Re: [RE-wrenches] Batteries in 4' tall crawl space

2018-08-01 Thread Ray
Never laid on my stomach, I just have kneel pad I use for lots of stuff but it works good here too.  I never get my face that close to the battery any way. Usually 2 to 3 ft is good. Ray Walters Remote Solar 303 505-8760 On 8/1/18 2:21 PM, Glenn Burt wrote: Interesting idea, but it looks lik

Re: [RE-wrenches] solar resale value

2018-08-01 Thread Michael Howell (m...@pveducation.com)
Try https://www.pvvalue.com On Wed, Aug 1, 2018, 5:01 PM Kristopher Schmid wrote: > Greetings wrenches, > > My apologies if this is out of topic range for this group. > > I have a client that has 3 grid tied systems and one grid tie with battery > backup system. The systems are of varying age

Re: [RE-wrenches] Aquion disposal

2018-08-01 Thread Tom Duffy
We had some random 6 volt tray failures from 48 volt Aspens as well, (making the whole stack look bad, but it was bad MC4 connections. So we just charged the low trays (6 volts) individually and brought them up. There does however seem to be poor series connections in the stacks and occasional

[RE-wrenches] solar resale value

2018-08-01 Thread Kristopher Schmid
Greetings wrenches, My apologies if this is out of topic range for this group. I have a client that has 3 grid tied systems and one grid tie with battery backup system. The systems are of varying ages. She is planning to sell her home and wants to know how much value to add to the asking price.

Re: [RE-wrenches] Aqueon disposal

2018-08-01 Thread Glenn Burt
Thanks Brad. I too tried to match up the threaded lifting bolt per their spec with pieces from McMaster for moving, and ordered eyes and nuts and adapters to do so. Went to the site yesterday expecting to use them, only to find that the lifting bolt on the stack was NOT per their spec, and i

Re: [RE-wrenches] Aqueon disposal

2018-08-01 Thread Glenn Burt
We only had a single installation of the Aqueons – you know, bleeding edge stuff. We installed 12 stacks and of them, 5 stopped taking a charge after a year of operation. The entire bank was never stiff enough to work well – constantly swinging voltage that has become too wide of a swing to progr

Re: [RE-wrenches] Batteries in 4' tall crawl space

2018-08-01 Thread Glenn Burt
Interesting idea, but it looks like to service them you would have to lay on your stomach and get your face right in there? Not my idea of a good time! -Glenn From: RE-wrenches On Behalf Of Ray Sent: Monday, July 30, 2018 3:32 PM To: re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Subject: Re: [RE-wrenche