So Cal
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- Los Angeles, Ca
I was called to look at a non functioning hybrid battery backup system in Venice, Ca. but I'm mostly a grid connected anti-islanding type guy.It is a "GridPoint Connect C36" installed in 2006 . The manufacturer has gone through some sort of reorganization and no longer supports so no help from tech support and the online monitoring is no longer "online". The data screen on the face of the unit is not functioning either. Just a red "error" light on the inverter itself.
There are 14 Schott ASC-300-DGF/50 - 315 solar modules. The inverter has 2 in puts. there are 4 "strings" of 2 paralleled in one and 3 in the other input. It is getting correct voltages from the roof (112V &106V respectively). It is connected to the grid.
I told the customer I can install a new anti islanding inverter that will work with the panels he has, bypassing the whole battery backup system. He'd rather keep the system he has even though, as he admits, he has never had to go on the batteries for the 10 + years it's been operating. I warned him that the batteries may need to be replaced, and may need to be replaced again before ever being called upon as the grid is pretty reliable (barring some sort of catastrophe)
So;
1) Is there anyone within the Venice, Ca area with the know how to troubleshoot/ replace the inverter part of the system?. The customer is a good guy, I'll hook you up.
2) Any informed sagely advice?
3) How do you test batteries for function or can you just call them dead after 10 + years with no maintenance?
There are 14 Schott ASC-300-DGF/50 - 315 solar modules. The inverter has 2 in puts. there are 4 "strings" of 2 paralleled in one and 3 in the other input. It is getting correct voltages from the roof (112V &106V respectively). It is connected to the grid.
I told the customer I can install a new anti islanding inverter that will work with the panels he has, bypassing the whole battery backup system. He'd rather keep the system he has even though, as he admits, he has never had to go on the batteries for the 10 + years it's been operating. I warned him that the batteries may need to be replaced, and may need to be replaced again before ever being called upon as the grid is pretty reliable (barring some sort of catastrophe)
So;
1) Is there anyone within the Venice, Ca area with the know how to troubleshoot/ replace the inverter part of the system?. The customer is a good guy, I'll hook you up.
2) Any informed sagely advice?
3) How do you test batteries for function or can you just call them dead after 10 + years with no maintenance?
