Re: [RE-wrenches] intermittent battery problem; ...Battery Sulfation

2011-10-23 Thread Darryl Thayer
Thanks Larry, this is one of the best explanations I have seen.  I am saving it for my customers and students.  I would emphasize the C/20 (as you said) or a little less for perhaps C/30 for this long term equalize or desulfation. Too fast an equaliziation can loosen (blow the plate material off

Re: [RE-wrenches] intermittent battery problem; ...Battery Sulfation

2011-10-23 Thread Larry Crutcher, Starlight Solar Power Systems
Thank you Darryl. The important thing is internal temperature. Any current up to the manufacturers specification can be used but C/20 means I usually don't need to baby sit the battery temp during long term recovery attempts. Adjust accordingly. One thing I didn't mention is that it's not harmf

Re: [RE-wrenches] Wet locations: (was Push-in Wire Connectors)

2011-10-23 Thread bob ellison
I don't think the goo filled wire nuts are a problem, it would just prevent corrosion from entering into the connection a few years down the road. Remember that we are supposed to have a solid mechanical connection before we put on the wire nut. I always look at it as the nut just keeps me from

Re: [RE-wrenches] Three-phase off-grid

2011-10-23 Thread mac Lewis
Wrenches, Is it a "special" transformer that will give you the 180 deg phase shift from the original 120 deg shift? Thanks On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 5:52 PM, William Miller wrote: > Friends: > > I posted a question here about three weeks ago on the subject of connecting > a dual SW inverter stac

Re: [RE-wrenches] Three-phase off-grid

2011-10-23 Thread William Miller
Dear Anonymous: Define special. I am not certain what your question is, but I will provide some information that might help. One part number for an applicable device is : C1F007LES. The link to this product is: http://www.alliedelec.com/search/productdetail.aspx?SKU=8680214 I hope this

[RE-wrenches] MC & Amphenol

2011-10-23 Thread North Texas Renewable Energy Inc
Wrenches I was just about to order a pallet of Yingli 255 modules and noticed the spec sheet calls out Amphenol H3 connectors. I looked at the spare 230W module in the shop from a July install and, just as I remembered, it had MC connectors. So I looked at the latest 230W module spec sheet an

Re: [RE-wrenches] Three-phase off-grid

2011-10-23 Thread Exeltech
Mac, You can't get a 120 degree phase shift from a transformer with windings on a common core.  Two transformers can be combined in a "Scott-T" configuration" to synthesize a 120 degree shift, but special transformers are required.  Also, a Scott-T configuration must be used with closely balanc

Re: [RE-wrenches] Three-phase off-grid

2011-10-23 Thread William Miller
Dan: We are not desiring 120 degrees. We are desiring 180 degrees, and it can be derived, and without a Scott-T. I have done this recently. William Miller At 08:26 PM 10/23/2011, you wrote: Mac, You can't get a 120 degree phase shift from a transformer with windings on a common core. T

Re: [RE-wrenches] Three-phase off-grid

2011-10-23 Thread Exeltech
Hello William, It works as long as you tie into just one phase of the three-phase system for the input .. from which you can then derive single-phase output.  A 180 degree shift is also do-able with multiple output windings in the transformer. Still recovering from SPI.  It was a *long* week.