Re: [RE-wrenches] Dream system.

2015-08-01 Thread Solar
That's a great idea. We have buss bar in our parts room. Good lesson on buss bar sizing and install. Compare and contrast the two methods. Thanks! Jesse Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 1, 2015, at 7:07 PM, "Tom at wagonmaker" wrote: > > Jesse, > > I’d also add a good buss bar connection syst

Re: [RE-wrenches] Dream system.

2015-08-01 Thread Tom at wagonmaker
Jesse, I’d also add a good buss bar connection system for your battery banks, maybe even do one set of series/parallel connections (old way) across the bank and one set of connections with the series strings interconnected through buss bars rather than direct string to string. Much better batt

Re: [RE-wrenches] Dream system.

2015-08-01 Thread Peter Giroux
We now have a PV-direct water pump solution for pool pumps, Polaris vacuum and well pumps up to 2 HP. The 1 HP solution is 4 250 watt panels into a device that takes the DC and creates 208 3-phase. Replace the pump motor with a 208 motor and off one goes. The HP of the pump dictates the # of

Re: [RE-wrenches] co-op rules

2015-08-01 Thread Solar
You thinking IOU I think. The coops are exempt from these rules. I was taking to the one of the head cheeses at the coop, who is a friend and shall remain nameless. Jesse Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 1, 2015, at 1:13 PM, Rebecca Lundberg > wrote: > > Jesse, > > This would be against cur

Re: [RE-wrenches] co-op rules.

2015-08-01 Thread Solar
Good point on average numbers. Maybe that's what he meant, it isn't what he said. When I asked how many members were interconnected and produced over the 50% number he said "one". Rules for problems that don't exist. With no rebates given by the coops the chances anyone can find it feasible to

Re: [RE-wrenches] co-op rules

2015-08-01 Thread Rebecca Lundberg
Jesse, This would be against current MN state law. Who were you talking to? They can say whatever they want, but that doesn't make it true. No utilities in MN are exempt from net-metering, and except for when you are trying to access a rare incentive program, you can install up to a 40 kW system

Re: [RE-wrenches] co-op rules.

2015-08-01 Thread SES
Up here and Portland General Electric land and according to our net metering laws we are allowed to produce as much energy as we consume in a years time. March 1 is the annual trueout point. If you produces more than you consume over the course of the year that extra power is lost to PGE. You

[RE-wrenches] Sunny Island FSPC

2015-08-01 Thread Darren Anderson
Anyone know if the Sunny Island's Frequency Shift Power Control only shifts the frequency in the positive direction as indicated in the manual (ex. +1 Hz to 61 Hz for the fAC Start Delta). Or can it also shift the frequency down? I'm getting 59 Hz output on a remote system and it's screwing with

Re: [RE-wrenches] co-op rules.

2015-08-01 Thread RE Ellison
What happens in July when most overproduce and in December when we are way under production? I think if they are talking averages it might be ok but otherwise it is a problem. Didn't co-op's used to be excluded from net metering anyway? Just thinking, Bob -Original Message- From: RE-wren

[RE-wrenches] co-op rules.

2015-08-01 Thread Solar
Hello all, I was at a get together lastnight and was taking to one of the higher ups at my electrical co-op. He informed me that effective now they will not allow any member to interconnect a renewable energy system that has the potential to create more than 50% of their monthly electrical usag

Re: [RE-wrenches] Dream system.

2015-08-01 Thread SunHarvest
How 'bout a Tesla Powerwall? That way you can test it out first and let us know how it goes :) Got any flexible, multi-application thin film out there? How about PV-direct water pumping? That's going to be a hot topic for us in Cali. here pretty shortly. Sounds like a great gig you have there.