Re: [RE-wrenches] AC Coupled Issues

2010-04-19 Thread Dave Click
Jeff- The Sunny Boys can be reprogrammed into "off grid" mode so they can work between 56-64 Hz, but I believe you need both a service cable and a call to SMA tech support to make that happen. They then note in their system that that inverter's been adjusted to no longer meet UL 1741. Jeff Yag

Re: [RE-wrenches] AC Coupled Issues

2010-04-17 Thread Andrew Truitt
Jeff - We have a number of systems with exactly that configuration and we haven't had any issues. However, we have not installed the XW/SB combination since Xantrex (Schneider?) rolled out the firmware that incorporates the high battery frequency shift to shut down the solar inverter(s). We switc

Re: [RE-wrenches] AC Coupled Issues

2010-04-17 Thread Jeff Yago
As mentioned before, many of our clients want battery backup with their solar, but are not off-grid. They also want a generator so battery banks can be down-sized. For many of these applications we use a SunnyBoy at the array when the aray is located hundreds of feet from house, and usually a