27;m not holding out hope.
Still, thought I'd ask. Is there a replacement policy still in effect, in some
form? If so, who can I contact? These mods are about 14 yrs old and show good
voltage but low amperage.
I told the customer not to hold his breath but that I'd look into it for
I looked up BP Solar and found their Alternatives page:
http://www.bp.com/sectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=9025019&contentId=7046515
Which has this info for warranty claims:
For customers from Americas (North, Central, South)
Telephone Number: 1-866-BP-SOLAR and 1-800-891-2163
Email Address:
ator. This doesn't sound like a
complicated problem but so far I'm unfamiliar with the SW AGS. So, I would
greatly appreciate any insight you guys can offer me.
Thanks!!
Eric
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/off cycling problem when he manually starts the
genny, right? That is, assuming the disco settings remain in effect regardless
of start mechanism. Thanks for indulging me tocayo.
Eric
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Jay,
To me, that sounds like the most logical answer.
By the way, it IS an XW after all...whodathot?
Eric, I'll give you a call when I get there. Thanks!
Eric
SunHarvest
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From: jay peltz
To: RE-wrenches
Sent: Wednesday, A
ing some Ah out of his industrial bank I put him on a
daily EQ regime to see if we can breathe some life back into his batteries. I
figured it's worth a shot and he'll learn more about battery maintenance along
the way.
Thanks guys!
Eric Stikes
SunHarvest
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As you're aware William, being my mentor, I can't give you advice on your
designs...none-the-less I figured I'd throw my hat in the ring of our talkabout
(verbal walkabout)...
I've seen plenty of wealthy homeowners turn to solar initially for the savings
and end up acquiring an affinity for sav
when looking at the "biting" effect of Ironridge's IGS.
Eric
SunHarvest
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Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 3:45 PM
Subject: Reduce Micro-Cracks and Hot Spots
ch branch terminating at a 20A breaker.
By my calculations, 25 micros at 1.0A each (25A*1.25=31.25A) need to terminate
at a 40A breaker. Anyone know what I'm missing or know how the 20A breaker
design gets past the AHJ?
Eric Stikes
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Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2013 10:52 AM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: [RE-wrenches] Enphase commercial
Hey Wrenches & Nick Soleil (with whom I worked at APS for a time I
believe...),
I'm not familiar wit
I really like using Enphase but my most recent customer just informed me that
his pool lighting is now turning on and off intermittently after the PV install
completion. The lights are controlled via a timer on the neutral line. I'm
pretty green when it comes to controls so I don't have a soluti
y be located in the house. I'll
give the Digi-Key filter a try. Thank you!
SunHarvest
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From: William Miller
To: 'RE-wrenches'
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 5:52 PM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Enphase and Line Noise
Hey Eric, Wrenches
g in a
box. So, if I needed to I could swap out the inverter and see if that makes a
difference...?
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From: Allan Sindelar
To: RE-wrenches
Sent: Wednesday, November 06
Hi guys -
Concerning the 120% rule: I've encountered several circumstances recently where
a 400A nameplate-rated (listed on inside label) main panel has two 200A main
breakers. One of the breakers will be feeding the busbar in the main and the
other will feed a subpanel. I had previously though
Sounds like I may be misinterpreting something but I don't think so...
NFPA 70, 2014 NEC 705.12(D2)(3)(b) states, "The sum of 125% of the inverter(s)
output circuit current and the rating of the overcurrent device protecting the
busbar shall not exceed 120% of the ampacity of the busbar."
Based
king about the end of PV, for some unknown duration, in
California due to this new regulation taking effect in the new year. Just
wondering if anyone else has heard the news and if I should quit my day
job...(finally!)...or if someone's trying to celebrate April fools early...
Eric St
thanks to Lars et al. at Cal Solar for keeping the rest of us up here
in the Gold Country in socks and groceries. Flowers are on their way.
Eric Stikes
SunHarvest
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- Original Message -
From: Bill Brooks
To: findso...@herzfeld.org ; 'RE-wrenches'
-TL so do not mount the
inverter next to any noise-sensitive area such as a bedroom. The installation
manual mentions this very slightly (insufficiently). Seriously, WAY more noise.
Eric Stikes
SunHarvest
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From: Jason Andrade
To: re
of lumber jacks up here in the
sticks) who has a small Bobcat skid and a heavy-duty flat bed truck. It worked
out pretty well. The issue of HAZMAT control & signage shouldn't be ignored and
was addressed.
Eric
SunHarvest
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Fr
That's what I thought. Thanks for pointing me to the documentation Marco!
SunHarvest
On Aug 21, 2014, at 11:20 PM, Marco Mangelsdorf wrote:
> This should be helpful, Eric.
>
> https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/ecu/ElectricalTrade.html
>
> From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenc
at the answer
is no.
Thanks!
Eric A. Stikes
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On Oct 24, 2014, at 9:58 AM, "Starlight Solar Power Systems,"
wrote:
> Jay,
>
&
lable mods that are in the 20's
except SPR. Other high eff claims are cell eff or non-commercial/space tech
stuff. Too bad. Can't wait for solar R&D to break the ceiling and reach
commercially viable efficiencies in the 50's at least.
Eric Stikes
Owner, SunHarvest Solar
CA.
. Apparently they're not used very
frequently for Syl/Zin upgrades. Does anyone have any experience with these
units? (They are a guts swap package where you can leave the Sylvania box in
the wall, pull out the busbar, and replace it with an Eaton bus and breakers).
Thanks.
Eric Stikes
Own
How 'bout a Tesla Powerwall? That way you can test it out first and let us know
how it goes :)
Got any flexible, multi-application thin film out there?
How about PV-direct water pumping? That's going to be a hot topic for us in
Cali. here pretty shortly.
Sounds like a great gig you have there.
Hi William,
I've used QuickMount almost exclusively for the past 5 or so years. Good
product. Lots of options including height extension blocks. They also have
conduit flashings for running emt on a roof. Good documentation for permitting
as well. I believe they have a 20yr warranty too.
Eric
I like 'Through The Roof'.
Eric Stikes
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Founding Director, GoodSun Solar
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> On Aug 10, 2015, at 2:52 PM, August Goers wrote:
>
Sorry to hear about that tragedy William. As a volunteer firefighter, (and of
course a huge proponent of solar safety), I'm 100% supportive of, and encourage
the use of "rapid" shut-down right at the module.
Eric Stikes
Founding Director, GoodSun Solar
A 501(C)(3) CA. Non-profit Corp.
001.530.79
Given 310# snow load in the Sierras, what are some suggestions for a superior
pole-mounted tracking system? Right now I'm considering DHSolar, but I'm
unfamiliar with the product.
Eric Stikes
GoodSun Solar
A 501(C)(3) CA. Non-profit Corp.
NABCEP PV Pro
001.530.798.3738 (cell)
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ou must have more production.
>
> Larry Crutcher
> Starlight Solar Power Systems
>
>
>
> On Oct 3, 2015, at 9:49 AM, SunHarvest wrote:
>
> Given 310# snow load in the Sierras, what are some suggestions for a superior
> pole-mounted tracking system? Right now I'm co
We've never had a problem with this approach. Then again, we've never had a
client get audited, to my knowledge, and that, I imagine, will be where the
rubber finally hits the road.
Eric Stikes
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this is part of the problem but the generator is problematic as well
(it has it's own array of maladies).
Any insight is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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Hi Wrenches,
Thanks for all your input. I took the advice of those wrenchers suggesting I
had bad modules and am in the process of dealing with Kyocera - will update
when I have received their final answer.
My problem was that when I tested the modules they showed normal Voc and Isc.
But I was
under load when the power failure is
apparent. This is why I initially ruled out the modules as being the problem.
Thanks for all your help wrenchers!
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Just got talked into buying Crown (395Ah@20Hr) as my local rep, "the battery
expert", was persuasive in his testimony to their reliability. Should've
consulted wrenches first.
Should I be worried??
Eric Stikes
SunHarvest Solar
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era modules showed good volts and amps until a load was connected.
Seems like a similar issue here.
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eks. I can confidently recommend SMA and a
handful of module makers but am having a hard time here. Anyone with good or
bad experiences with either Trina modules or SolarEdge inverters?
Thanks!
Eric Stikes
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ut, I need something with more insurance
when working on other people's homes.
William, what are you using these days?
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Customer in need of replacement brushes for a Dankoff SunRise submersible 5226
48Vdc pump. Part number for brushes is BSH-5000. I keep getting the, "Sorry,
they don't make those anymore" response from my suppliers. Anyone have them?
Windy?
Thanks!
Eric Stikes
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ng and original roofing material.
Thanks for all your input!!
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ow to correct the wiring if needed?
Sorry to ask such a simple question, I'm just a little rusty on off-grid.
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On 10/11/2012 4:23 PM, SunHarvest wrote:
I recently installed a Blue Sea 4-way marine battery switch to switch
between two battery banks, one new bank and one old bank. I was hesitant to
connect the negative home-runs from both banks onto one common bus (connecte
tch on fire...
As always, thanks for the responses guys.
Eric Stikes
SunHarvest Solar
- Original Message -
From: Dan Fink
To: RE-wrenches
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 5:20 PM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Marine battery bank switch
Eric;
If you set the switch to "1+2&qu
Last flat roof mount I did was in San Francisco (high winds, strict building
codes). We worked with a roofer who requested that we simply place an L-foot on
top of a 3-1/2" block of PT wood or IPE and lay the block on a pad of EPDM
straight on the roof; lag down an L-foot through the block into
Jesse -
We order at least 1 extra drop for each of our Enphase installs now, just to
make things easier. The engage splices are pretty slick but aren't cheap. Those
are two options (except that you already have the material...so really only
one.) Pulling the slack out of the engage cable works
Livin' off-grid, just bought Sears Kenmore myself incidentally...
Eric Stikes, PM
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From: "Howie Michaelson"
To: "RE-wrenches"
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 12:00 PM
Subject:
with a genset. So do those inverters automatically disconnect the
PV when the genny auto-starts? And with the Outback, is the Mate supposed to
do the same (as long as the genny is operated by the auto-start and not a
transfer switch)?
Eric
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On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 2:50 PM, SunHarvest
rous configuration??
David, I can't disconnect the GVFX when the grid is down and the genny on as
both grid and genset supply the AC-IN to the inverter via the manual transfer
switch. But your comment begs the question: Why do you recommend disconnecting
the inverter?
Still trying t
enny is load-side of the inverter?
Eric
SunHarvest
- Original Message -
From: SunHarvest
To: RE-wrenches
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 8:47 AM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] off grid PV connected to generator
For claification, the two installs with which I'm concerned are:
about AC IN and I
don't think your Genny will sync with the inverter and therefore it will not
charge the batteries.
>So there's no option to charge batteries with a generator using a GVFX?? Am
I hearing this correctly?
Thanks Maverick.
Eric
On Jan 16, 2013, at 11:53
Bill,
Have you looked at CreoTec? I personally like the Ironridge racking system much
better than ProSolar or Unirac. I've seen plenty of demos with Creotec but
haven't had the opportunity to use it yet. Looks very cool though and has some
rave reviews.
Eric Stikes
SunHarvest
Upgrading to a versatile Midnite or Outback cc seems to me a better investment.
Sometimes you can match newer 72 cells with older mods...For example, one new
Canadian 280 (35.6Vmp, 44.2Voc) matches up nicely with 2 old Kyo 120's
(33.8Vmp, 43Voc)
Eric
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that the AGS is at fault. Ever heard of this before?
Eric Stikes
SunHarvest Solar
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From: Larry Crutcher,Starlight Solar Power Systems
To: RE-wrenches
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] GSCM-mini with Honda EM5000SX
You need t
r questions. Thanks again guys!
Eric Stikes
SunHarvest
- Original Message -
From: William Miller
To: RE-wrenches
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] GSCM-mini with Honda EM5000SX
Eric:
The generator-based charging may impose higher currents into t
uirements.
Thanks!
Eric
SunHarvest
- Original Message -
From: John Berdner
To: RE-wrenches
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 11:44 AM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Combining conductors
Larry:
Yes, you can parallel conductors (there is an NEC limit on minimum size
allowed
because I was planning to take
this course...
Eric
SunHarvest
- Original Message -
From: Jesse Dahl
To: RE-wrenches
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 7:49 PM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Advanced PV Training Recommendations
The MREA (Midwest renewable energy association) offer
special inverters versus generator
What is the definitive argument against BB in general and this "peak shaving"
idea in particular?
Thanks pros.
Eric
SunHarvest
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From: toddc...@finestplanet.com
To: RE-wrenches
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 11:57 AM
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Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 2:25 PM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery Back-up and Grid Tie
I have a crazy...I mean creative customer who wants a BB system so that he
c
x27;m pretty sure is not
a malfunction of the FM80, but rather an issue with the XW, just haven't had
time yet to fully trouble-shoot. I think it's a matter of reconfiguring the
XW charging setpoints. I haven't had any direct issues with the FM80 with
this STC "over power&q
tikes
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Wrenches,
Here's an update on this configuration (20kW Enphase, AC coupled to
Sunny Islands) you should know about:
Enphase will not support and warranty the use of their micro inverters
in an AC-coupled installation with battery-based inverter
's law says that the power will go out at the end of one of these
non-essential discharge cycles. Then what?
Probably not worth it.
Eric Stikes
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To: RE-wrenches
Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 8:50 PM
Subject: [RE-
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