<div dir="ltr">Hi William. <div>Of the 30+ Blue Planet jobs we have done - The 2.0 and HI versions the positive cable has always only just reached the top corner. When we populate only half of the cabinet we don't cut the buss bar as this will cause more work trying to get a longer replacement buss bar from Blue Planet at a later date if the customer decides to add more battery modules. We carefully tape over the exposed buss bar sections we aren't using. We have attached the positive lead to the floating end of the buss bar. It isn't flimsy metal and with the door of the cabinet closed nearly all the time it is pretty protected - the most risk of shorting to the cabinet or bending the buss bar accidentally is during installation- at which time we are very careful. That said you could certainly switch the positive cable and add a longer one if you didn't want to connect to the floating end of the buss bar.... We have had numerous customers fully populate the enclosure at a later date and were happy we didn't cut the buss bars....made for simple quick expansion. </div><div>I can second the fact that Jody Power is a great contact and resource at Blue Planet. Feel free to direct message me if you want his contact info...</div><div>Best of luck,</div><div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Sunny Regards,<br>Kirpal Khalsa</div><div dir="ltr">Oregon LRT#25<br>Oregon Solarworks LLC<br><a href="http://www.oregonsolarworks.com" target="_blank">www.oregonsolarworks.com</a><br>541-299-0402 (o)</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 1:18 PM William Miller <<a href="mailto:william@millersolar.com">william@millersolar.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_-426464906943107495WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,"sans-serif"">Friends:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,"sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,"sans-serif"">I am installing my first Blue Planet system today. I ordered an 8kWh unit so that means only 4 of the 8 battery positions are filled. I can\u2019t find anything on the Blue Planet site or in the literature on how to implement only 4 battery modules. I have called every Blue Planet number I can and the advice I have been given is to load only the bottom positions. The problem with that advice is if I do that the internal positive lead will not reach the top battery and the battery bus bars look like they will be unsupported on the top and prone to bending and maybe shorting.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,"sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,"sans-serif"">This should be an easy manufacturer tech support answer, but I can\u2019t seem to get though or get an answer that makes sense. Have any of you installed an 8kWh package and maybe have some guidance?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,"sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,"sans-serif"">Thank in advance.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,"sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,"sans-serif"">William Miller</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,"sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif"">Miller Solar</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif"">17395 Oak Road, Atascadero, CA 93422</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif"">805-438-5600</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif""><a href="http://www.millersolar.com/" target="_blank">www.millersolar.com</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif"">CA Lic. 773985</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></div>
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