Re: [RE-wrenches] PV-direct air heating?

2016-03-09 Thread William Dorsett
Dan, I think it is Gree that has a PV direct mini-split heat pump for both heating and air conditioning. It may have run on two 250 watt modules. When in non-PV mode, I believe the AC is rectified to DC and run through an inverter. And there are now a few others as well….possibly Fujitsu. Bi

Re: [RE-wrenches] PV-direct air heating?

2016-03-09 Thread Ray Walters
I believe you would still need a battery for the Classic to work properly. R.Ray Walters CTO, Solarray, Inc Nabcep Certified PV Installer, Licensed Master Electrician Solar Design Engineer 303 505-8760 On 3/9/2016 7:07 PM, Dan Fink wrote: I have an interesting question I haven't run into before,

[RE-wrenches] PV-direct air heating?

2016-03-09 Thread Dan Fink
I have an interesting question I haven't run into before, using existing equipment, some in place, some just waiting for an install. Has anyone here ever done an MPPT PV-direct install to DC air heaters? Advanced Energy used to have a PV-direct MPPT water heating controller, but the residential di

[RE-wrenches] Pathfinder Any Camera Tripod or a bean bag !

2016-03-09 Thread Tom Lane
The Pathfinder can be adapted to a circular board fitted with a female adapter for a tripod camera screw on the underneath side . All tripod use the same male screw for expensive or cheap tripods for cameras .Put three washers over the three tripod holes and three screws can hold the PathFinder