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Sean White teaches solar and storage classes and seminars around the world and inside your home (online). He is known for helping people get NABCEP certified. This podcast contains an assortment of topics, with an emphasis on solar and storage technical knowledge. Up your game! Catch a photon! Save the planet! Learn more and go to www.solarSEAN.com
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6 days ago
6 days ago
In this podcast we have Bill Brooks talking energy storage system (ESS) Codes, with emphasis on the National Electrical Code (NEC).
Be sure to get Sean and Bill’s latest book, which is the 3rd edition of PV and the NEC, based on the 2023 NEC.
To find where to get different versions of the NEC including the 2023 NEC for free check out the NEC tab at solarSEAN.com.
Disclaimer: This podcast was recorded in 2021.
Keywords
NEC Article 706 for Energy Storage Systems, UL 9540, Article 480, nominal voltage, cycling batteries, UL 1973, residential code, UL 1989, AHJ, inspector advice, communications between battery and inverter, flywheels, flow batteries, UPS, Australia and Hawaii, NexTracker, inverter output circuit, nameplate on ESS, apparent power, fault currents limited, maximum output current definition, LG chem battery, power converter, OSHA NRTL, ETL, Intertech, UL, SMA, UL standards writing entity vs. UL testing entity, 2021 International Residential Code, Tesla Powerwall, storage inverter, Ginlong, 9540A, liquid cooled vs. air cooled, Enphase Barbecue, Enphase in boiled water, ESS disconnecting means, readily accessible, unbalanced interconnections, single-phase inverters on 3-phase services, voltage rise, 705.12 Load-Side Connections, 710 Stand Alone Systems, plaque or directory, wire sizing, ampacity, overcurrent protection device, rounding up wire size to common overcurrent protection device size, energy storage is a source and a load, using continuous current instead of surge current, inverter input circuit current, diversion loads, C40 charge controllers without maximum power point tracking and diversion loads, energy storage as a diversion load, hot water loads, pulse with modulation (PWM), 150% correction factors for diversion loads, dc-to-dc converters, required ampacity for continuous current vs. continuous current, commercial and industrial (C&I).
Links:
Bill Brooks, P.E.: www.brooksolar.com

Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
David Bliss, CEO of Faraday Microgrids
Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
Faraday Microgrids is a licensed general contracting company. Some of their accomplishments pertain to pioneering systems for hospitals and healthcare institutions. Faraday Microgrids constructed the first renewable energy microgrid to interconnect to a vitally important power branch of a California hospital at the Kaiser Permanente site in Richmond. Faraday Microgrids is wide open to develop and design projects. They focus on essential sectors including healthcare, industrial, manufacturing, and community safety.
You may also contact David Bliss and his team by checking here!
Faraday Microgrids’ Website: www.faradaymicrogrids.com
Faraday Microgrids’ Office: 949-305-7820
To find out more and educate yourself, go to www.solarSEAN.com

Monday Sep 11, 2023
Podcast Episode 100! What Brings Us Together
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Monday Sep 11, 2023

Wednesday Aug 30, 2023
Wednesday Aug 30, 2023
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Wednesday Aug 16, 2023
Wednesday Aug 16, 2023
This podcast was recorded in Jamestown Colorado
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Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
Energy Storage Systems (ESS) and the NEC with Bill Brooks and Sean White Part 1
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
In this podcast we have Bill Brooks talking energy storage system (ESS) Codes, including the NEC, IFC, IBC, IRC, IEC, but mostly the NEC.
Be sure to get Sean and Bill’s latest book, which is the 3rd edition of PV and the NEC, based on the 2023 NEC.
To find where to get different versions of the NEC including the 2023 NEC for free check out the NEC tab at solarSEAN.com.
Disclaimer: This podcast was recorded in 2021.
Keywords/topics covered:
Self-consumption, EVs, frequency regulation, voltage regulation, energy storage systems, ac-coupled, dc-coupled, SolarEdge, Generac, Powerwall, Enphase, ac-modules, Outback Power, multimode inverter, Sunny Island, Sunny Boy, Article 702, 705, 710, isolation device vs. transfer switch, microgrid mode, interactive inverters, reverse dc-coupled, 400V bus voltage, dc converters, 690.71, Article 480, electric supply and distribution network, NEC Handbook Commentary, UL9540, UL 1973, LG Chem, nominal voltages, lead-acid 2V, alkali, lithium iron phosphate 3.2V, cobalt type of lithium-ion 3.6V, LiFePo4, nickel, charging ranges, batteries are not constant voltage, dc-converters required, storage battery, telecoms industry battery systems not regulated by NEC, NEC 90.2, equalization, sulfation, Trojan L16, lead-acid battery IRC UL 9540 requirements, no UL 9540 listed lead-acid batteries and IRC requires UL 9540 for residential (in dwellings), off-gassing, stratification, emergency disconnects, Hawaii systems, energy storage system labeling, rules for protection of battery terminals for wiring, Article 110, spaces between batteries on NABCEP PVIP exam, ground fault protection.
Links:
Bill Brooks, P.E.: www.brooksolar.com

Wednesday Jul 19, 2023
Wednesday Jul 19, 2023

Wednesday Jun 21, 2023
Rod Matthews of Brevian Energy on Microgrids
Wednesday Jun 21, 2023
Wednesday Jun 21, 2023
Rod Matthews specializes in commercial and industrial (C&I) scale micro-grids and we get into the details of what a microgrid is and how they can benefit customers.
Some of the topics we cover include:
- Microgrid definitions (NREL and NEC, which are different).
- Minigrid definition (never connected to the grid)
- Time-of-Use (TOU) Rates up to $0.74/kWh (or 1 Euro per kWh in Germany)
- NABCEP PV Technical Sales (PVTS)
- Lithium Ferrous Phosphate, aka LFP, Lithium Iron Phosphate
- Dendrites with lithium-metal batteries
- Silicon anodes
- Virtual Power Plant (VPP) design
- Distributed Power Energy Resource Management System Service
- Artificial Intelligence and Microgrids
- Internet of Things (IOT) sensors
- Operation and Maintenance (O&M) contracts
- Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs)
- Capital Expenditures (CapEx)
- Grid controller systems
- Microgrid Equipment
- Demand Charges vs. Energy Charges
- Expensive electricity is good for the industry
- Living without electricity
- Intersolar in San Diego in January
- RE+ in Vegas in September
- The renewable energy family at the conferences
- Sailor of the year
- Doing good for the planet while making money
- Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA)
Check out Rod's Brevian Energy website:

Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
World’s Largest Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023

Wednesday May 24, 2023
Lithium-Ion Battery Chemistries
Wednesday May 24, 2023
Wednesday May 24, 2023