[RE-wrenches] PV Assist

[Mac Lewis]

Chris,

I'd be interested in that Fuel Saver solution as well.  From what I can
tell, it interacts only with larger SMA inverter models.  Keep me in the
loop on what you find out about it.

Thanks


On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 8:22 AM, Chris Mason
<cometenergysystems at gmail.com>wrote:

> Well said, WIlliam. Just because we are installing solar does not mean all
> our intent is "green" I provide solar systems and generators, I am a
> provider of engineering solutions. I do not judge clients based on their
> green qualifications, just on their ability to pay me. We are in business
> to provide engineering solutions.
> By the way, William, have you looked at the SMA Fuel Saver solutions? I am
> proposing that technology for an industrial customer whose plant runs
> entirely off generators.
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 8:56 PM, William Miller <william at millersolar.com>wrote:
>
>> **
>>
>> Friends:
>>
>> I am a bit surprised at the responses I have gotten on this thread.  I
>> appreciate the technical advice and I don't mind the polite philosophical
>> discussion like the one below.  However, I received one reply, fortunately
>> off-line, that was not very polite, to say the least.
>>
>> I have been advised to abandon the clients that don't fit someone's
>> criteria of green living.  I don't think this is appropriate advice,
>> especially if the adviser does not know what the whole story is.
>>
>> For example, one of the aforementioned clients was sold a bill of goods
>> by a now defunct local installer. He retired, bought the property, moved in
>> with a generator and then waited way too long for the scam artist to build
>> a system that would "power everything with the rays of the sun."
>>
>> Tens of thousands of dollars later the client fired the scammer and asked
>> me to help as best I could.  He is on a fixed income, he lives with
>> extended family, the daughter has severe health problems, the son in law is
>> out of work, etc..  My client is in a tight situation, with no good
>> choices.
>>
>> Yes, I could tell the guy f*** you, you don't meet my standards.  But I
>> am not that kind of person.  I am trying to help the customer get by as
>> best he can by working as a team.  This, my friends, is the professional
>> and humane thing to do, and I make no apologies.
>>
>> Have a nice weekend everyone.
>>
>> William Miller
>>
>> PS:  the "good" customers are not necessarily the greenest people, they
>> are the ones that reduce consumption as best they can, do their homework,
>> trust me and pay on time.
>>
>> Wm
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org [
>> mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org<re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org>
>> ] On Behalf Of penobscotsolar at midmaine.com
>>
>> Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 3:22 PM
>> To: RE-wrenches
>> Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] PV Assist
>>
>> Honestly, William, in these type of cases I usually walk away from the
>> job if the customer isn't willing to reduce where possible. There is no
>> such thing as a completely fool proof off grid PV system. Like a good
>> lawyer, the best way to have a stellar record is to know which cases to
>> take....just one man's opinion of course, but we get approached for many
>> systems like this, particularly in the Caribbean and I have learned that
>> there is such a thing as a good solar customer and also a bad solar
>> customer.
>>
>> Daryl
>>
>>
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