[RE-wrenches] Pairing OB with Lithium

We have an off-grid customer who has a 10KW array and 2 - VFXR3648's, 2 - FM 80's and dying lead acid batts. I'm looking for advice on pairing something in the range of +/-5 kWh of Lithium (preferably LFP). I have not yet paired OB with lithium. Compatibility and Reliability are my goal. What h

Re: [RE-wrenches] mini splits

en years so not to bad but I have some healthy systems that are 20 years old still going strong. Pieter From: RE-wrenches on behalf of Wayne Irwin via RE-wrenches Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2025 12:02 PM To: RE-wrenches Cc: Wayne Irwin Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] mi

Re: [RE-wrenches] mini splits

Hey Jay, I live off grid (25yrs) in North Fla. (temp range is teens - 100+ F) with mini-splits throughout the house (2,700sq'). I have used just about every brand. We primarily use them for cooling but also use heat to supplement the wood stove. I can't imagine living without them. Although it's

Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback Company status

Same old number should work. I wouldn't expect anyone to answer though. Wayne Irwin President License #CVC56695 State Licensed Solar Contractor Pure Energy Solar International Inc. wa...@pureenergysolar.com PureEnergySolar.com SolarChargingStation.com

[RE-wrenches] Outback Company status

I just spoke with Chirs in Outback tech support. If you have ever called tech support there's a 90% chance that you spoke with him. He says that they are indeed rebuilding the company under the new ownership. They are way backed up on tech support return calls, have about 5 people in training t

Re: [RE-wrenches] New Outback FXR Series as GTGBB on existing Off Grid Home

It is my understanding that the FXR will not "automatically" switch from Grid Input to Gen. To my knowledge this is a manual option only. I do not recall any way to make this happen automatically. That would have been great. You can however still call for the generator at a low V setting and hav

Re: [RE-wrenches] Enphase Batteries and IQ7+ Won't Restart

aq_jbbl94GOrao7x/view?usp=sharing Jason Szumlanski Principal Solar Designer | Florida Solar Design Group NABCEP Certified Solar Professional (PVIP) Florida State Certified Solar Contractor CVC56956 Florida Certified Electrical Contractor EC13013208 On Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 7:52 PM Wayne Irwin vi

Re: [RE-wrenches] Enphase Batteries and IQ7+ Won't Restart

at there is not way to access the battery, or they didn’t figure you’d actually have a true black start? thanks for the info. jay On Sep 30, 2024, at 5:51 PM, Wayne Irwin via RE-wrenches mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org>> wrote: Hurricane Helene has taught us the hard way that Enph

Re: [RE-wrenches] Enphase Batteries and IQ7+ Won't Restart

Out of curiosity, what battery form factor i.e. FLA, Lithium and manufacturer are your OB inverters running on? Christopher On Mon, Sep 30, 2024, 19:52 Wayne Irwin via RE-wrenches mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org>> wrote: Hurricane Helene has taught us the hard way that Enphase b

[RE-wrenches] Enphase Batteries and IQ7+ Won't Restart

Hurricane Helene has taught us the hard way that Enphase batteries with anything other than IQ8's won't restart. The issue is that when the batteries try to restart (at the non-programmable time of 9:AM) if there are any significant loads, the batteries will not stay on long enough (300+ seconds

[RE-wrenches] Outback with a 48V Lithium battery

Hello All, Has anyone successfully coupled Outback with a 48V Lithium battery? We have only ever used Rolls FLA's. While we've "successfully" installed Enphase (tedious), we prefer Outback's VFXR series for a variety of reasons including commissioning and redundancy. Any experience/input on the