Re: [RE-wrenches] metering an outback system

2010-08-11 Thread Alex Cozine
Yes, you are correct. The Solar pro diagram and article is great for understanding each mode the meter can be in. On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 5:57 AM, Drake Chamberlin drake.chamber...@redwoodalliance.org wrote: Hi Alex, The one meter hook up always seems confusing to me. I'm still

Re: [RE-wrenches] metering an outback system

2010-08-10 Thread Drake Chamberlin
Hi Alex, The one meter hook up always seems confusing to me. I'm still confused. Do we have the AC IN at both the bottom left and top right? To me it seems that the AC OUT from the inverter would go to the upper left and the protected loads panel would be fed from the bottom left. I've

Re: [RE-wrenches] metering an outback system

2010-08-10 Thread David Brearley
Drake, Chris Freitas wrote an article on this topic in SP1.1, ³Form 12S Metering for Grid-Tied Systems w/ Battery Backup.² Here¹s a link to the article and a wiring diagram: http://solarprofessional.com/article/?file=SP1_1_pg16_QandA_3search= David Brearley, Senior Technical Editor SolarPro

[RE-wrenches] metering an outback system

2010-08-09 Thread Gary Easton
Hello, I am having trouble metering a system with an Outback 3648 serving a protected loads panel. I need a way to accurately measure the production. I have a dual stator 12s meter installed with the AC in coming in the bottom and out the top and the AC from the inverter going in the top and out

Re: [RE-wrenches] metering an outback system

2010-08-09 Thread Kent Osterberg
Gary, If this is a new digital meter, it may be accumulating all energy without regard to direction. That is the way the utilities purchase them, to prevent energy theft, so that is the default configuration from the meter manufacturers. When purchasing a digital kWh meter to use for metering

Re: [RE-wrenches] metering an outback system

2010-08-09 Thread Alex Cozine
When metering for production here in Washington State, we use both sides in a 12s 120volt meterbase with fifth jaw. top right inverter ac in, bottom right ac from grid. top left from battery back up, bottom left from inverter ac in, fifth jaw neutral. this set up allows grid tied selling and