Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters

2009-08-17 Thread Bruce Geddes
Pretty close Allan, but mountains, sheep and mountains! Cheers, Bruce - Original Message - From: Allan Sindelar To: 'RE-wrenches' Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 3:09 PM Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters Yeah, Travis, there are "excuses",

Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters

2009-08-17 Thread Travis Creswell
m: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Geddes Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 6:48 AM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters I am not going to get personal but sometimes people in the USA forget there i

Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters

2009-08-17 Thread Bruce Geddes
it is going to work. Thanks, Bruce - Original Message - From: William Miller To: RE-wrenches Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 9:20 AM Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters Bruce: You may want to see if your e-mail reader can be set to reject attachments above a certain

Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters

2009-08-17 Thread Bruce Geddes
ssage - From: Travis Creswell To: 'RE-wrenches' Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 12:54 PM Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters Cry a river dude. There's no excuse for not joining 21st century. Wrenches on dial up please chime in if there's any of you

Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters

2009-08-16 Thread toddcory
Those massive pictures could have easily been resized and compressed to less then 100 K each. Todd; On Sunday, August 16, 2009 1:52pm, "Bruce Geddes" said: For goodness sake, posting attachements of 2M or so. There was a discussion on this forum some months ago about large attachments beca

Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters

2009-08-16 Thread Allan Sindelar
Yeah, Travis, there are "excuses", dude. In the current issue of the Economist there's an article about wireless vs. wire-based telephone service. The US is only ranked 15th among developed nations in cellular coverage. I believe it's the same with internet. Private enterprise at work, dude, for be

Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters

2009-08-16 Thread John
7, 2009 12:54 PM Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters Cry a river dude. There's no excuse for not joining 21st century. Wrenches on dial up please chime in if there's any of you out there.

Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters

2009-08-16 Thread Travis Creswell
es.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Geddes Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 3:53 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters For goodness sake, posting attachements of 2M or so. There was a discussion on this forum some months ago about large attachments because some of us do not have

Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters

2009-08-16 Thread William Miller
Bruce: You may want to see if your e-mail reader can be set to reject attachments above a certain size. I use Eudora and it has that setting. When I am on dial up I use that setting to great benefit. William Miller At 01:52 PM 8/16/2009, you wrote: For goodness sake, posting attachements

Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters

2009-08-16 Thread Michael Welch
This one's on me gang. I know that until now you thought I was perfect. Anyway, I have the list set with about a 70K message threshold, and I accidentally approved that message. Apologies to our dialup members. Please contact me off list if you wish to respond. Bruce Geddes wrote at 01:52 PM 8/16

Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters

2009-08-16 Thread Bruce Geddes
For goodness sake, posting attachements of 2M or so. There was a discussion on this forum some months ago about large attachments because some of us do not have access to broadband and not by choice!___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Addre

Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters

2009-08-15 Thread R. Walters
On Aug 15, 2009, at 6:49 PM, jay peltz wrote: I don't have a photo, but have seen a pole mount, in the ground, run up the side of the building, supported by the building by a bracket, which can mount a tracking or non tracking pole mount. jay We've done mounts like this before, when

Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters

2009-08-15 Thread jay peltz
I don't have a photo, but have seen a pole mount, in the ground, run up the side of the building, supported by the building by a bracket, which can mount a tracking or non tracking pole mount. I have seen a pole mount ( don't recommend this) that was mounted through the house. One interes

Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters

2009-08-15 Thread William Miller
. Chris Daum Oasis Montana Inc. -- From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of William Miller Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 3:11 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters Darryl: I had forgotten

Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters

2009-08-15 Thread Chris Daum
-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of William Miller Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 3:11 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters Darryl: I had forgotten about this job we did some years ago, but I have the perfect solution for you: http://millersolar.com/Portfolio

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2009-08-15 Thread William Miller
Darryl: I had forgotten about this job we did some years ago, but I have the perfect solution for you: http://millersolar.com/Portfolio/pole_mount/Custom_tracker_moutn_on_power_shed.jpg William At 12:49 PM 8/12/2009, you wrote: He all I need help designing or buying a seasonal adjuster

Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters

2009-08-15 Thread Allan Sindelar
ches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Ezra Auerbach Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 2:37 PM To: jry...@netscape.com; RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters I so totally agree - during the winter there's not enough sun to make a difference where we tilt the modul

Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters

2009-08-13 Thread R. Walters
This is a funny thread as I spend some of my time doing commercial installs in Hawaii, where tracking and tilt adjust is definitely not happening, and you're lucky to get the panels facing even close to south. The rest of the time though, I'm working with off grid customers that some may ac

Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters

2009-08-13 Thread Ezra Auerbach
I so totally agree - during the winter there's not enough sun to make a difference where we tilt the modules, and in the summer we dump power anyway so we've set them for a nice spring/fall angle and forgot about them for the last decade of so. The funny part is I spent all kinds of extra d

Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters

2009-08-13 Thread Dave Click
http://www.ironridge.com/files/GroundRoofLandscape/IRONRIDGE_UNI-GR-04.pdf Original Message Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters From: Darryl Thayer To: RE-wrenches Date: 2009/8/12 16:51 Thanks William but this is a roof mount. Darryl --- On Wed, 8/12/09, William Miller

Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters

2009-08-13 Thread Jeff Yago
I realize your client is set on doing this, but I installed adjusting tilt racking on the 5 kW solar array I installed on my home over 15 years ago and I can tell you after the first year of adjusting these heavy sections I finally selected an average position and they have not moved in 14 years

Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters

2009-08-12 Thread Drake Chamberlin
Backwoods Solar used to sell adjustable roof mounts. At 04:51 PM 8/12/2009, you wrote: Thanks William but this is a roof mount. Darryl --- On Wed, 8/12/09, William Miller wrote: > From: William Miller > Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters > To: "RE-wrenches"

Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters

2009-08-12 Thread dan
oops -- didn't see this was a roof mount. db Dan Brown President Foxfire Energy Corp. Renewable Energy Systems (802)-483-2564 www.Foxfire-Energy.com NABCEP #092907-44 Original Message Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters From: Darryl Thayer Date: Wed, August 12,

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2009-08-12 Thread dan
ark solar south. (I use a center punch). sometimes I'll weld a flat bar or something fun to the cinch bolts. db Dan Brown President Foxfire Energy Corp. Renewable Energy Systems (802)-483-2564 www.Foxfire-Energy.com NABCEP #092907-44 Original Message ---- Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches]

Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters

2009-08-12 Thread David Palumbo
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 3:49 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters He all I need help designing or buying a seasonal adjuster. I have a customer that insists on a seasonal adjustment. They would like 30 degrees summer side of equinox and 50 degrees winter side. Wants to ad

Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters

2009-08-12 Thread Darryl Thayer
Thanks William but this is a roof mount. Darryl --- On Wed, 8/12/09, William Miller wrote: > From: William Miller > Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters > To: "RE-wrenches" > Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2009, 3:02 PM > > > Darryl: > > >

Re: [RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters

2009-08-12 Thread William Miller
Darryl: If this is a ground mount, I recommend a Direct Power top of Pole mount. http://www.power-fab.com/tpmphotos.htm The rack is supported at the center of gravity making a manual adjustment easy. William Miller At 12:49 PM 8/12/2009, you wrote: He all I need help designing or buying a

[RE-wrenches] Seasonal Adjusters

2009-08-12 Thread Darryl Thayer
He all I need help designing or buying a seasonal adjuster. I have a customer that insists on a seasonal adjustment. They would like 30 degrees summer side of equinox and 50 degrees winter side. Wants to adjust twice a year at equinox. Rack to be 3 sets of 3 modules each on two rails. Eve