Re: [RE-wrenches] Inverter oversizing

2011-01-21 Thread drake . chamberlin
> I have REC 215 on Enphase 190.  I see a lot of clipping.  Every sunny > day in the > winter and spring. What angle is your array? Where is it located? What I am seeing may be regionally specific. I have seen some clipping, but usually the inverters have some overhead left from the 199 W lim

Re: [RE-wrenches] Inverter oversizing

2011-01-21 Thread Darryl Thayer
Location is 45 N latitude, central Minnesota, the array I have watched the most is a seasonal adjustable, adjusted about once a month.  the steepest is about 60 degree tilt.  It is a ground mount and has a flat field in front and easy to adjust.  Weather data is near St. Cloud MN - Ori

[RE-wrenches] Help me locate "Light It Technologies" aka "Montana Light" aka Don Smith

2011-01-21 Thread Mick Abraham
Hi, Mechanics~ My contact information for "Montana Light" aka "Light It Technologies" has gone stale. The (406) 683-2697 phone number doesn't work, and moderate internet searches have also failed to turn up the connection. I need some of those lighting adapters that screw into an Edison base lamp

[RE-wrenches] IRC 2009

2011-01-21 Thread Dave Click
Hi all- Does anyone have a copy of the 2009 International Residential Code? I only have the 2006. Please reply off-list. Thanks! Dave ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options & settings: http

Re: [RE-wrenches] Help me locate "Light It Technologies" aka "Montana Light" aka Don Smith

2011-01-21 Thread Darryl Thayer
If you find them be sure to post, as I have lost contact also.  I am after the 12 volt and other DC voltage compact fluorescent From: Mick Abraham To: RE-wrenches Sent: Fri, January 21, 2011 10:08:21 AM Subject: [RE-wrenches] Help me locate "Light It Technolo

Re: [RE-wrenches] Help me locate "Light It Technologies" aka "Montana Light" aka Don Smith

2011-01-21 Thread David Katz
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Re: [RE-wrenches] Help me locate "Light It Technologies" aka "Montana Light" aka Don Smith

2011-01-21 Thread Allan Sindelar
Title: David Katz Light It Technologies, PO Box 856, Anaconda MT 59711. No phone number, no website. And no further purchases from us, it looks like. Got that by calling "Solar Seller", the redirect when I tried to find them. Allan

Re: [RE-wrenches] Inverter oversizing

2011-01-21 Thread Kent Osterberg
Cold temperatures, optimum array angle, maybe snow on the ground.  Just add sun for lots of power, maybe even a lot more than rated power at STC. It is easy to see why you are seeing clipping events. If the array angle was on a 20 degree roof during the cold weather, the array output may not go

Re: [RE-wrenches] EnPhase male whips

2011-01-21 Thread Kent Osterberg
Nick, Could you post a diagram showing when a male whip is useful?  I'm having a really hard time envisioning a need for one. Kent Osterberg Blue Mountain Solar, Inc. Nick Soleil wrote: William:     Your diagram is one way to do it, in fact, I always divide my circuits into 2 sub-circ

Re: [RE-wrenches] EnPhase male whips

2011-01-21 Thread Nick Soleil
Sorry Kent: I am just not that motivated by this conversation to create drawings. I will try to explain one of the times when I choose to use the male cable. The site had 28 modules on one roof, but due to fire access walkways, and limited space, we had to place on module on a different ro

[RE-wrenches] Fw: EnPhase male whips

2011-01-21 Thread Nick Soleil
Sorry about the typo. The second sentence should have read: The site had 28 modules on one roof, but due to fire access walkways, and limited space, we had to place one module on a different roof. Nick Soleil Project Manager Advanced Alternative Energy Solutions, LLC PO Box 657 Petaluma, CA

Re: [RE-wrenches] EnPhase male whips

2011-01-21 Thread Kent Osterberg
Thanks, Nick.  So you are continuing a daisy chain of inverters across a required clear space or obstruction that necessitates a change of wiring method.  As you said, you end up needing both the male and female whips.  So cutting an extension yields both pieces that are needed.  And there are

Re: [RE-wrenches] 10A Charge / load controller

2011-01-21 Thread Starlight Solar, Larry Crutcher
I have had failures with the Sunsaver MPPT. I have used them with a single Sanyo module in small battery systems. Perhaps they just can't handle the 50.9 Voc. Larry Starlight Solar Power Systems - Original Message - From: Maverick Brown [Maverick Solar] To: RE-wrenches Sent: T

Re: [RE-wrenches] EnPhase male whips

2011-01-21 Thread Nick Soleil
Hi Kent: My Enphase tech support guy didn't mention that restriction when we discussed it. Of course, the fact that the male could never be hot while unplugged ensures that the application is safe. I do understand why they don't provide the male; so that it is never used as the homerun cab

[RE-wrenches] Cable Sizing - revisited, Ambient Temp

2011-01-21 Thread John Wadley
Mr. Brooks, You replied to Mr. Parrish back in 2009 with this example (below) on properly applying all the deratings to ampacity for wire sizing. I have a bit of confusion and a question about the definition of "ambient temperature". You define it below as the ASHREA 2% high temp. My NE