[RE-wrenches] Flex Max 60 question

[robert ellison]

Allan,
As I think of it, you have to be correct! I made a series connection to take
advantage of the controller, till I could rewire the entire mess. They were
originally running into 4 breakers.
The panels are Seimens 53 watt if memory serves me correct.
The voltages are taken form the FM 60

Another thing that stands out is that some of the wire we were using did not
hold up well after 10 years.

Bob





On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 1:56 AM, Allan Sindelar <
allan at positiveenergysolar.com> wrote:

>  Something in your description doesn't jive, Bob...53W panels are most
> likely 12V nominal, such as Solarex VLX53; typical poly 12V, so 17 VMP - a
> string of 8 would be 136V; why are you claiming 53V? Is it 4 strings of 4
> modules each?
> Allan
>
>  -----Original Message-----
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> re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] *On Behalf Of *robert ellison
> *Sent:* Sunday, December 14, 2008 9:31 PM
> *To:* RE-wrenches
> *Subject:* [RE-wrenches] Flex Max 60 question
>
>
>
> I am doing an upgrade at a site with 16,  53 watt panels wired into 2
> strings of 8 panels each coming into the controller at around 53 or so
> volts. The upgrade is 8, 175 watt Solar Worlds at around 70 volts.
> Here is the question the customer is telling me that he has seen the old
> rack putting out more power than the new rack that is almost 2 X the size.
> Both are side by side and nearly the same tilt, shading is not a problem
> and the 60's were bought at the same time.
> I have never seen this happen at the times I am on the site.
>
> Has anyone else seen any weird problems like this? I have other sites with
> 2 or 3 flexmax 60's and this has never been noticed before at those sites.
> I don't have any confirmation of this and have not called Outback about it.
> Just picking the collective brains so to speak......
>
>
> Thanks,
> Bob
>
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