Re: [RE-wrenches] Blue Planet 8kWh instllation

2022-01-31 Thread Kirpal
Hi William. Of the 30+ Blue Planet jobs we have done - The 2.0 and HI versions the positive cable has always only just reached the top corner. When we populate only half of the cabinet we don't cut the buss bar as this will cause more work trying to get a longer replacement buss bar from Blue Pla

Re: [RE-wrenches] Blue Planet 8kWh instllation

2022-01-31 Thread Vic Guillot
William, We have had good luck, the guy you want to talk to is Jody Powell. He has been a tech there for a couple of years or more. Vic Guillot Sol Sierra, Inc. Vic Guillot Sol Sierra, Inc. 209.795.3554 office 209.768.3560 mobile/text On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 1:18 PM William Miller wrote: > Fr

Re: [RE-wrenches] Blue Planet 8kWh instllation

2022-01-31 Thread Jerry Shafer
William In the case where l am only installing 4 or 6 batteries, l start at the top half and leave the bottom empty, l also cut the positive and negative bars and it look great after. I did ask years ago for dead fronts but it never came to be. Don't forget to address each one and get all the sn# a

Re: [RE-wrenches] Blue Planet 8kWh instllation

2022-01-31 Thread Jerry Shafer
So do you have the new cabinet or the older 2.0, Jerry On Mon, Jan 31, 2022, 1:18 PM William Miller wrote: > Friends: > > > > I am installing my first Blue Planet system today. I ordered an 8kWh unit > so that means only 4 of the 8 battery positions are filled. I can’t find > anything on the B

Re: [RE-wrenches] Blue Planet 8kWh instllation

2022-01-31 Thread Kirk Herander
That seems very odd that that pos cable(to the breaker/ bmu) does not reach. I've done partial 2.0's before and that lead could reach any pos battery terminal, regardless of the shelf it's on. Am I missing something? Maybe 48v HI leads are different. I heat shrinked the unconnected busbar length as