Re: [RE-wrenches] Invert first?

2011-10-03 Thread The Solar Powered Office of Tom Duffy
Dan We have done two so far and they seem to be good Input needs to be over 200vdc. They are available and we have them in our warehouse. Contact me off list for particulars. Tom Duffy Systems Design Engineer t...@thesolar.biz 575-539-2111 X 301 Although no trees were killed in

Re: [RE-wrenches] unique battery bank design question

2011-09-01 Thread The Solar Powered Office of Tom Duffy
Mac Don't do it! ...use a dc to dc converter to step down to each bus 12v 24v etc. and then just hook up the equipment thru breakers to each bus Tom Duffy Systems Design Engineer t...@thesolar.biz 575-539-2111 X 301 Although no trees were killed in the sending of this messa

Re: [RE-wrenches] Torque Wrenches

2011-07-10 Thread The Solar Powered Office of Tom Duffy
Snap On... and I believe they will calibrate it for free for life Tom Duffy Systems Design Engineer t...@thesolar.biz 575-539-2111 X 301 Although no trees were killed in the sending of this message, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. Confidential

Re: [RE-wrenches] 24 volt Battery Bank comparison

2011-06-02 Thread The Solar Powered Office of Tom Duffy
Wrenches: This is a really great thread. Here’s my two cents… I started selling and configuring battery systems when I got out of the Army back in 1967 I’m a marine electrician. In the boat environment everybody tries to make a big battery out of a bunch of small batteries, Over the years th

Re: [RE-wrenches] Trickle charge a generator cranking battery?

2011-04-15 Thread The Solar Powered Office of Tom Duffy
David and All Even a 5 watt module will do the task well, as long as the generator digital regulator doesn’t use more than that, and it probably doesn’t. The bleed back thru the module is insignificant in this scenario. Tom Duffy Systems Design Engineer t...@thesolar.biz

Re: [RE-wrenches] Quick Cote troubles

2011-02-22 Thread The Solar Powered Office of Tom Duffy
Hi everyone We’ve been selling this stuff for over a decade, but we learned that, when using QuickCote… never put it between the mating surfaces, it makes a lousy connection. It does however seal out corrosion quite well (better than Vaseline) and if applied right should last ten years. T