Hi Maverick, What did you use for a disco?
jay Peltz Power On May 16, 2012, at 2:15 PM, Maverick Brown [Maverick Solar] wrote: > 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://
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