<div dir="ltr">I thought about it, but the main goal is no utility power draw during peak times, and especially not for battery charging - while the grid could still be used to charge during peak times in energy management mode (at the low battery voltage), it seems less likely if the batteries are getting a good charge/being floated each night.<div>
<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Brian Mehalic <br>NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installation Professional™ R031508-59<div>IREC ISPQ Certified Affiliated Instructor/PV US-0132<br>
<div><br></div><div>PV Curriculum Developer and Instructor<div>Solar Energy International<br><a href="http://www.solarenergy.org" target="_blank">http://www.solarenergy.org</a></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 3:09 PM, William Miller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:william@millersolar.com" target="_blank">william@millersolar.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Brian:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Have you considered trying the LBX mode?  From the manual:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Low Battery Transfer mode is an alternative way of operating “off the grid” using the utility for backup<u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">power instead of a generator. The system essentially operates as a stand-alone power system,<u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">independent of the utility grid. When the system is no longer able to keep up with the power requirements<u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">of the AC load, discharging the batteries to the LOW BATTERY TRANSFER VDC setting, the inverter<u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">connects to the utility grid. It then feeds utility power directly to the load and recharges the batteries.<u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
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