[RE-wrenches] SMA Sunny Design temperature/voltage calculations
Howie Michaelson
howie at suncatchervt.com
Thu Dec 1 21:17:40 PST 2011
Apropos to the great discussion about temperature voltage calculations,
has anyone else been frustrated by the removal of output information on
the Sunny Design tool compared to the old on-line string sizing
calculator? It was very useful to me to have the string sizer show the
temperature voltage calculations for low and high temperature - as far as
I know the only string sizing application that showed this info.
The defunct online sizer allowed me to quickly look at a variety stringing
options, see the impact on voltage, narrow down the possibilities and then
run my own voltage calculations to verify. Sunny Design makes quickly
scanning various string options not so easy, and it buries the results
behind more obscure output info. It is quite a sophisticated program, but
I wish they gave a way to see the calculations behind the choices it
makes. Or am I just missing something?
Howie
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Howie Michaelson
NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer
Catamount Solar, LLC
Renewable Energy Systems Sales and Service
VT Solar Electric & Hot Water Incentive Partner
http://www.CatamountSolar.com
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