[RE-wrenches] Speaking of outdoor DC lighting...

2011-12-20 Thread Isaac Opalinsky
Andrew, I used to work with Frank Patterson from The Lightup Company: http://thelightupco.com/. He has a bunch of standard fixtures, but can also custom build a lighting package. He's very familiar with the issues around DC LED lighting, like thermal management and stability. You will need fuse

[RE-wrenches] System Performance | Battery Based Grid Tie

2011-12-20 Thread All Solar, Inc.
Wrenches, I am looking for advice and or comments on system performance from a Grid Tied battery back up system. Is 65% efficiency fair as far as what goes back to the grid? Is PV watts a good tool for that. Commnets are welcome! Jeremy All Solar Inc. Jeremy and Amy Rodriguez 1463 M St Penrose

Re: [RE-wrenches] System Performance | Battery Based Grid Tie

2011-12-20 Thread Darryl Thayer
I think that outback did some research on their system and they had about 2 to 4% less power than a SMA system  I feel the reason for Bimodal is far more than 2 to 4% My 40 kW outback system has solar pyrometer and I have a method of comparing solar radiation to AC grid,  I also hve a method to

Re: [RE-wrenches] System Performance | Battery Based Grid Tie

2011-12-20 Thread toddcory
that's a nice conservative estimate for input STC kWh to sold kWh jeremy as far as charge controller kWh to sold kWh, my OB 3648 runs in the ~87% range todd On Tuesday, December 20, 2011 3:00pm, "All Solar, Inc." said: Wrenches, I am looking for advice and or comments on system

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2011-12-20 Thread Wayne Irwin
We have found that most of our batt systems are running at around 85% sell back. Wayne Irwin, EE Director of Engineering Pure Energy Solar International Inc. State Licensed Solar Contractor License # CVC56695 wa...@pureenergysolar.com http://pureenergysolar.com 352 377-6527 Office 352

Re: [RE-wrenches] System Performance | Battery Based Grid Tie

2011-12-20 Thread toddcory
85% of STC kWh or PTC kWh? todd On Tuesday, December 20, 2011 5:44pm, "Wayne Irwin" said: Wrenches, I am looking for advice and or comments on system performance from a Grid Tied battery back up system. Is 65% efficiency fair as far as what goes back to the grid? Is PV watts a good

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2011-12-20 Thread maver...@mavericksolar.com
What is the battery size versus kw of PV? Thank you, Maverick Maverick Brown BSEET, NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer ® President & CEO Maverick Solar Enterprises, Inc. Office: 512-919-4493 Cell:512-460-9825 Sent from my HondaJet! On Dec 20, 2011, at 7:44 PM, Wayne Irwin wrote

Re: [RE-wrenches] System Performance | Battery Based Grid Tie

2011-12-20 Thread allsolar
1766 ah vs. 17.6 kw pv I added pv amps + Radian charger amps x 5 per Radian manual Jeremy Sent via BlackBerry. Sorry for typos and shorthand! -Original Message- From: "maver...@mavericksolar.com" Sender: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.orgDate: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:56:33 To: RE-wre

[RE-wrenches] a PV titan is to be no more

2011-12-20 Thread Marco Mangelsdorf
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-20/bp-to-shut-down-solar-power-unit-ex it-business-spokesman-says.html?cmpid=yhoo Anyone know what this means for the warranty coverage for all those BPS mods in the field? Oh dear.. marco ___ Li

Re: [RE-wrenches] a PV titan is to be no more

2011-12-20 Thread Bill Brooks
Marco, With "BP" on the module, it means a lot more than some no name brand. Just because they are not producing anymore does not have any impact on their warranty obligation unless BP goes out of business-that is not likely to happen in your lifetime. Bill. From: re-wrenches-boun...@li

Re: [RE-wrenches] a PV titan is to be no more

2011-12-20 Thread Marco Mangelsdorf
Speculation on your part or do you have actual confirmation on this subject? Marco, With "BP" on the module, it means a lot more than some no name brand. Just because they are not producing anymore does not have any impact on their warranty obligation unless BP goes out of business-that is

Re: [RE-wrenches] System Performance | Battery Based Grid Tie

2011-12-20 Thread Wayne Irwin
85% STC. Wayne Irwin, EE Director of Engineering Pure Energy Solar International Inc. State Licensed Solar Contractor License # CVC56695 wa...@pureenergysolar.com http://pureenergysolar.com 352 377-6527 Office 352 336-3299 Fax 352 316-1637 Cell The content of this message is Pure Ener

Re: [RE-wrenches] System Performance | Battery Based Grid Tie

2011-12-20 Thread Darryl Thayer
I hope I did not give the wrong impression, my large system I gave the sunlight to AC not the inverter efficiency, I have access in the data to the module output to AC and it is very good, I do not remember the numbers, but close to 90%  the low performance of my system is the measured underperf