[RE-wrenches] Inverter for fire protection pump

[penobscotsolar at midmaine.com]

Joel,
   We are currently in the middle of installing a 7 kw off grid system
with just these requirements. The client is a retired Chicago
firefighter and insisted on this commercial fire suppression system.
After much research the logical conclusion we reached was the same as
William's recommendation below.

Daryl DeJoy
NABCEP Certified PV installer
Penobscot  Solar Design




> Joel:
>
> With these requirements, the inverter I recommend is a generator.
>
> William
>
>
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> At 05:41 PM 8/26/2010, you wrote:
>>Wrenches,
>>Our customer has a fire protection pumping system that operates at 240VAC
>>and 22 amps with a 110 amps starting surge. The pump will only be used
>> for
>>up to 4 hours in an emergency (but hopefully never). The customer wants
>> an
>>inverter and battery (no generator or PV) in case grid power is destroyed
>>by fire. What inverter(s) do you recommend? Thank you very much for
>>sharing your off-grid knowledge.
>>Joel Davidson
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