[RE-wrenches] OB Battery Charging

Drake Chamberlin drake.chamberlin at redwoodalliance.org
Sat Nov 7 13:37:36 PST 2009


I totally agree!

Drake

At 03:48 PM 11/7/2009, you wrote:
>I always install a mate.
>
>My logic is that I can try, might not succeed, to walk them over the 
>phone through the many adjustments that might need to be made.
>And also look at error messages etc which can save me a bunch of time.
>
>So for those of you who don't include a mate, do you then charge the 
>customer to show up and do a adjustment?
>
>Thanks,
>
>jay
>
>peltz power
>
>
>
>
>On Nov 7, 2009, at 12:10 PM, Allan Sindelar wrote:
>
>>Ray,
>>We usually include the Mate if we expect a backup generator to be 
>>the periodic source of a higher C/rate than the PV array for 
>>equalizing batteries. The Mate is necessary to initiate an EQ 
>>charge algorithm. How do you accomplish periodic EQ with an Outback 
>>inverter and no Mate?
>>Thanks,
>>Allan Sindelar
>><mailto:Allan at positiveenergysolar.com>Allan at positiveenergysolar.com
>>NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic Installer
>>EE98J Journeyman Electrician
>>Positive Energy, Inc.
>>3201 Calle Marie
>>Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507
>>505 424-1112
>><http://www.positiveenergysolar.com/>www.PositiveEnergySolar.com
>>
>>From: 
>><mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org>re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org 
>>[<mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org>mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] 
>>On Behalf Of R Ray Walters
>>
>>As far as customer interaction with the MATE, we generally don't 
>>provide one. They're way too expensive and hard to understand, and 
>>the chances of them screwing up the programming are too great.
>>We install just the cable, and coil it up so that when we come out, 
>>we can access the programming without having to remove all the cover plates.
>>Only customers that are comfortable with changing settings, etc. 
>>actually get a MATE. (1 out of 10)
>>
>>R. Walters
>><mailto:ray at solarray.com>ray at solarray.com
>>Solar Engineer
>>
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Drake Chamberlin
Athens Electric
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NABCEP TM  Certified PV Installer
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