Re: [RE-wrenches] AC to AC syncrhonizer for hydro plant.

2010-09-03 Thread tump
I too 2nd what jay suggests. Fred Howe is Very helpful & the units I've worked w/ from T&H maximize the hydros output over a broad range of water. Fred is on the web in Canada. --Original Message-- From: jay peltz Sender: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org To: RE-wrenches ReplyTo:

[RE-wrenches] Sunny Backup set

2010-09-03 Thread North Texas Renewable Energy Inc
Wrenches, A SMA CD with their 2009-2010 product guide has a Sunny Backup Set listed. It works with grid-battery systems and a genset but I cannot find any US distributors that carry it. Couldn't find it on the SMA-America www site either. Does anyone know about its availability in the US? I'd lov

Re: [RE-wrenches] Delta LA's

2010-09-03 Thread bob
"I've also wondered if we should be fusing these things. One hand says definitely yes, on the other hand, a big lightning strike would trip the fuse, before the Delta could do its job." I think a big lightning strike would jump the fuse like it wasn't there. So the fuse would really make no

Re: [RE-wrenches] Sunny Backup set

2010-09-03 Thread Richard L Ratico
Have you called SMA directly? SMA has other neat stuff that's only available outside the US. Apparently they don't think there's enough demand here to go through the listing process. Dick Ratico Solarwind Electric --- You wrote: Wrenches, A SMA CD with their 2009-2010 product guide has a Sunny B

Re: [RE-wrenches] Delta LA's

2010-09-03 Thread penobscotsolar
Take a look at Citel lightning protection. They install on a din rail. We are installing a 15 kw array for Acadia National Park and they were spec'd for the project. It will be our first time using them but they look promising. http://www.citelprotection.com/ac_surge.htm Daryl > "I've also won

Re: [RE-wrenches] Sunny Backup set

2010-09-03 Thread North Texas Renewable Energy Inc
Dick I did email SMA Monday & a reply followed your Wrench reply to my inbox this afternoon. As I suspected, they are not [yet] available in the states. It looks as though one Sunny Backup will replace 2 Sunny Islands. Technologically it's par for the course coming from SMA. Maybe they are waiting