Posted by Jim on September 12, 2008, 5:36 am
Just where is this "BuyersIsland" and how can we get more info on the
little gem? Google turned up nothing...
On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:03:12 -0700 (PDT), matt184@gmail.com wrote:
>> I bought one of these small 200W grid tie inverters, but it wants
>> 14-28V to work (from the PV panels). I'd like it a lot more if it
>> would work from 11V up. Anyone else have one? I'm going to give it a
>> good visual inspect and try to see if any part of it seems
>> understandable. Wouldnt it be neat if I could change a resistor value
>> and have it work from a battery bank?
>The one I ordered came today and I connected it to my 24 volt battery
>bank. I used a kill-o-watt meter (which seems to measure power in
>both directions) and it was putting 233 watts back into the grid. I
>turned off everything in the house and my outside meter actually
>slowly spun backwards for the first time ever. My amp meter showed
>about 10.8 amps @25.2 volts. This was at dusk so the volts will go up
>during the day and may provide more output. The unit has a max input
>voltage of 35vdc and output of 250 watts as written on the back. The
>internal fan would cycle and the unit became warm. I ran it like for
>about 30 minutes before disconnecting. I plan on using it under relay
>control as an extra load when the batts are full and the solar panels
>have more to give. I wasn't ready to spend the $2500 needed to
>properly connect a big grid interactive inverter, not yet.
Posted by BobG on September 12, 2008, 2:48 pm
> Just where is this "BuyersIsland" and how can we get more info on the
> little gem? Google turned up nothing...
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1st hit got it for me. Spell it right?
Posted by Duane C. Johnson on September 12, 2008, 9:06 pm
BobG wrote:
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>> Just where is this "BuyersIsland" and how can we get
>> more info on thelittle gem? Google turned up nothing...
> 1st hit got it for me. Spell it right?
I can't find it. And I'm prety good at googling.
Please just give us the URL.
Duane
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Posted by BobG on September 13, 2008, 8:05 am
Sorry folks. Its BUYERISLAND singular not plural.
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>> 14-28V to work (from the PV panels). I'd like it a lot more if it
>> would work from 11V up. Anyone else have one? I'm going to give it a
>> good visual inspect and try to see if any part of it seems
>> understandable. Wouldnt it be neat if I could change a resistor value
>> and have it work from a battery bank?
>The one I ordered came today and I connected it to my 24 volt battery
>bank. I used a kill-o-watt meter (which seems to measure power in
>both directions) and it was putting 233 watts back into the grid. I
>turned off everything in the house and my outside meter actually
>slowly spun backwards for the first time ever. My amp meter showed
>about 10.8 amps @25.2 volts. This was at dusk so the volts will go up
>during the day and may provide more output. The unit has a max input
>voltage of 35vdc and output of 250 watts as written on the back. The
>internal fan would cycle and the unit became warm. I ran it like for
>about 30 minutes before disconnecting. I plan on using it under relay
>control as an extra load when the batts are full and the solar panels
>have more to give. I wasn't ready to spend the $2500 needed to
>properly connect a big grid interactive inverter, not yet.