[RE-wrenches] off-grid propane tankless water heater advice

Hi Wrenches, Any suggestions for trustworthy: -propane tankless water heater - draft-vented -battery (or hydro) ignition with no electrical hookups It seems to be a lot harder to find tankless water heaters which do not have a 120VAC power supply these days. It's not a big power draw, but it is

[RE-wrenches] Guarding against live parts 690.7 (D)

How is everyone handling 690.7 (D) Circuits over 150 Volts to Ground. In one- and two- family dwellings, live parts in photovoltaic source circuits and photovoltaic output circuits over 150 volts to ground shall not be accessible to other than qualified persons while energized. If you hav

[RE-wrenches] isophoton isf-250

Hello Climate Heroes, I am seeking 1 Isofoton 250 watt ISF-250 module for a client who lost 1 due to a burned up Tigo optimizer. If anyone has a line on one please contact me off-list. Thank You. Peace and Light, James "Jibril" Gustafson Tava Solar LLC jib...@tavasolar.com 719-651-5780

[RE-wrenches] Fronius Warranty Problems

I have recently had a spate of warranty (and out of warranty) calls from customers with Fronius IG inverters (from the 2000 to the 5100). In working the problem, Fronius has had fairly good technical support (initially) BUT things have gone downhill from there. They have for example, sent a GFDI

Re: [RE-wrenches] Guarding against live parts 690.7 (D)

Craig: This issue has been on our radar lately. See this link: http://www.millersolar.com/MillerSolar/case_studies/Wire_shielding_on_ground_mounted_PV_arrays/No_shield.html William [image: Gradient Cap_mini] Lic 773985 millersolar.com 805-438-5600

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fronius Warranty Problems

This is interesting our goodwill and warranty has been very good but we are dealing with them on the larger inverters and we have been sent out testing tools from them on comms issues. I hope your issue is not "things to come" good luck with getting the RMA Jerry On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 9:11 AM, Pe

Re: [RE-wrenches] off-grid propane tankless water heater advice

Hi Rebekah, Here in the mountains of Southern CO we work with tankless heaters a lot on off-grid systems. I know that you're trying to eliminate the phantom load of the electronically controlled heaters, but unless the application is for a seasonal cabin with a tiny PV system, I would get one o

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fronius Warranty Problems

Peter, Fronius has some of the most ignorant people working for them. It took me over a year to receive payment for an inverter swap that they diagnosed as having failed. After I returned the old inverter they claimed nothing was wrong. Run from Fronius! Thank you, Larry On Sep 3, 2015, a

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fronius Warranty Problems

Our Fronius inverters have experienced about 500% failure rate. The management has spoken disparagingly about us to our customers. We've been done with Fronius for years. William > On Sep 3, 2015, at 2:16 PM, Starlight Solar Power Systems > wrote: > > Peter, > > Fronius has some of the m