We have installed about dozen in the last 9 months with no issues. They have great output and they talk to the XW Gateway, which is great. And you can / must program them via the SCP or the SCT.
We use a string sizing tool Excel Spreadsheet first written by Richard Perez. We added a Temp Comp and series parallel user entry concept, etc. We usually string 12-14 each 60-cell polycrystalline panels or 10-11 each 72-cell monocrystalline panels. Thank you, Maverick Maverick Brown BSEET, NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer ® President & CEO Maverick Solar Enterprises, Inc. Office: 512-919-4493 Cell: 512-460-9825 Sent from an iPhone. On May 16, 2012, at 2:09 PM, "lars Ortegren" <l...@cal-solar.com> wrote: > Wrenches, > I’m wondering if here is anybody out there that has installed > any Xantrex 600v charge controllers out there. I looking at a job and > thinking about replacing an MX-60 with a 700 foot pipe run to the array wired > with #6 thhn!!!! My understanding is that the further away you get from the > battery voltage, the greater the efficiency loss is within the unit. Outback > gives the curve to show the loss of output at higher voltages, but searching > Schneider’s site I can’t find anything close. It’s either going to be this, > or tying a grid-tied inverter through the Outback output, but doing that > would only get me single stage charging. Has anyone watched these controllers > over time? Monitored its output? > Thanks > > Lars Ortegren > Director of Operations > California Solar Electric Company > 10141 Evening Star Drive, Suite 6 > Grass Valley, CA 95945 > http://www.californiasolarco.com/ > > Phone : (530)274-3671 > Fax: (530)274-7518 > > California C-10 Electical Contractor #779624 > NABCEP Certified PV Installer # 091110-89 > Certified NABCEP Continuing Education Provider > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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