Re: [RE-wrenches] 72-cell modules

2014-02-03 Thread Tump
The Sanyo/panasonic are a bit smaller, just need to reduce rail width & drill holes but thats what I am doing. On Jan 31, 2014, at 12:14 AM, Ray Walters wrote: > No suggestions on modules, but possibly you could swap all the good modules > onto 2 poles, and modify the 3rd rack to hold a set of a

Re: [RE-wrenches] 72-cell modules

2014-02-03 Thread Allan Sindelar
Does anyone have a source for Panasonic modules, in other than pallet quantity?

[RE-wrenches] Outback Radian AC Coupled Systems / Generator Input

2014-02-03 Thread Jason Szumlanski
Ref: http://www.outbackpower.com/downloads/documents/OB_072013_FLEXcoupled_SpecSheet.pdf Designing a system with a permanent generator for the second AC input is easy enough, but we run into a lot of portable generators here that people want to connect to a battery backup system as-needed. Power i

Re: [RE-wrenches] Long transmission line inductance and LED light flicker

2014-02-03 Thread Richard L Ratico
Hi Troy, I'm assuming this is off grid. Could you please provide details for the system (inverters, batteries, etc.). A single, sudden, 20 amp load is not necessarily small relative to the size of the system. Is the load 120V or 240 V? Dick Ratico Solarwind Electric --- You wrote: On Sun, Feb

Re: [RE-wrenches] 72-cell modules

2014-02-03 Thread Tump
contact me of list for contact at sunwize if you need to but thats where I got my replacements last month, On Feb 3, 2014, at 10:51 AM, Allan Sindelar wrote: > Does anyone have a source for Panasonic modules, in other than pallet > quantity? > > Allan Sindelar > al...@positiveenergysolar.com >

Re: [RE-wrenches] -48 Volts at the Phone Company

2014-02-03 Thread Exeltech
Keith, Another wrench commented about the Exeltech inverters being capable of working with a -48V battery system. His info was good. The DC input is "floating" on XP and MX inverters, and may be used in positive-ground telecom battery systems as well as negative ground systems .. such as off-

Re: [RE-wrenches] 72-cell modules

2014-02-03 Thread Kirk Herander
Panasonics are longer available through Sunwize. That's what my rep just told me. They had trouble selling them due to the higher cost. Kirk Herander VT Solar, LLC dba Vermont Solar Engineering NABCEPTM Certified Inaugural Certificant NYSERDA-eligible Installer VT RE Incentive Program Part

Re: [RE-wrenches] 72-cell modules

2014-02-03 Thread Kirk Herander
PS that's "no longer available" Kirk Herander VT Solar, LLC dba Vermont Solar Engineering NABCEPTM Certified Inaugural Certificant NYSERDA-eligible Installer VT RE Incentive Program Partner 802.863.1202 From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.

[RE-wrenches] off-grid heat pumps

2014-02-03 Thread Kirk Herander
Any experience out there with air or water-sourced heat pumps in an off-grid system? Kirk Herander VT Solar, LLC dba Vermont Solar Engineering NABCEPTM Certified Inaugural Certificant NYSERDA-eligible Installer VT RE Incentive Program Partner 802.863.1202 _

Re: [RE-wrenches] 72-cell modules

2014-02-03 Thread Bill Hoffer
Tump Try Silevo, they are currently making a 125mm 72 cell module in China. This is thier 36MW proof of concept plant ( lower cost HIT technology like Sanyo , cystalline cell with amorphous coating giving higher efficiency

Re: [RE-wrenches] off-grid heat pumps

2014-02-03 Thread Wayne
Ductless mini splits work well. Nighttime use only works for small rooms. Wayne Irwin, President License #CVC56695 State Licensed Solar Contractor Pure Energy Solar International Inc. wa...@pureenergysolar.com http://PureEnergySolar.com 352 377-6527 Office 352 336-3299 Fax The Sun Is A

Re: [RE-wrenches] off-grid heat pumps

2014-02-03 Thread Jerry Shafer
We got a duct-less ac unit comes either ac back up or total off grid, the off grid uses a battery bank to work evenings either system needs at least 600 watts. We just did a dual radian battery back up and the dual heat pumps would need both to start up if they stated at once and all of one to onl

Re: [RE-wrenches] 72-cell modules

2014-02-03 Thread Larry Crutcher, Starlight Solar Power Systems
Does anyone know where to still purchase Panasonic modules since Sunwize no longer carries them? Larry On Feb 3, 2014, at 2:28 PM, Kirk Herander wrote: Panasonics are longer available through Sunwize. That’s what my rep just told me. They had trouble selling them due to the higher cost. Kir