Re: [RE-wrenches] New Outback FXR Series as GTGBB on existing Off Grid Home

2024-10-25 Thread Wayne Irwin via RE-wrenches
It is my understanding that the FXR will not "automatically" switch from Grid Input to Gen. To my knowledge this is a manual option only. I do not recall any way to make this happen automatically. That would have been great. You can however still call for the generator at a low V setting and hav

Re: [RE-wrenches] Module snail trails

2024-10-25 Thread Thomas Hall via RE-wrenches
 Hello Jon. Another thought……Was the site using the SMA combiner boxes with the 3 SMA Tripower 15000TL-US -10? We have had ground faults occur there internally. If it has a green test button inside the combiner box unit (polarity tester) …. replace the combiner with a different manufactures eq

Re: [RE-wrenches] New Outback FXR Series as GTGBB on existing Off Grid Home

2024-10-25 Thread Nick Lucchese via RE-wrenches
How large is the PV generation side relative to the typical daytime consumption habits? Obviously selling to the grid is the preferred approach but don't discount the effectiveness of utilizing HBX mode either. I've had great success optimizing HBX mode on many of my sites in conjunction with Optic

[RE-wrenches] LED light shutdown, Sol-Ark 5

2024-10-25 Thread Mac Lewis via RE-wrenches
Hello Wrenches, I visited a site with a Sol-Ark 5k, 2P yesterday. They had complained of power shutdowns. There were a lot of F34 AC Overload faults. I tracked it down to a single circuit. This circuit had a bank of about 12 LEDs, all on a single switch. The meter I brought, couldn't capture

Re: [RE-wrenches] New Outback FXR Series as GTGBB on existing Off Grid Home

2024-10-25 Thread Ray Walters via RE-wrenches
I dealt with this on my "last" GTBB system.  I say last, because I only do backup systems now in places like Puerto Rico that actually need backup.  The FXRs will NOT connect to even an inverter generator (Yamaha EF3000), unless they are programmed to GEN.  Our solution was to save two differen

[RE-wrenches] Trojan warranty contact

2024-10-25 Thread Chris Daum via RE-wrenches
Hi folks: Does anyone have a contact number or person for warranty issues regarding Trojan batteries? We have an elderly customer who purchased some this summer and we are getting the runaround, to put it mildly. Thanks in advance! Sincerely, Chris Daum Oasis Montana Inc. 406-777-4309 or

[RE-wrenches] Sunpower Sunvault Schneider XW F50 error code?

2024-10-25 Thread Dan Fink via RE-wrenches
Howdy esteemed Wrenches - Do any of my former colleagues from Sunpower (or Wrenches who were dealers) remember what the F50 error code on the Sunvault Schneider XW inverter was? I remember I only saw it a couple times in my 2 years there, and that it's not in the Schneider manual, it's a custom Su

[RE-wrenches] mounting to a foam roof

2024-10-25 Thread jay via RE-wrenches
Hi All, I have a job that the customer just told me they are going to get their roof foamed which fortunately I found out before I was installing the mounts/panels. It’s currently a metal roof, low pitch 5-10 degrees. Metal over battens over plywood. They want more insulation, it’s not cle

Re: [RE-wrenches] mounting to a foam roof

2024-10-25 Thread david quattro via RE-wrenches
ProSolar posts bolted directly to the wood decking and into rafters. they make several different post-heights. Roofers can easily waterproof cylindrical penetrations. the owners need to decide how many inches of foam thickness On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 3:18 PM jay via RE-wrenches < re-wrenches@li

Re: [RE-wrenches] CTs to trigger a high current disconnect

2024-10-25 Thread James Jarvis via RE-wrenches
CR Magnetics has current switches. thank you, -James Jefferson Jarvis APRS World, LLC +1-507-454-2727 (apologies for the brevity and spelling...from my phone) On Fri, Oct 25, 2024, 7:19 PM david quattro via RE-wrenches < re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: > Hi Wrenches, >Such an hon

Re: [RE-wrenches] mounting to a foam roof

2024-10-25 Thread Jerry Shafer via RE-wrenches
Wrenches, Unirac Das aluminum 2 piece standoff we used for just such occasions Fun times On Fri, Oct 25, 2024, 3:47 PM david quattro via RE-wrenches < re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: > ProSolar posts bolted directly to the wood decking and into rafters. they > make several different po

[RE-wrenches] CTs to trigger a high current disconnect

2024-10-25 Thread david quattro via RE-wrenches
Hi Wrenches, Such an honor to address you gurus with this question. I need to monitor current on wires (split phase 240v) and if the current reaches a predetermined limit, let's say 100A, or 200A - I need a programmable meter/device that can trigger a 12v relay when current reaches the threshol