Wait a sec, "volume purchasing issues" doesn't equal "discontinued"! Sounds more like they're selling all they can make to a big customer!
Brian Mehalic NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installation Professional(tm) R031508-59 IREC ISPQ Certified Affiliated Instructor/PV US-0132 PV Curriculum Developer and Instructor Solar Energy International http://www.solarenergy.org On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 12:41 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Ray: > > Sunny Islands being discontinued: Did not know that! > > XW inverters: Not impressed and have had mixed results. I have resolved > most issues but dealt with glitchy, overcomplicated software and firmware. > Some are reluctant to connect to generators and earlier firmware would not > sell efficiently. Also the BOS cabinet is way too small, but aren't they > all? > > Wm > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ray > Walters > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 8:35 PM > To: RE-wrenches > Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] 208 3 phase Off Grid Inverter > > Hi William; > > I was told by two different major distributors a few months ago that the > Sunny Islands were not going to be available in the US anymore > because of some volume purchasing issues. Has that been sorted out? > > The XW I have not installed, since I've had poor results with other recent > Schneider products. No where could I find in the spec sheet any mention of > 3 phase/ 208 capability, but I found some mention of 3 phase in the manual > for the XW Config software. (XW 6048 Spec sheet just says single phase, so > is this a newer capability? or just in the config software) Do you have > specs or a wiring diagram for the XW in 208/ 3 phase? For instance, what > is > the L to L (single phase) power rating at 208 vac? > Are the XWs decent? I've heard some positive feed back from other wrenches. > > R.Ray Walters > CTO, Solarray, Inc > Nabcep Certified PV Installer, > Licensed Master Electrician > Solar Design Engineer > 303 505-8760 > > On 3/24/2014 8:58 PM, William Miller wrote: > > Ray > > > > Sunny Island or XW. > > > > Wm > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ray > > Walters > > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 7:44 PM > > To: RE-wrenches > > Subject: [RE-wrenches] 208 3 phase Off Grid Inverter > > > > Hi All; > > > > I'm exploring options for an off grid project with an existing 30 Kw > > Kohler wired for 208 vac 3 phase. The generator runs some 8 hp air > > compressors, so rewiring it is not an option. We're primarily > > interested in reducing gen run time from the current situation: 14 hrs/ > day. > > So far, only the Outback VFX inverters seem capable of being wired in > > 208, 3 phase, but according to the manual they can only be stacked 1 > > inverter per leg. This limits the system to only 3 inverters total, or > > 10.8 kW. I would like expandability beyond this. > > 1) are there any other inverters available that I'm over looking? > > 2) Should I consider a transformer to convert from 208 vac/3phase to > > 240 vac/ singe phase? > > > > We're not going to even try to run the compressors, just the other > > single phase loads, mostly 120 vac, but we have a couple of small air > > conditioners, that are currently running on 208 single phase. I > > believe they would run fine on 240 vac, as they have a name plate rating > at 230 vac. > > 3) We may possibly run 2 separate 3 inverter stacks and only tie > > together at the battery, but otherwise they would not be connected. > > This seems inefficient, and would require some load balancing of the > various inverters. > > > > All help and discussion is greatly appreciated as always, > > > > -- > > R.Ray Walters > > CTO, Solarray, Inc > > Nabcep Certified PV Installer, > > Licensed Master Electrician > > Solar Design Engineer > > 303 505-8760 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > > > List Address: [email protected] > > > > Change email address & settings: > > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > > > List-Archive: > > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > > > List rules & etiquette: > > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > > > Check out participant bios: > > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > > > List Address: [email protected] > > > > Change email address & settings: > > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > > > List-Archive: > > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > > > List rules & etiquette: > > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > > > Check out participant bios: > > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: [email protected] > > Change email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: [email protected] > > Change email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > >
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