diff --git a/src/results.cpp b/src/results.cpp
index f94b102bf1..c2bc705306 100644
--- a/src/results.cpp
+++ b/src/results.cpp
@@ -155,12 +155,12 @@ void PopulateSelectionList(wxDVSelectionListCtrl* sel, wxArrayString* names, Sim
         }
 
         // TODO: hybrid processing
-        if (sim->GetCase()->GetConfiguration()->Technology.size() > 1) {
-            steps_per_hour_lt = steps_per_hour / (an_period - 1);
-            lifetime = true;
-            if (steps_per_hour_lt * 8760 * (an_period - 1) != (int)row_length)
-                steps_per_hour_lt = -1;
-        }
+ //       if (sim->GetCase()->GetConfiguration()->Technology.size() > 1) {
+ //           steps_per_hour_lt = steps_per_hour / (an_period - 1);
+ //           lifetime = true;
+ //           if (steps_per_hour_lt * 8760 * (an_period - 1) != (int)row_length)
+ //               steps_per_hour_lt = -1;
+ //       }
 
 
         // I know we do not want to start this again but wanted lifetime subhourly output
@@ -975,8 +975,8 @@ void ResultsViewer::Setup(Simulation* sim)
             use_lifetime = true;
 
     // TODO: hybrid use_lifetime
-    if (cfg->Technology.size() > 1)
-        use_lifetime = true;
+ //   if (cfg->Technology.size() > 1)
+ //       use_lifetime = true;
 
     // by default, no valid time shift specified so default to 0.0
     // for subhourly simulation and 0.5 for hourly simulation
@@ -2230,11 +2230,11 @@ class TabularBrowser::ResultsTable : public wxGridTableBase
             }
 
         // TODO: hybrid processing
-        if (results->GetCase()->GetConfiguration()->Technology.size() > 1) {
-            UseLifetime = true;
-            if (VarValue* vv = results->GetValue("analysis_period"))
-                Years = (int)vv->Value();
-        }
+ //       if (results->GetCase()->GetConfiguration()->Technology.size() > 1) {
+ //           UseLifetime = true;
+ //           if (VarValue* vv = results->GetValue("analysis_period"))
+ //               Years = (int)vv->Value();
+ //       }
 
         MinCount = 10000000;
 
diff --git a/src/simulation.cpp b/src/simulation.cpp
index cd5b6c2104..09564d283a 100644
--- a/src/simulation.cpp
+++ b/src/simulation.cpp
@@ -1193,7 +1193,12 @@ bool Simulation::InvokeWithHandler(ISimulationHandler *ih, wxString folder)
 							wxString units(ssc_info_units(p_inf));
 							wxString ui_hint(ssc_info_uihint(p_inf));
 							wxString sam_output_name = prepend_name + name; // TODO: hybrid processing
-							label = prepend_name + " " + label;
+							if (prepend_name.Lower() != label.Left(prepend_name.length()).Lower()) { // check for "Battery Battery..."
+								if (label.Left(2) == "AC" || label.Left(2) == "DC") // e.g. PVWatts AC..."
+									label = prepend_name + " " + label;
+								else
+									label = prepend_name + " " + label.Left(1).Lower() + label.Right(label.length()-1);
+							}
 
 							if (/*(var_type == SSC_OUTPUT || var_type == SSC_INOUT) &&*/ data_type == SSC_NUMBER)
 							{