[RE-wrenches] Real World Sol-Ark experience

Sat Feb 1 20:42:15 EST 2020

I'm up to almost half a dozen SolArk's now. . I am falling deeper and deeper in love with each one. . The resilience they have (both with surge capacity and the topology they treat the batteries with) I am quite impressed with.. ALWAYS stellar support, ALWAYS friendly and helpful for solutions.. you are making a good choice with their gear. I intend to ONLY use SolArk on Off-Grid/coupled systems and honestly if I get my way we will march more and more of them into a GridTied/Battery BackUp scenario (8kW model now Rule21 complaint in CA with 12kW to come shortly)..  I stand behind this product!!

Joe Nelson

Project Manager C-46/C-10
Sustainable Energy Group Inc., A California Corporation

CSL# 868816
www.SustainableEnergyGroup.com<http://www.SustainableEnergyGroup.com>
530-273-4422 (Office)

530-217-8385 (Cell)

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From: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org> on behalf of pgiroux at mindspring.com <pgiroux at mindspring.com>
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Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Real World Sol-Ark experience

Maverick

  Good morning, you are welcome to call me. 678 525 0468.

peter

From: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org> On Behalf Of Maverick Brown
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2020 5:55 PM
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Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Real World Sol-Ark experience

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<mailto:pgiroux at mindspring.com>> <pgiroux at mindspring.com<mailto: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
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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] 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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