two arrays [RE-wrenches]

[Warren Lauzon]

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Or you could maybe just put Zener diodes across the panels or a set of 
panels.

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From: "David Katz" <david at aeesolar.com>
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Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: two arrays [RE-wrenches]


Hi Jeff,
I have ad an idea for a long time about a device that shorts one module
in a series at a preset low temperature. It would act like a bypass
diode on a shaded module controlled by a thermistor so at a preset
temperature the array would drop in voltage. This would probably not
cause much loss of power because as soon as the sun hit the array
directly, it would warm up and drop in voltage.
I will work on the idea.
David
David Katz
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formerly Alternative Energy Engineering
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Jeff Wongstrom wrote:

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>I just spoke with an Outback tech that was ADAMANT that I not design a
>system with an MX-60 and a 72Vnom array in Montana(low temps similar to
>Minnesota).  He said that with cold temps the MX60 would see greater than
>140Voc and that the MX60 could NOT handle this.
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>Multiplying the Voc of a 72Vnom Sharp crystalline array by the NEC 1.25
>gives Voc of greater than 160Voc.   I am not as concerned with code as I am
>with having MX-60's fail prematurely.
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>I was wondering if the MX-60 72Vnom arrays are crystalline and what kind of
>low temps they have experienced the past three years?
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>Jeff Wongstrom
>NABCEP certified solar installer
>Thirsty Lake Solar
>406-889-5324
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