I've seen inverters do just fine under construction of the house. As long as it isn't being overloaded every day. As for bad connections, if the main DC connects aren't tight, you can get enough heat to melt the plastic insulators, and then it can short to the case. I can send you an ugly picture.... PV connections would have nothing to do with the inverter. R. Walters r...@solarray.com Solar Engineer
On Nov 3, 2010, at 2:29 AM, benn kilburn wrote: > Everyone, Thanks for the feedback. > Allan kinda nailed it with his first comment about the catch-22. A few > stand-out factors aside, i guess it could fail tomorrow or in 30 years. > > The DR2424 is installed in a clean, dry, open area, although I never thought > to ask if it was used in the construction of the round straw bale home. It > is possible. > > Can a poorly wired PV array (loose connections) have an effect on the > inverter? This will be fixed when we move the array to a pole mount. > > benn > DayStar Renewable Energy Inc. > b...@daystarsolar.ca > 780-906-7807 > HAVE A SUNNY DAY > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Options & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org >
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