help in Illinois [RE-wrenches]

[Todd Cory, Bald Mt. Solar]

Yet another example of a system that could benefit from the fabled "silent
sell".

Todd

"Steve Willey, Backwoods Solar" wrote:

> I have an inquiry from Illinois on a topic I am not the best source for.
> Burl Anderson at (309)342-5660 has SW series set up for interactive sell. He
> has surplus by 9 AM and wants to sell all day, but at night he finds it
> charges from the grid even though he has enough batteries to go all night
> and still sell power before noon the next day. He wants to prevent it from
> grid charging at night, just draw down batteries through the night, and has
> enough PV and battery to still return to sell mode about 8 or 9 in the
> morning. He says he switches manually between sell and FLT modes twice a day
> presently.  I suggested a timer to connect the grid only daytime, or using
> the voltage controlled relays... but we are weak on the details of sell, not
> our specialty.  Anyone in Amherst or Illinois area have the answer and want
> to contact a potential customer who is planning to keep adding PV?   If so,
> go for it.


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