Re: [RE-wrenches] More Sunny Island power problems

2014-08-16 Thread William Miller
Chris: Tempting... If, however, any equipment fails I am responsible. If I can test the power and prove the UPS is incorrectly reporting poor power then I have a case for discrediting the UPS. Does anyone know of a UPS that is smarter-- that could be programmed as to the parameters it migh

Re: [RE-wrenches] More Sunny Island power problems

2014-08-16 Thread Chris Mason
> > [image: Gradient Cap_mini] > Lic 773985 > millersolar.com <http://www.millersolar.com/> > 805-438-5600 > > > > *From:* RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] *On > Behalf Of *Steve Jefferson > *Sent:* Friday, August 15, 2014 11:11

Re: [RE-wrenches] More Sunny Island power problems

2014-08-16 Thread Larry Crutcher, Starlight Solar Power Systems
William, One other option, if the AV crew can see the light, is replace the UPS with an inverter like Magnum MS1012 and a separate battery equal to the UPS capacity. The Magnum has broad input voltage and should the SB fail to provide power, the transfer time is likely fast enough (16ms) to repl

Re: [RE-wrenches] More Sunny Island power problems

2014-08-16 Thread William Miller
com/> millersolar.com 805-438-5600 From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Steve Jefferson Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 11:11 AM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] More Sunny Island power problems Afternoon William, The communication is there to se

Re: [RE-wrenches] More Sunny Island power problems

2014-08-15 Thread William Miller
sts.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Steve Jefferson Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 11:11 AM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] More Sunny Island power problems Afternoon William, The communication is there to send the signal to the Sunny Boys to go into off-grid mode, when the grid

Re: [RE-wrenches] More Sunny Island power problems

2014-08-15 Thread Mac Lewis
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Re: [RE-wrenches] More Sunny Island power problems

2014-08-15 Thread William Miller
riday, August 15, 2014 9:55 AM To: 'RE-wrenches' Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] More Sunny Island power problems Mac: I will review the data. Thanks! William Gradient Cap_mini Lic 773985 millersolar.com <http://www.millersolar.com/> 805-438-5600 From: RE-wrenche

Re: [RE-wrenches] More Sunny Island power problems

2014-08-15 Thread Steve Jefferson
27;RE-wrenches' Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] More Sunny Island power problems Mac: I will review the data. Thanks! William [Gradient Cap_mini] Lic 773985 millersolar.com<http://www.millersolar.com/> 805-438-5600 From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Beh

Re: [RE-wrenches] More Sunny Island power problems

2014-08-15 Thread William Miller
enches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] More Sunny Island power problems William, As far as I understand, the communication is supposed to take away the need for frequency shift. Have you pulled the data off of the Sim card and looked for frequency shift? On Aug 15, 2014 10:24 AM, "William Mil

Re: [RE-wrenches] More Sunny Island power problems

2014-08-15 Thread Mac Lewis
William, As far as I understand, the communication is supposed to take away the need for frequency shift. Have you pulled the data off of the Sim card and looked for frequency shift? On Aug 15, 2014 10:24 AM, "William Miller" wrote: > Friends: > > > > A Sunny Island mini-grid system I am maintain

[RE-wrenches] More Sunny Island power problems

2014-08-15 Thread William Miller
Friends: A Sunny Island mini-grid system I am maintaining also does not play nice with a UPS unit. So much so that the system reportedly fried a Furman UPS unit yesterday! This should not be! The UPS unit is supposed to protect downstream equipment and should be able to protect itself a