Re: [RE-wrenches] overfeed 7kW gridtie inverter or drop a mod per string?

2010-04-20 Thread Dave Palumbo
MacDonald Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 7:43 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] overfeed 7kW gridtie inverter or drop a mod per string? Im sorry, I meant to write “11 modules per string” below.. Been a long day.. From: Jim MacDonald Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 7:41 PM To: RE

Re: [RE-wrenches] overfeed 7kW gridtie inverter or drop a mod per string?

2010-04-20 Thread wes kennedy
wrote: From: Jim MacDonald j...@solaresystems.com Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] overfeed 7kW gridtie inverter or drop a mod per string? To: RE-wrenches re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Date: Monday, April 19, 2010, 5:40 PM SB8000US only good for 480 Vac, we’re tying in at 208.   11

Re: [RE-wrenches] overfeed 7kW gridtie inverter or drop a mod per string?

2010-04-20 Thread David Brearley
From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Darryl Thayer Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 5:58 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] overfeed 7kW gridtie inverter or drop a mod per string? The temperature

[RE-wrenches] overfeed 7kW gridtie inverter or drop a mod per string?

2010-04-19 Thread Jim MacDonald
For a straight grid-tie system@ 10 degree tilt, 180 azimuth, zero/little shade, NYC avg 4.29 kWh/m²/day. Feed an SMA7000 with (3) strings of 11 Suntech STP275's [9.075 kWdc] Or Do strings of 10, so itd be 8.250 kWdc into the 7 kWac inverter. Strings of 11= 491.7 Voc; 386 Vmp Strings of 10= 447

Re: [RE-wrenches] overfeed 7kW gridtie inverter or drop a mod per string?

2010-04-19 Thread David Brearley
Is using the SMA SB 8000US out of the question? http://www.sma-america.com/en/products/solar-inverters/sunny-boy/sunny-boy-5 000us-6000us-7000us-8000us.html On 4/19/10 3:37 PM, Jim MacDonald j...@solaresystems.com wrote: For a straight grid-tie system@ 10 degree tilt, 180 azimuth, zero/little

Re: [RE-wrenches] overfeed 7kW gridtie inverter or drop a mod per string?

2010-04-19 Thread Dana
...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Jim MacDonald Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 2:37 PM To: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Subject: [RE-wrenches] overfeed 7kW gridtie inverter or drop a mod per string? For a straight grid-tie system@ 10

Re: [RE-wrenches] overfeed 7kW gridtie inverter or drop a mod per string?

2010-04-19 Thread Darryl Thayer
heard from a sunny boy rep that it is OK to over power by 1.25% darryl --- On Mon, 4/19/10, Dana d...@solarwork.com wrote: From: Dana d...@solarwork.com Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] overfeed 7kW gridtie inverter or drop a mod per string? To: 'RE-wrenches' re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Date

Re: [RE-wrenches] overfeed 7kW gridtie inverter or drop a mod per string?

2010-04-19 Thread Jim MacDonald
:58 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] overfeed 7kW gridtie inverter or drop a mod per string? The temperature correction is the concern. I have heard lots of stories of inverters dieing when it gets to cold. Look in the code book 690.7 at the temperature correction table. Go

Re: [RE-wrenches] overfeed 7kW gridtie inverter or drop a mod per string?

2010-04-19 Thread Jim MacDonald
Im sorry, I meant to write “11 modules per string” below.. Been a long day.. From: Jim MacDonald Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 7:41 PM To: RE-wrenches Cc: Jason Szrom Subject: RE: [RE-wrenches] overfeed 7kW gridtie inverter or drop a mod per string? SB8000US only good for 480 Vac, we’re tying