I did a system in costal Costa Rica right after Y2K flopped with equipment previously installed for the same in Colorado. Despite a concrete building with screened windows we had geckos galore getting into the Trace SW4024 inverters. As the geckos got fried & died they turned acidic on the circuit boards creating an even bigger problem for the electronics. I would suggest sealed conditioned building or marine or totally sealed equipment.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dana Orzel Great Solar Works, Inc. 208.721.7003 d...@solarwork.com Idaho Contractor - # 028765 Idaho PV # 028374 NABCEP # 051112-136 www.solarwork.biz "Responsible Technologies for Responsible People since 1988" Please consider the environment before printing this email. -----Original Message----- From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Jay Sent: Friday, September 01, 2017 6:04 PM To: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Dusty off -grid conditions Hi William Sounds like Baja. With such limited details, I'd consider conditioned space via AC unit. It would keep the batteries cool, inverter, CC, and ancillary units dust free. Then you can use the equipment you want. But if that isn't an option, the XW series has a much better design for dust. The fan doesn't blow across the power electrics, but behind it over the transformer and FET heat sink. Jay Peltz power. > On Sep 1, 2017, at 11:41 AM, William Miller <will...@millersolar.com> wrote: > > Friends: > > I am designing an off-grid system that will be in a pretty dusty environment. > The inverter was going to be a Radian 8 K. > > Have any of you successfully mitigated dust problems with design features? > > What inverters might someone suggest? Sealed units? The environment is also > hot. > > Thanks in advance. > > William Miller > _________________ > _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
