[RE-wrenches] Micro-hydro with L-ion

2020-09-12 Thread frenergy
Dearest off-gridders,              OK, many of you micro-hydro fanatics on the west coast are stuck inside with all the smoke, time to put on your tin foil thinking caps             I brought this up some time back but got little (zero maybe) feedback.  I'm hoping there are some other mic

Re: [RE-wrenches] Micro-hydro with L-ion

2020-09-12 Thread Bruce Bosworth
Unsubscribe Bruce Bosworth San Diego Solar Install 619-600-8087.Your Friends in solar energy www.sandiegosolarinstall.com (C-46 Solar Contractor) > On Sep 12, 2020, at 9:44 AM, frenergy wrote: > > Dearest off-gridders, > OK, many of you micro-hydro fanatics on the west coast a

Re: [RE-wrenches] Micro-hydro with L-ion

2020-09-12 Thread Jay
Hi Bill, My preference is with using an aux relay off of a classic, I don’t use a C40. In using different equipment C40 and PV CC they will never be the same reading and kinda fight with each other. Using a classic it diverts based on hysteresis setpoints off of charge settings. And you can g

Re: [RE-wrenches] Pika Support by chance?

2020-09-12 Thread Jason Szumlanski
54kWh doesn't go far for air conditioning in September in Southwest Florida. Trust me. Most homes have $200+ electric bills at $0.10/kWh this time of year, sometimes substantially more. Generator backup, even with 4 Powerwalls, is necessary for mission-critical grid-tied backup situations. Sadly,

Re: [RE-wrenches] Getting Enphase IQ Cable into J Boxes

2020-09-12 Thread Jason Szumlanski
Bryan, I'm happy to see you have these. But the Heyco catalog doesn't show a -SM for the 1/2" part. They only show a 1/2" for a single tray cable with no bare, the M3231GCZ that is on your website. Are you saying there is another one not listed in the catalog that does have a bare and is skinned o

Re: [RE-wrenches] Pika Support by chance?

2020-09-12 Thread Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar
I have 5 clients in Florida running mini-split heat pumps offgrid. The smallest is a 13 kwh useable and the rest running L16 2v cells @ 48v nominal. Not trying to be a contrarian but with a 2,000 square foot house with great insulation and SEER numbers around 30, it is not that hard. Need alot of

Re: [RE-wrenches] Micro-hydro with L-ion

2020-09-12 Thread Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar
Adding to Jay, you really need to charge lithium based on Soc. Just not reliable in wind and water because of the damage potential to use voltage. Another way to say it, it is just too easy to use Soc. Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar "we go where powerlines don't" http://members.sti.net/offgridsolar/

Re: [RE-wrenches] Pika Support by chance?

2020-09-12 Thread Ray
What size Air Conditioners? Those seem like really small battery banks for that.  I suppose they just run in the day mostly when the sun is shinning? Ray Walters Remote Solar 303 505-8760 On 9/12/20 3:25 PM, Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar wrote: I have 5 clients in Florida running mini-split he

Re: [RE-wrenches] Pika Support by chance?

2020-09-12 Thread Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar
Hi Ray, They run at night set at 77f. We use a 1 ton, 12,000 btu and a 2nd spare for day use. The spare is rarely needed. These are near 30 SEER, the most expensive model in each make. LG, Mitsu, Fujitsu. Just after dawn when the array is lit, we drop the program temp to 74 or so. Most HVAC w