<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">HI Dan,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Do you have any links on info on the battery?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">A quick search didn’t find anything.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Yea I know given SMA time, I’ll be long retired when it comes out but still.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">jay</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">peltz power</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 18, 2016, at 2:34 AM, Dan Fink <<a href="mailto:danbob88@gmail.com" class="">danbob88@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Wrenches, please correct me if I am off-base here;<div class=""><br class=""><div class="">The way I am reading the SMA product info literature is that the BAT relay cnx is for the new up-and-coming 2kW SMA Lithium battery intended for grid-tie load shaving or short-period battery backup (just like the new ones from enphase, tesla, etc) somehow in combination with the SMA daytime Secure Power Supply, and that the BAT cnx can also be used for true off-grid operation with a Sunny Island inverter added in the basement next to the battery bank.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This all reminds me of the never-ending TV ads for ED meds..."Ask your PV professional if your system is healthy enough for battery backup. If you experience a grid outage lasting longer than 4 hours, contact your PV professional immediately." Except the doctors get their CEUs for free to learn how to diagnose and prescribe those meds, we have to pay all travel, lodging and workshop expenses to learn how to responsibly sell, install and retrofit PV systems for grid tie battery backup.</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Questions about these retrofits are taking up an ever increasing portion of my allotted "free consulting" time for potential customers. I wish somebody offered a NABCEP accredited master class about it with all the gory details.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px" class="">Dan Fink</span><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px" class="">Adjunct Professor, Ecotech Institute</div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px" class="">IREC Certified Instructor™ for: </div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px" class="">~ PV Installation Professional</div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px" class="">~ Small Wind Installer</div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px" class="">Executive Director, Buckville Energy</div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px" class="">NABCEP Accredited Continuing Education Providers™<br class=""><a href="tel:970.672.4342" value="+19706724342" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" class="">970.672.4342</a></div><br class=""> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 7:14 PM, jay <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:jay.peltz@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">jay.peltz@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">HI Marco,<br class="">
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that might indeed be true.<br class="">
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But there are many references to batteries, battery relay control for battery charging,<br class="">
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pages below all reference to different battery parameters<br class="">
<a href="http://files.sma.de/dl/27676/SB5.0-6.0-1SP-US-40-IA-xx-10.pdf" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">http://files.sma.de/dl/27676/SB5.0-6.0-1SP-US-40-IA-xx-10.pdf</a><br class="">
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Curious.<br class="">
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888" class=""><br class="">
jay<br class="">
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> On Feb 17, 2016, at 3:02 PM, Marco Mangelsdorf <<a href="mailto:marco@pvthawaii.com" class="">marco@pvthawaii.com</a>> wrote:<br class="">
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> Hi Jay,<br class="">
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> If you're referring to the new SMA 5 and 6 kW -40 inverters, they are not battery compatible to my knowledge.<br class="">
><br class="">
> marco<br class="">
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> HI All,<br class="">
><br class="">
> I was reading the manual for this new inverter and there are many references to batteries.<br class="">
> No one I’ve asked knows anything about this aspect of the inverter.<br class="">
><br class="">
> So I’m posing it here.<br class="">
> Does anyone know about the battery aspect of this inverter?<br class="">
><br class="">
> thanks<br class="">
><br class="">
> jay<br class="">
><br class="">
> peltz power<br class=""><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div>
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