Mr Friends,
Does anyone have experience with Enphase 215 inverters on a roof
interfering with a Ham radio operation either from the units themselves or
the monitoring using data over power lines? How about a string inverter?
Thanks and Happy Holidays to all.
Lee
Lee Bristol
NABCEP Certified
Hi All,
I am trying to help my brother-in-law figure out if he can continue using
his Magnum MS 4448 AE in his now off-grid home in Nova Scotia which we
installed about 3 years ago as at the time a battery backup inverter. I
would preface the following with the information that he is a very
One word: Ballasted.
William Miller
On Dec 23, 2012, at 9:03 AM, Mac Lewis maclew...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Wrenches,
I am working on a project right now where we need to figure out how to put an
8kW ground mount on a property that is covered with a sandstone slab.
I've seen those dips in output voltage from almost all off grid
inverters under load. They either dip the voltage or worse (like an
old Trace SW5548) just shut off. Outback for instance just has a
constant 50 amp output for 5 sec, and lets the voltage dip a bunch on
surges. The idea is to
I have used Wedgebolts to attached to natural surfaces in the past.
Better than expanding lags/wedges because they don't split out in softer
materials.
I would use the Red Brick values as a start and contact the manufacturer for
guideance.
http://www.powers.com/pdfs/mechanical/07246OTSS.pdf or
I would try to see if you could get Skystream to widen their low voltage and
low frequency trip points as far as possible.
If this has already been done then an inverter change may be needed.
Assuming the battery can support it
The Sunny Island is much better than Magnum and Outback FX in
Hi Howie,
You can set the diversion control of the FM-80 to SS relay mode which will PWM
the load, AC or DC
While I think this will take care of your problem you might have some flicker
while its PWM'ing if you are switching an AC load.
Another option is to use cascading smaller dump loads,
no experience with this, but led lights pretty much wipe out 2 meter operations.
todd
On Sunday, December 23, 2012 7:31am, Lee Bristol
leebris...@standardsolar.com said:
Mr Friends,
Does anyone have experience with Enphase 215 inverters on a roof interfering
with a Ham radio
Jay's post reminded me of another idea.
If the big load is a motor load, e.g. well pump, then a soft start circuit
might solve the problem.
A neighbor of mine has a Magnum and his 3/4 Hp pressure pump (installed against
my instructions by the brain dead well guy) turning on caused his flat
The ballasted idea is good, and I've also done what you are proposing
below, which is a hybrid ballasted/ anchored system. Epoxy is the best
anchor I've ever used, just make sure the hole is really clean before
putting in the glue.
Also I'd make the slab bigger to enhance the ballast effect.
We have installed 3 Systreams in off grid settings with the Whisper 500 DC dump
load (from SWWP) with good results. Used 2 Morningstar TS 60's, one set a
little lower, as a secondary diversion (per code) in case the other fails. I
have an SW Plus set up this way at our office, and the others
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