Hi Chris, I echo Ronald’s experience. I wasn’t aware of any memo from Sol Ark suggesting pins 15 and 16 should not be used for the Tigo RSS Transmitter. The 12K and 15K manuals both refrence a 12vdc RSS transmitter to achieve rapid shut down.
Best, Chris On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 11:21 AM Roland - RES via RE-wrenches < [email protected]> wrote: > Aloha Chris, > > We have numerous Sol-Ark systems with Tigo TS4Fs where we have the > transmitter wired to the 12v supply of the inverter, with no issues to date. > > Sent from a IPhone, with touch screen keys on the fly. Please excuse > shortcuts and typos. > > > Roland Shackelford > NABCEP CERTIFIED PV INSTALLER > President > Renewable Energy Services (RES), Inc. > Mobile: *808-938-9239 <http://808-938-9239/>* > www.renewablenergy.com > > On Nov 16, 2022, at 4:33 AM, Christopher Warfel via RE-wrenches < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi, We are doing our first system with these two devices. The inverter is > SolArk 12P (mutimode) and the Tigo product for RS is the TS4F. Tigo has me > a little bit walking in circles. > > I told them that SolArk says not to use the 12VDC RS output terminals for > connecting the transmitter. I gave them the attached drawing which they > ask for, which shows the transmitter connected to a 120VAC/12VDC breaker > which they supply. They told me to wire the 120VAC source to the main > service panel so the array would shut down on loss of power. I told them > that is exactly NOTwhat I wanted to happen as that would stop the battery > charging when there is a loss of utility power. I said I wanted the 120VAC > source to be the back up loads panel. After about a week of calls and > emails, I got an email back saying to use the SolArk 12VDC terminals for > RS. I just emailed them a screen shot of the SolArk manual that says not > to do that. > > At this point, I am asking anyone on the list to let me know how they > wired the transmitter successfully. Thank you for any guidance, Chris Warfel > > > > > > -- > Christopher Warfel > ENTECH Engineering, Inc. > PO Box 871, Block Island, RI 02807 > 401-466-8978 > <http://entech-engineering.com> > > <http://entech-engineering.com> > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org > > List Address: [email protected] > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the > other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org > > List Address: [email protected] > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the > other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org > > -- Chris Sparadeo C_802-369-4458 H_802-728-3059
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