[RE-wrenches] high insolation value and inverter undersizing (John Berdner)

[Chris Mason]

The idea of the electronics "wearing out"is a strange one. The inverters
are only at full capacity for a small amount of the time, at peak hours
which is only 2 to 4 hours a day, and only for part of that time if you
have clouds, and who doesn't?
Pushing them a little harder should not "wear them out". So one question
would be, what is the rated duty cycle of the inverters?

Let's remember, we are not proposing to increase the operating voltage,
just to provide more current when needed. It's the inverter that chooses to
use the available current.


On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Great Northern Solar
<gosolar at cheqnet.net>wrote:

> Just to add another $.02:
>
> I agree with Mr. Berdner, wearing out the electronics is a significant
> cost in that scenario.
>
> Energetically,
> Christopher LaForge
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