Wrenchesthe VD is 105 VDC into a charge controller, the engineer is looking good at it like it a grid tie running at wide open all the time, he will not listen to sugestions, that's the problem I haveJerry
Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: jarmo.venalai...@schneider-electric.com Date: 07/27/2015 5:34 AM (GMT-10:00) To: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] DC conductor line loss numbers Hi: When deciding on voltage drops and otherwise working out the design of a solar system, one thing that needs careful attention is to make sure that the array voltage does not drop below a level at which the inverter cannot produce full power. This voltage will occur when the inverter is working at full input current such as a hypothetical 3000 W inverter which can handle a maximum of 10 Amps of input current to produce its full rated 3000 Watts (10Amps @ 300 Vdc). At any voltage less than 300 Vdc, the power will be limited by the maximum 10 Amps. For example at 290 Vdc you get 2.9 kW, 280 Vdc you get 2.8kW, and so on. Even if the inverter can operate down to 100 Vdc, you don't want to be anywhere near there, especially not during the midday hours as that will hurt peak power production, a lot. In this case -0.3% loss for every volt below 300Vdc. Identifying this voltage for a particular inverter may not however be straightforward due to wide variety of wording used in specifying ratings. Wording such as, 1. operating voltage range 2. full power operating voltage range 3. MPPT operating voltage range 4. minimum operating voltage 5. minimum MPPT operating voltage 6. rated operating voltage range 7. Rated MPPT operating voltage range 8. starting voltage 9. nominal operating voltage range 10. maximum input current 11. minimum input voltage 12. minimum DC voltage 13. nominal DC input current 14. maximum operating DC input current 15. maximum continuous operating DC input current 17......... When looking for the voltage below which you don't want go, look for the following: 1. The maximum operating input current 2. The minimum MPPT operating voltage Then make sure the array can produce at least that much voltage and current when its really hot when the resistance of all the wires is more than at room temperature. JARMO _____________________________________________________________________________________ Jarmo Venalainen | Schneider Electric | Xantrex Brand | CANADA | Sales Application Engineer Phone: +604-422-2528 | Tech Support: 800-670-0707 | Mobile: +604-505-0291 Email: jarmo.venalai...@schneider-electric.com | Site: www.Xantrex.com | Address: 3700 Gilmore Way, Burnaby, BC V5G4M1 *** Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail From: Glenn Burt <glenn.b...@glbcc.com> To: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org>,
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