[RE-wrenches] Real World Sol-Ark experience

Maverick Brown maverick at mavericksolar.com
Fri Jan 31 17:54:35 EST 2020


Peter,

I would be interested in knowing about your experience and any relevant settings. I contacted Sol-Ark and they said No-way. Maybe they were not aware or just don’t want the support hassle. It would be good to know for the next customer. For the current customer, I already order two Radians and 32 6P74S batteries.

Maverick  

> On Jan 31, 2020, at 4:14 PM, <pgiroux at mindspring.com> <pgiroux at mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
> Maverick
>  
>   We have a customer with a Sol-Ark and Tesla car batteries. The system, once the fine tuning was finished has performed great. Sol -Ark was very helpful even though this was not a traditional out of the box application. They were great with us as well as the customer ( who kept playing with the programing ).  The system resides in a trailer with 3.5 KW of solar on top, 1 Sol-Ark 8 KW inverter and 80 KW of Tesla’s car batteries inside. It is a unique setup and as I said, Sol-Ark was great with guidance and support.
>  
> Peter Giroux
> American Solar
>  
> From: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org <mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org>> On Behalf Of Maverick Brown
> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2020 3:27 PM
> To: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org <mailto:re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>>
> Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Real World Sol-Ark experience
>  
> Doug
>  
> Thanks for the quick reply! The battery is actually a Tesla Model S sedan car battery. Each brick is 21.6V nominal. 
>  
> I tried to get support from Sol-Ark.
>  
> The current plan is to use two radians. I have XW and Radians in my own my system.  I just wanted know about the Sol-Ark. I love that inverter on paper and was looking to get one. 
> 
> Thank you,
>  
> Maverick
>  
> 
> 
>> On Jan 31, 2020, at 2:15 PM, Doug Phillips <doug at solarpluskauai.com <mailto:doug at solarpluskauai.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> I’ve never tried that low, what battery?
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jan 31, 2020, at 9:29 AM, Maverick Brown <maverick at mavericksolar.com <mailto:maverick at mavericksolar.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Doug
>>>  
>>> Well, can I edit bulk, absorb and float to 50.5 and LBCO <=40V?
>>>  
>>> Asking for a friend...
>>> 
>>> Thank you,
>>>  
>>> Maverick
>>>  
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Jan 31, 2020, at 12:15 PM, Doug Phillips <doug at solarpluskauai.com <mailto:doug at solarpluskauai.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Hey Wrenches,
>>>>  
>>>> I have installed ~15 Sol-Ark 8k’s over the last year and have a few 12k’s lined up for the coming month.  I have basically fallen head over heels for the product and the company.  The machine itself works beautifully and is quick and easy to install (no external cc’s !).  I also believe that the thoughtful clean sheet design of the machine has allowed it to surpass the functionality/efficiency of most of its competitors.  In addition, Sol-Ark is constantly improving their firmware, and increasing their feature list via over the air updates.  Safe to say I haven’t installed a Radian since my first Sol-Ark.  
>>>>  
>>>> I’d be happy to answer any specific questions you may have. 
>>>>  
>>>> Aloha,
>>>>  
>>>> Doug Phillips, President
>>>> Solar Plus, Inc   www.solarpluskauai.com <http://www.solarpluskauai.com/>
>>>> PO Box 771
>>>> Hanalei, HI  96714
>>>> 808-639-7646 <tel:(808)%20639-7646> cell
>>>> 808-826-6361 <tel:(808)%20826-6361> office
>>>>  
>>>> From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org <mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org>] On Behalf Of Lou Russo
>>>> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2020 7:34 AM
>>>> To: RE-wrenches
>>>> Subject: [RE-wrenches] Real World Sol-Ark experience
>>>>  
>>>> Aloha Wrenches,
>>>>  
>>>> I am starting to explore Sol-Ark's product line. The last mention of them on the
>>>> list was April of 2019 with nobody having actual tested or installed one. 
>>>>  
>>>> Anybody have experience with them ? 
>>>> 
>>>> Aloha,
>>>>  
>>>> Lou Russo
>>>> lou at spreesolarsystems.com <mailto:lou at spreesolarsystems.com>
>>>> 808 345 6762 <tel:808%20345%206762>
>>>> Spree Solar Systems LLC 
>>>> CT-34322
>>>>  
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