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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Brian:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Indeed LBX can have the unintended consequence of charging during peak hours if the loads draw the batteries down during that time. This can be avoided if you can control the loads so all or most do not operate during peak hours.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>William<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>PS: The obvious logic is that if you can control the loads to operate minimally or not at all during peak hours, you don’t need inverters and batteries anyway.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Wm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Brian Mehalic<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 04, 2013 1:39 PM<br><b>To:</b> RE-wrenches<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] Trace SWs in Energy Management Mode<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks, I was thinking about using LBX, but the customer is really not too excited about it. And based on the manual, Energy Management Mode seems like it fits the bill, but it doesn't seem to be going back into stand-alone/inverter mode when the timer is supossed to turn off.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Brian Mehalic <br>NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installation Professional™ R031508-59<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>IREC ISPQ Certified Affiliated Instructor/PV US-0132<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>PV Curriculum Developer and Instructor<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Solar Energy International<br><a href="http://www.solarenergy.org" target="_blank">http://www.solarenergy.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 3:42 PM, <<a href="mailto:Eric.Bentsen@schneider-electric.com" target="_blank">Eric.Bentsen@schneider-electric.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hi Brian,</span> <br><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>LBX would be better for the way this customer is using the system, because it only connects</span> <br><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> to the grid when the batteries get low. Unfortunately, the timers do not affect LBX, so charging </span><br><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>may occur during the peak rate....or it may not :C)</span> <br><br><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Rgds,</span> <br><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='color:green'>_____</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>