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size=2 face=Arial>My two cents:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=783080203-02032012><FONT
size=2>"battery-based inverter w/ PV on the DC side via charge
controllers"</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=783080203-02032012><FONT size=2>Simply
replace the GT inverter with a Xantrex 600V Charge Controller plus the 48V
Grid Interactive Inverter of your choice and added battery bank,
etc.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=783080203-02032012><FONT size=2>Until the
market is saturated with unneeded GT Inverters, you will be ok.
;-)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=783080203-02032012><FONT size=2>Try your
best to provide enough battery for at least 24 hours of outage at 50% DOD. You
may have add a Sub-Panel or <U>Manual</U> Transfer Switch.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org
[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>toddcory@finestplanet.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 01, 2012 5:46
PM<BR><B>To:</B> RE-wrenches<BR><B>Cc:</B> 'RE-wrenches'<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[RE-wrenches] Grid-Tied, PV by AC or DC<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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question mark... and one which has been on my mind as well, being most of my
work is bbgt.</P>
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<P
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Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:37am, "Mark Frye" <markf@berkeleysolar.com>
said:<BR><BR></P>
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style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Folks,</SPAN></P>
<P
style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I have a residential grid-tied
customer in a net metered utility with a favorable TOU rate.</SPAN></P>
<P
style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">They could use about 10 kW of PV to
offset 100% of their usage.</SPAN></P>
<P
style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">But, they also complain about
regular power outages in their neigborhood. They don't want a
generator.</SPAN></P>
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style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">With reliable AC coupling now
available, do we yet know which is the more advantagous architecture; grid-tied,
battery-based inverter w/ PV on the DC side via charge controllers, or
grid-tied, battery-based inverter w/ PV AC coupled via grid-tied, utility-based
inverter?</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Your thoughts?</SPAN> <BR><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Mark Frye</SPAN> <BR><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Berkeley Solar Electric
Systems</SPAN> <BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">303 Redbud
Way</SPAN> <BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Nevada
City, CA 95959</SPAN> <BR><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(530) 401-8024</SPAN> <BR><A
href="http://www.berkeleysolar.com"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #0000ff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">www.berkeleysolar.com</SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN
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