The breaker is actually in a "connectder", a meter collar add-on which plugs
into the meter socket, and the house meter plugs into it. It creates a point of
interconnect outside of the house panel. Unfortunately the breaker itself
cannot be removed and replaced. The entire collar must be. That's $365 to fix a
$20 breaker.
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On 5/9/2021 8:56:27 AM, Chris Mason <cometenergysyst...@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm presuming this is a breaker in a load center.
Breakers fail, that's not unusual. Breakers for inverters undergo constant load
so they will run hot all the time and will be prone to failure.
It may have always been out of tolerance, most applications never push the
breaker close to the limit.
I would just swap it and move on.
On Sat, May 8, 2021 at 2:13 PM Kirk Herander, VSE <kirkh@vermont.solar> wrote:
I have a system where the SE10000 inverter fried internally. The 60A AC output
breaker tripped several times, as a result of the homeowner resetting over and
over until he called me.
I replaced the inverter under warranty and all is fine, except on sunny days
the breaker will trip at about 40A, close to the max output of the inverter.
Reset it outside of peak inverter output and its good. I assume the breaker has
weakened from stress of some sort, so I replaced it and time will tell.
Anyone ever seen a breaker have it's trip point reduced like this?
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