Will it be Mac compatible like the old online tool? Jonathan Hill Solar applications engineer Sierra Solar Systems 888-ON-SOLAR
On Dec 2, 2011, at 11:33 AM, Steve Jefferson <steve.jeffer...@sma-america.com> wrote: > Morning Wrenches, > > The online version of the String sizing program was flawed in many ways. I > also believe that installers were relying on it exclusively to design systems. > Part of the issue is that it was using data for the design from our main > headquarters in Kassel, Germany. > > Sunny Design is a much more powerful tool and much more accurate. > I understand people don't like change, but Sunny Design is a huge improvement > vs. the online String sizing program. > > SMA will be releasing a new version online, but it will be similar to Sunny > Design. > Should be available sometime in the first quarter 2012. > > SMA America, LLC > Steve Jefferson > Sr. Technical Service Specialist, Sunny Family > 6020 West Oaks Blvd, Suite 300 > Rocklin, CA 95765 - 3714 > U.S.A. > Tel: +1 916 625 0870 > Fax: +1 916 624-2445 > Service Line +1 877 697 6283 (Toll Free) > Email: steve.jeffer...@sma-america.com > www.SMA-America.com > > This email and any attachments thereto may contain SMA America, LLC > confidential, privileged and private material for the sole use of the > intended recipient. Any review, copying, or distribution of this email (or > any attachments thereto) by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the > intended recipient, please contact the sender immediately and permanently > delete the original and any copies of this email and any attachments thereto. > Thank you. > > -----Original Message----- > From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org > [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Joel Davidson > Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 7:46 AM > To: ho...@catamountsolar.com; RE-wrenches > Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] SMA Sunny Design temperature/voltage calculations > > Howie, > > Thank you for speaking up. > > SMA, please bring back the old string sizing program. Please. > > When John Berdner introduced the SunnyBoy and showed us the spreadsheet (I > got version X3.13 in 2003), it answered all our temperature, voltage and > power questions. When the string sizing program went on-line, it literally > changed system design. You could quickly do what-ifs and try different > inverter, module and strings to meet site and requirements. > > Wrenches speak up. Hopefully SMA will do the right thing and put that > oldie-but-goodie back on-line. > > Fröhliche Weihnachten > Joel Davidson > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Howie Michaelson" <ho...@suncatchervt.com> > To: "RE-wrenches" <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> > Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 9:17 PM > Subject: [RE-wrenches] SMA Sunny Design temperature/voltage calculations > > > Apropos to the great discussion about temperature voltage calculations, > has anyone else been frustrated by the removal of output information on > the Sunny Design tool compared to the old on-line string sizing > calculator? It was very useful to me to have the string sizer show the > temperature voltage calculations for low and high temperature - as far as > I know the only string sizing application that showed this info. > > The defunct online sizer allowed me to quickly look at a variety stringing > options, see the impact on voltage, narrow down the possibilities and then > run my own voltage calculations to verify. Sunny Design makes quickly > scanning various string options not so easy, and it buries the results > behind more obscure output info. It is quite a sophisticated program, but > I wish they gave a way to see the calculations behind the choices it > makes. Or am I just missing something? > > Howie > -- > Howie Michaelson > NABCEP Certified Solar PV InstallerT > > Catamount Solar, LLC > Renewable Energy Systems Sales and Service > VT Solar Electric & Hot Water Incentive Partner > http://www.CatamountSolar.com > 802-272-0004 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
