Hi Peter, The AIR units are designed for battery charging, so unless you are installing an AC coupled system using Enphase inverters along with a battery-based inverter this won't be easy and maybe not possible. If you are planning a battery-based inverter in the system, and you use the AIR to charge the battery bank on the DC side, the battery-based inverter will need to be a grid-tie model, like a Schneider XW or an OutBack GFX (the battery-based inverter does not need to be a grid-tie model in a more typical AC coupled system).
Give SWWP a call to see if they have ever tried to grid-tie an AIR 403, AIR-X, or AIR Breeze using an Enphase inverter. I don't think that the AIR's controller will operate without a battery, but I'm not sure. Maybe an AIR Industrial would work as it doesn't have a built-in controller. You would need to use a 24V model to get into the DC voltage range of the Enphase. Brian Teitelbaum AEE Solar From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Peter Talmage Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 10:26 AM To: RE-wrenches Subject: [RE-wrenches] Interfacing an Air 403 wind generator I have a client with an independent power system who is going utility interfaced. We are putting the 24 volt arrays on Ephase inverters. He wants the Air 403 to be interfaced as well. Has anyone done this and if so, how ? Thanks Peter Talmage, P.E. Energy and Design
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