Thanks Chris, It's one of those great things about the solar industry that there is always more stuff going on than one man can keep track of:
http://www.bentek.com/solar-products/recombiners/circuit-breaker/ > Mark, > The term "recombiner" to me is an electrical panel used on the AC output > of > multiple inverters to combine their electrical outputs. > That is different to a "combiner" which connects solar strings through > fuses to a busbar for connection to the inverter using one conductor pair. > > In grid tied systems, you will probably not find breakers that can be used > in combiners as the 600V or 1,000v max DC voltage is above what most > breakers can operate at, hence the use of touch safe fuses. > > I don't think the NEC recognizes recombiners panels as existing at all. > Standard rules require the breakers to be 125% rated as the output is > continuous. _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: [email protected] Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
