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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Folks,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I have a customer with a 3 year old system in northern CA:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">8 - Deka 370AH, 6V, 2x4 banks - 740Ah @ 24V</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">2 - DR2424 120/240V series</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">4 - EC-120-GL</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">1 - C40 CC</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">1 - 5000W, old portable gas gen</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The problem is increased gen runtime probally due to chronic undercharging.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Based on estimated consumption in the home, I think he needs about 2X the PV to meet the energy production needs in the summer (5 kWH/day)(30% DOD/day). But in order to get C10 charging during the summer he would need 5X the PV?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Money is and issue. So what should I recommend:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">1 - Increase PV 4X to 5X, add MPPT controller to get to a PV based system with gen support</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">2 - Get a 3K to 5K propane gen and and run as a gen based system with PV support</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">3 -?</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Mark Frye</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Berkeley Solar Electric Systems</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">303 Redbud Way</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Nevada City, CA 95959</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">(530) 401-8024</FONT>
<BR><A HREF="http://www.berkeleysolar.com"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">www.berkeleysolar.com</FONT></U></A><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> </FONT>
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