Re: [RE-wrenches] Head Spinning..(Con) fused.

2010-11-14 Thread Darryl Thayer
Yes from all sources of supply, the transformerless inverter is a source of supply.  BOTH legs of all strings should be fused.  It has always been that strings shall be protected from all sources of supply, and only SMA had stated that it will not back feed,  This nature of the transformerless

Re: [RE-wrenches] Head Spinning..(Con) fused.

2010-11-14 Thread Darryl Thayer
I never thought I would disagree with William, I have the highest admiration for him, But the transformerless inverter has no seperation between grid and array, no problem if everything is fused.  Darryl --- On Sat, 11/13/10, William Miller will...@millersolar.com wrote: From: William Miller

Re: [RE-wrenches] Head Spinning..(Con) fused.

2010-11-14 Thread William Miller
Darryl: If Aurora can not verify that their inverters will not backfeed the DC circuitry, then the circuits must be fused. This too is specified in Berdner's study. We are in agreement. I think SMA is not the only transformer inverter with a no-backfeed declaration. William At 05:48

Re: [RE-wrenches] Head Spinning..(Con) fused.

2010-11-14 Thread Dave Click
Fronius IG Plus on the spec sheet also specs Max. continuous utility back feed current as 0A. Original Message Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Head Spinning..(Con) fused. From: William Miller will...@millersolar.com To: RE-wrenches re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Date: 2010/11/14

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fat Spaniel

2010-11-14 Thread Jeff Yago
I just completed a system for a college that has four (4) Fronius IQ plus, and all the required Fronius data and interface boxes they have so it can connect to almost any outside device. My original agreement (2 years ago!) was to web monitor with Fat Spaniel the suggested web host, and when I

Re: [RE-wrenches] Another PV fire

2010-11-14 Thread William Miller
Colleagues: Below is from a local building official. This is very preliminary so take it as such: William Miller From what I've been told the fire was located in one of the combiner boxes. It started as they were commissioning the system. We had completed our final inspection and their

Re: [RE-wrenches] Head Spinning..(Con) fused.

2010-11-14 Thread Eric Thomas
Thanks William and Daryl, Here is Auroras backfeed stipulation from the installation manual: Installation and Operator’s Manual Page 98 of 108 (PVI-3.0/3.6/4.2-OUTD-x-US Rev: 2.1) *8.5 Input Source Backfeed Current* PVI-4.2(3.6, 3.0)-OUTD-x-US Grid Tied Inverters are provided with two

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fat Spaniel

2010-11-14 Thread Philip Boutelle
Jeff, If you don't need inverter-direct monitoring, you can use any CT-based 3rd party system (eGauge, Fat Spaniel, Energy Recommerce, Deck, etc all offer these, many charge for web-based hosting). If you want it to connect directly (useful for getting alert emails if one inverter goes down), you