Islanding [RE-wrenches]

[Jeffrey Wolfe, Global Resources]

Can we get some hard documentaion on this? (How the tests were done, who 
witnessed them, letters from PG&E, etc.)? Who should I contact?

Jeff

Jeffery D. Wolfe, P.E.
Global Resource Options, LLP
A Woman-Owned Vermont Limited Liability Partnership
4 Kibling Hill Road
P.O. Box 51
Strafford, VT 05072
802/765-4632
802/765-9983 (Fax)
global at sover.net
www.globalresourceoptions.com


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From: 	Michael Welch, Home Power[SMTP:michael.welch at homepower.com]
Reply To: 	RE-wrenches at topica.com
Sent: 	Sunday, December 03, 2000 1:19 PM
To: 	RE-wrenches at topica.com
Subject: 	Re: Islanding [RE-wrenches]

Drake Chamberlin, Quicksilver Electrical wrote at 08:50 PM 12/2/2000 -0800:

>I was asked today if two Trace SW inverters could keep each other
>producing power when the utility was down.

PG&E did extensive testing of this at their San Ramone research facility 
when the SW series came out. They found that they absolutely would not 
island.

I know of this because I worked with PG&E to get what was to be the very 
first SW (#00011) online in CA. Trace was working directly with them at 
this time, and PG&E was completely satisfied that the SW would go down in 
all circumstances when the grid goes down.

Michael Welch

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