12:28 AM Bob-O Schultze > wrote: > > If it has some sort of switch or CB, the top of the handle cannot be highe

[RE-wrenches] multiple points of grid connection and the opposite end of the bus rule

2014-10-22 Thread Allen Frishman
Wrenchers, I am working on a multi building complex that is part of a isolated grid (multiple buildings are fed from one central building).All of the power from the utility enters one central building via a 4000AS/4000AF Service Switch. The 4000A Service switch feeds a 3 section cabinet wi

Re: [RE-wrenches] Solar Leasing Companies in Rhode Island

2014-10-22 Thread Christopher Warfel
Hi Jerry, Just 20kW. I will call you this afternoon. Thank you, Chris On 10/21/2014 9:06 PM, Jerry Shafer wrote: How big?? call me @8082912832 On Oct 21, 2014 4:01 PM, "Christopher Warfel" > wrote: This is probably off topic, but I don't know where