[RE-wrenches] Rapid Shutdown equipment restart. BH, Combiner and battery disco.

2016-07-25 Thread Jeremy Rodriguez
Could someone please explain the sequence of re setting a system with a Midnite Birdhouse, disconnecting combiner, and battery disconnect module. I mean, once the system is activated what is the correct sequence of re setting and turning the equipment back on, whether AC power to the birdhouse i

Re: [RE-wrenches] Older XW with new XW accessories

2016-07-25 Thread Kevin Pegg
Yes works fine no problems. -Original Message- From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Jay Sent: July-25-16 2:33 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: [RE-wrenches] Older XW with new XW accessories I've got a customer with an older pair of XW 4048 invert

Re: [RE-wrenches] Older XW with new XW accessories

2016-07-25 Thread Maverick Brown
No issue I could see. I've done that exact same thing. Thank you, Maverick Sent from an iPhone. > On Jul 25, 2016, at 4:33 PM, Jay wrote: > > I've got a customer with an older pair of XW 4048 inverters and cc's. > > He would like to use the new web conext box, and probably the battery mete

[RE-wrenches] Older XW with new XW accessories

2016-07-25 Thread Jay
I've got a customer with an older pair of XW 4048 inverters and cc's. He would like to use the new web conext box, and probably the battery meter with them. Anybody know if this is possible? Thanks Jay Peltz power. ___ List sponsored by Redwood Al

Re: [RE-wrenches] Bypassing a broken PV module

2016-07-25 Thread Chris Mason
That wouldn't be a ground fault. On Jul 25, 2016 9:01 AM, "Jason Szumlanski" < ja...@floridasolardesigngroup.com> wrote: > That's what the customer wanted, but even if I cut the leads short and > terminated them, there would still be a risk of a ground fault to the > module frame from water intru

[RE-wrenches] Solectria 3.8 Inverter Failures

2016-07-25 Thread Matt Partymiller
Wrenches, We have recently had a string of Solectria 3.8 failures. The commonality to the failures seems to be a failed internal relay on the top part of the inverter and we (and one customer) have witnessed brief arcing occur as the inverter attempts to start up. In every instance we have seen

Re: [RE-wrenches] Bypassing a broken PV module

2016-07-25 Thread Jason Szumlanski
That's what the customer wanted, but even if I cut the leads short and terminated them, there would still be a risk of a ground fault to the module frame from water intrusion. In the end I was able to convince the customer to remove it. We moved a module from the end to the middle where this broken