Re: [RE-wrenches] Older iCel System Lithium Ion Batteries (Steve Higgins)

2018-02-10 Thread Tom Ruscitti
rging if the minimum cell voltage limit has been busted, but no first hand experience myself. If you do a web search on "lithium ion damage over discharge" you'll see plenty of discussion. I tried to find specs on the iCel system but didn't find anything useful. be careful,

[RE-wrenches] Current limiting fuse at battery bank

2015-10-22 Thread Tom Ruscitti
f the battery replacement? Thanks, - Tom -- Tom Ruscitti Senior Engineer Taitem Engineering, PC 110 S. Albany Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 Mobile: (607) 220-7022 www.taitem.com ___ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@list

Re: [RE-wrenches] Current limiting fuse at battery bank

2015-10-23 Thread Tom Ruscitti
external to the battery box. On new installations with an external fuse made up in a PVC box and a CB on the inverter end, it's hard to see an actual safety reason to provide an isolating disconnect on the battery side as well. That NEC requirement makes good sense for 600V but... Thanks,

Re: [RE-wrenches] AC Coupling Solar Edge SE10000A-US With Outback Radian GS4048A

2016-10-19 Thread Tom Ruscitti
rEdge still supports that. I'm not sure if that was referring to hardware capability or was code for "may not warranty systems doing that." I see the SolarEdge tech note is 4 years old as well. Might be worth checking into. - Tom Tom Ruscitti Senior Engineer Taitem Engineering, PC

[RE-wrenches] Outback FNDC calibration

2016-11-18 Thread Tom Ruscitti
tage based auto gen starts as well unless the settings are tweaked to compensate for the error. Are others seeing this as well? - Tom -- Tom Ruscitti Senior Engineer Taitem Engineering, PC 110 S. Albany Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 Mobile: (607) 220-7022 www.taitem.com

[RE-wrenches] Outback FNDC calibration

2016-11-18 Thread Tom Ruscitti
Just an update that Outback has responded very quickly on the FNDC issue. Will post any new info here when we figure it out. - Tom ___ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email addres

[RE-wrenches] Seaward PV210 I-V Curve Tracer

2017-01-20 Thread Tom Ruscitti
f the 200R irradiance meter wireless connection. When we tested a used PV150 kit last year I couldn't get more than about 30ft line of site with fresh batteries. I understand the connectivity has been improved in this generation but does anyone have any better range to report? Thanks, - Tom

Re: [RE-wrenches] OutBack FX Internal Fan running 24/7

2017-05-03 Thread Tom Ruscitti
-phase master in port 7. If not, various errors can show up including random inverter fan running continuously. - Tom -- Tom Ruscitti Senior Engineer Taitem Engineering, PC 110 S. Albany Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 Mobile: (607) 220-7022 www.taitem.com

Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback Optics weird behavior

2017-06-27 Thread Tom Ruscitti
I just checked a few of our systems on Optics and all the device info shows up, including Radians and FXR inverters. - Tom -- Tom Ruscitti Senior Engineer Taitem Engineering, PC 110 S. Albany Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 Mobile: (607) 220-7022 www.taitem.com