Ground fault [RE-wrenches]

[Joel Davidson]

Has anyone measured the temperature of their SolarBoost or the C40 heat sink? If
we have another sunny day tomorrow, I will measure my C40 and post the reading.

matthew tritt wrote:

> Virtually all of the SolarBoost controllers I've installed run too hot to
> touch. I called the company and was informed that this is a normal
> situation, and not to be alarmed, Easy for them to say!  His explanation is
> that "what is perceived as too hot to touch, and what is actually too hot
> for proper operation of the controller are two entirely different
> things".Ha. I also install circuit breakers between the DC source and the
> controller, and the batteries and controller - usually Heinemann.
>
> I believe that the instructions that come with the controllers indicate that
> breakers are required.
>
> Matt
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Todd Cory, Mt. Shasta Energy Services" <toddcory at finestplanet.com>
> To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 7:30 AM
> Subject: Re: Ground fault [RE-wrenches]
>
> > As I understand it the SB products current limit so adding more PV's (over
> it's
> > rating limit even) should not have caused the failure. Mine runs DAMN HOT
> > though and this has always worried me. Good thing UL has approved these...
> > sigh.
> >
> > Todd
> >
> > William Miller wrote:
> >
> > > Colleagues:
> > >
> > > Over the last weekend I received a call from a client reporting that an
> RV
> > > products SB50 that I installed for him had "burned up."   I went out
> first
> > > thing Monday to look at it and almost pooped my pants. The unit had
> burnt
> > > inside to a crisp and damn near sent his warehouse up in flames.  This
> was
> > > some serious fire and it scared me.
> >
> > snip
> >
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