[RE-wrenches] Optics RE with two hubs.

2016-05-03 Thread William Miller
Friends: I am setting up an Optics RE system with a system that has 8 FX inverters and 3 charge controllers. I installed two Mate3s and a Flexnet-DC. I need two shunts for the Inverters because 4 are connected in one DC1000 and 4 in the other. I installed a third shunt for the PV. The inve

Re: [RE-wrenches] Goofy roofing

2016-05-03 Thread August Goers
Bill – So it sounds like you have a corrugated metal roof installed by a handyman over an existing comp shingle roof? It might be wise to get your building department planchecker or inspector involved at this point since it sounds like you have a potential code violation. Adding PV to an already

Re: [RE-wrenches] Winter Battery Maintenance

2016-05-03 Thread Steve Higgins
Good Morning Wrenches! I've been watching this topic over the past few days and just wanted to put in my .02cents.. A Flooded Lead Acid Battery that is at 1.265 or greater SG will not freeze until it's exposed to temperatures lesser than -90F or -60C. The same battery at only 1.220 SG will fre

[RE-wrenches] Winter Battery Maintenance

2016-05-03 Thread Jay
Hi Steve Thanks I would only add that those self discharge rates are for good condition batteries. As they age, it increases. Question. How does the self discharge rates vary between, VRLA and flooded, or do they? Thx Jay Peltz power > On May 3, 2016, at 7:09 AM, Steve Higgins wrote: > >

Re: [RE-wrenches] Optics RE with two hubs.

2016-05-03 Thread Jay
Hi William, Yes you need the shunt for PV the FNDC to read correctly I'm not sure exactly what you mean about labeling the cc? The FNDC doesn't care what each shunt does. Cc, inverter DC loads etc, if that's what you mean Jay Peltz power. > On May 3, 2016, at 12:10 AM, William Miller wr

Re: [RE-wrenches] Optics RE with two hubs.

2016-05-03 Thread William Miller
Jay: Thanks for the reply. I meant label the shunts. Doesn't the FNDC need to differentiate between PV charge and inverter charge? William > On May 3, 2016, at 7:18 AM, Jay wrote: > > Hi William, > > Yes you need the shunt for PV the FNDC to read correctly > > I'm not sure exactly what you

Re: [RE-wrenches] Optics RE with two hubs.

2016-05-03 Thread Jay
Nope doesn't care. You could have 1 shunt or 3. You just get to monitor the 3 shunts. The m3 display uses comm from the cc Jay Sent from my iPhone > On May 3, 2016, at 8:44 AM, William Miller wrote: > > Jay: > > Thanks for the reply. I meant label the shunts. Doesn't the FNDC need to > di

Re: [RE-wrenches] Winter Battery Maintenance

2016-05-03 Thread Steve Higgins
Jay, VRLAs tend to have a self-discharge rate, depending on the chemistry as low as 2%, but as high as 5%... From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Jay Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 7:23 AM To: RE-wrenches Subject: [RE-wrenches] Winter Battery Maintenanc

Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback programing question

2016-05-03 Thread Chris Mason
There's new firmware out today for the MATE3, you should probably try that. On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 8:31 PM, jay wrote: > HI All, > > I’ve got a problem that outback tech hasn’t been able to figure out. > > off grid system > mate 3 > quad stacked VFX 3648 > > The generator is set to specific sta