[RE-wrenches] Xantrex 600v charge controller

[Maverick Brown [Maverick Solar]]

We have installed about dozen in the last 9 months with no issues. They have great output and they talk to the XW Gateway, which is great. And you can / must program them via the SCP or the SCT. 

We use a string sizing tool Excel Spreadsheet first written by Richard Perez. We added a Temp Comp and series parallel user entry concept, etc. We usually string 12-14 each 60-cell polycrystalline panels or 10-11 each 72-cell monocrystalline panels. 

Thank you,

Maverick


Maverick Brown
BSEET, NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer ®
President & CEO
Maverick Solar Enterprises, Inc.
Office:     512-919-4493
Cell:        512-460-9825

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On May 16, 2012, at 2:09 PM, "lars Ortegren" <lars at cal-solar.com> wrote:

> Wrenches,
>                 I’m wondering if here is anybody out there that has installed any Xantrex 600v charge controllers out there. I looking at a job and thinking about replacing an MX-60 with a 700 foot pipe run to the array wired with #6 thhn!!!! My understanding is that the further away you get from the battery voltage, the greater the efficiency loss is within the unit. Outback gives the curve to show the loss of output at higher voltages, but searching Schneider’s site I can’t find anything close. It’s either going to be this, or tying a grid-tied inverter through the Outback output, but doing that would only get me single stage charging. Has anyone watched these controllers over time? Monitored its output?
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