Over current protection for charge controllers [RE-wrenches]

[William Miller]

Friends:

Thanks everyone for the information on this subject.  I usually install
upstream and downstream breakers for charge controllers.  This is only the
second Power Panel I've installed, and I wondered if Xantrex knew something
I did not.

I installed one DC250 where I had to dremel one of the side breaker slots
larger to accept a 5th breaker for DC loads!

Another complaint I have is the lack of a DC bus positive bus in these
enclosures.

On the other hand, it is sometimes difficult to find room for an Outback PSDC.

William Miller



At 08:20 AM 5/10/2003 -0700, Jay Peltz, Peltz Power wrote:
>Hi Gary,
>
>I never worried about the overcurrent protection as if you short the wires,
>it'll trip the breaker.
>
>What I never liked was that if you shut off the main, then the inverter sees
>( for a moment) open circuit voltage and you cannot shut off the power to
>both sides of the controller with a breaker anyway.  Just crazy to me.
>
>I've installed lots of DC disconnects with 4 small breakers, yep gets pretty
>crowded.


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