Deez SBB's
NFP-yay!
Civil Me Timbers!
GE, P-E, & PGD
Mixed Bag
100

This is the chemistry of choice for the SBB

What is NCA?

100

This is the amount of hours required for back-up power in alarm. 

What is 2 hours?

100

What is the soil parameter that affects our cable sizing?

What is rho value?

100

This is the city nearest P-E's factory

What is Valencia?

100
This is only 1 factor that causes degradation of batteries.

What is calendar, more cycles, higher SOC, etc.? 

200

You're a wizard, Harry... this is their fire panel manufacturer of choice.

What is Potter?

200

This is one exemption allowed for remote installations.

What is size & separation or max stored energy?
200

This isn't 2nd grade anymore... it's actually a common road base material.

What is Class 2 road base?

200

This feature on the PCS's protects the DC circuit from lightning. 

What is DC surge suppression?

200

The S in the PQS triangle.. even though it doesn't actually start with S.

What is MVA or apparent power?

300

Total weight in tons of the SBB1.5.. give or take 1 ton.

What is 39 tons? 

300

This is a safety measure that's required for lead-acid, but not for lithium ion batteries.

What is spill control, safety caps, neutralization or exhaust ventilation?

300

Keep your BESS friends close and these two values closer.. otherwise you're gonna need a lot of trucks to haul off dirt. 

What are cut & fill volumes?

300

Pirates might like these... and so do inverter ISC agents looking for some tax incentives!

What is safe harbor?

300

This is the copper circuit that often connects fire devices. 

What is SLC (signaling line circuit)?

400
This is the qty of strings in the SBB1.5. (Not to be confused with racks)

What is 14

400

Gas detection must work at or below this LFL %. 

What is 10% LFL?

400

Hydrology reports often look at the site's water volume and this.

What is flow rate? 

400

GE's clever aux power solution didn't make this company very happy.

Who is Lakeshore or Hitachi?

400

This is 1 way to reduce the short circuit current during a fault. 

What is faster fuse clearing time, higher circuit impedance, etc.?

500
The .25C rating of the product has this fuse size in each string.

What is 200A? 

500

These are 2 safety measures APS didn't have in place at their fire incident.

Externally accessible batteries, explosion control, good ERP, prismatic cells, etc.

500

This is the year duration of a storm that we assume for drainage features.. don't confuse it with pad height!

What is 25-year storm?

500

Besides the cooling system, this is the biggest aux load for an idle GE inverter.

What are the no load losses of the MVT? 

500

A floating system allows this to hover around 0 Vdc.

What is common mode voltage?