<div dir="ltr">Seek Thermal also has some nice, inexpensive thermal imagers that attach to smartphones. Paid for the $250 cost on its first battery bank service call.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Dan Fink</span><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Professor of Solar Energy Technology, Ecotech Institute</div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">IREC Certified Instructor™ for: </div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">~ PV Installation Professional</div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">~ Small Wind Installer</div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Executive Director, Buckville Energy</div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">NABCEP Registered Continuing Education Providers™<br><a href="tel:970.672.4342" value="+19706724342" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">970.672.4342</a></div><br> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 12:09 PM, Ray <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ray@solarray.com" target="_blank">ray@solarray.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>An IR camera may be helpful. FIir has some really affordable
models now, I have the TG 167 which is plenty of resolution for
electrical. They can find problems in load centers really fast; we
found an overloaded neutral the other day we would not have
noticed otherwise. <br>
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Chief Technical Officer, RemoteSolar.com
BS Mech Engineering, 1988
Former NABCEP Certified, 2004-2016
Licensed Master ELectrician, Colorado
<a href="tel:(303)%20505-8760" value="+13035058760" target="_blank">303 505-8760</a></pre><div><div class="h5">
<div class="m_-6714559833416846632moz-cite-prefix">On 3/27/17 5:49 PM, Dana wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Check for a loose neutral.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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RE-wrenches
[<a class="m_-6714559833416846632moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@<wbr>lists.re-wrenches.org</a>] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>August Goers<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 27, 2017 11:55 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] Sunpower micros and
mysterious outages<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Strange
one. I would be surprised if the PV system has anything to
do with this. We’ve experienced strange electrical
intermittent problems and they have almost always been
related to grounding or neutral problems. I realize that two
different electricians have checked out the site, but maybe
they missed something like a loose neutral (check all the
way back to the service point of connection). It might be
worth calling the utility out as well incase their feed has
problems.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Hilton Dier III<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 27, 2017 9:04 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.<wbr>org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [RE-wrenches] Sunpower micros and
mysterious outages</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in">Friends
of mine got a Sunpower system installed last year. Ever since
then they have had intermittent problems with circuits in
their house going dead.<br>
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The array is 14 each Sunpower SPR E20 327 C AC. The array is
mounted on a corrugated steel roof on their garage, about 20
feet from the house.<br>
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What happens is that a circuit in their house will either go
dead or brown out so lights barely glow. This happens to
various circuits and at any time of day or night. The rest of
the circuits will work fine and the event will last an hour or
two. The breakers don't trip. They have had two different
electricians there to check the house wiring and it's all
solid.<br>
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Any ideas? Some kind of metal roof capacitance?<br>
<br>
Many thanks,<br>
<br>
Hilton<u></u><u></u></p>
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<pre style="margin-left:.5in">Hilton Dier III<u></u><u></u></pre>
<pre style="margin-left:.5in">Missisquoi River Hydro<u></u><u></u></pre>
<pre style="margin-left:.5in">Renewable Energy Design<u></u><u></u></pre>
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<pre style="margin-left:.5in">Middlesex, VT 05602<u></u><u></u></pre>
<pre style="margin-left:.5in">Tel: <a href="tel:(802)%20223-6652" value="+18022236652" target="_blank">802-223-6652</a><u></u><u></u></pre>
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