Iota Automatic Transfer Switches [RE-wrenches]

[Nick Lucchese]

<x-flowed>

Hello Fellow Wrenches,
  About to commence installation on a houseboat within the next month 
and looking for an elegant solution. It's a 96' brand new houseboat 
with all the luxury a boatie could want. The service panel is filled 
with large 240v loads that exceed  way beyond what the usual RE 
system can power. This is not the issue though as the customer has a 
large 20KW generator on board to power such loads. I'm planning on 
installing an Iota transfer switch to work around the 50 amp pass 
through of the dual stack Outbacks so the customer can utilize the 
extra 8 KW of generator power. I know it may seem that there is no 
way he'll be utilizing more than 12 KW of loads but if you saw the 
boat you may change your mind and trying to convince the customer 
that capping his 20 KW gennie to 12 KW is not an option. So I'm 
wondering if anyone has had much experience with the Iota transfer 
switches as all my experience is from their DLS converter/chargers. 
Specifically I'm looking for experience with the speed of the 
transfer time. A technician at Iota told me that it's 32 milliseconds 
which is twice as long as the Outback's if I'm not mistaken. If it 
were not for the giant LCD screen and entertainment center I wouldn't 
be so worried but I'd rather not have to go back some time in the 
future to try another make or model. Anyone have any experience with 
the Iota ITS-100R? Think 32 ms is fast enough to keep a home 
entertainment system up?  Might there be an even longer transfer time 
as both the Iota and on board Outback relay will not sync to transfer 
at the exact time? Any other favorite brands you think would work 
better? The Iota retails for a little less than $600, wondering if I 
should look to something else?
-- 
As always thanks for your time,




Nick A Lucchese
NABCEP Certified PV Installer
General Contractor # 808851
Sierra Solar Systems
563C Idaho Maryland Road
Grass Valley, CA 95945
tech info and foreign orders:  (530) 273-6754
e-mail:  <mailto:nickl at sierrasolar.com>
world wide web:  <http://www.sierrasolar.com>


- - - -
To send a message: RE-wrenches at topica.com

Archive of previous messages: http://lists.topica.com/lists/RE-wrenches/read

List rules & how to change your email address: www.mrsharkey.com/wrenches/etiquette.php

Check out participant bios: www.mrsharkey.com/wrenches/

Hosted by Home Power magazine

Moderator: michael.welch at homepower.com
--^----------------------------------------------------------------
This email was sent to: michael.welch at homepower.com

EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bz8Qcs.bz9JC9.bWljaGFl
Or send an email to: RE-wrenches-unsubscribe at topica.com

For Topica's complete suite of email marketing solutions visit:
http://www.topica.com/?p=TEXFOOTER
--^----------------------------------------------------------------




</x-flowed>