[RE-wrenches] Advanced Energy Inc. Grid-Tie Inverters

[Geoff Greenfield]

Only too familiar with them Jeff... 

48 VDC, 120 VAC output.  You may be able to field repair it (?).  in the lowwer section (string combiner/disco), above the input fuses there should be a master fuse... the fuse doesnt fail but the fuse holder fails... if thats it your back in business with a soldering iron... if not, scrap it.

depending on the modules, we have used SB-1800 (120 VAC output).  I think the small PV powered looks like a solution as well.

Good luck.

For a brighter energy future,

Geoff Greenfield
President
Third Sun Solar & Wind Power Ltd.
340 West State Street, Unit 25
Athens, OH 45701

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----- "Brian White" <bwhite at openenergycorp.com> wrote:

> Jeff,
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> I am not sure of the input Voltage characteristics of the AEI GC-1000,
> but I know that PV Powered has a new 1000 Watt inverter that is a 120
> Vac output. They also have a variation of this model that is called
> the “EVR” or Expanded Voltage Range, which has a much wider Voltage
> window. It may or may not work for you, but it is probably worth a
> look.
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> From: re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org
> [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of jay
> peltz
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 12:26 PM
> To: jryago at netscape.com; RE-wrenches
> Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Advanced Energy Inc. Grid-Tie Inverters
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> Hi Jeff,
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> Yep the AEI GC-1000
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> Not being made anymore, nor as far as I know is anyone servicing these
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> Best bet is to rewire the array for higher voltage and use a new
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> Not too many other options that I know of.
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> jay
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> peltz power
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> On Sep 23, 2008, at 11:42 AM, Jeff Yago wrote:
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> Anybody out there familiar with the Advanced Energy Inc. grid-tie
> inverter?
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> I was called to a school with an existing defunct pole-mounted 1 kW
> array and high up on the pole was an inverter made by these guys.  I
> could not get access to the unit as I was only checking for what was
> there now, but it was an outdoor enclosure that was tall and narrow,
> with the AC and DC bkrs located near the bottom under a clear
> flex-rubber type cover.  It appears this is a 120 VAC output inverter
> in the 1 to 1.5 kW size range, and includes a remote display connected
> by a phone type cable.
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> I could not find any information that this inverter is still being
> made, and estimate it is about 4 years old.
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> Jeff Yago
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