[RE-wrenches] Micro-inverters for 3-phase 220/127 in Mexico

Kent Osterberg kent at coveoregon.com
Mon Apr 15 17:03:57 PDT 2013


Enphase lists the standard operating range for the 208-volt 3-phase 
configuration as 183 to 229 volts. Seems like 220-volt 3-phase might 
work with a little caution about wiring losses.

Kent Osterberg
Blue Mountain Solar, Inc.
www.bluemountainsolar.com


On 4/15/2013 4:28 PM, Larry Crutcher, Starlight Solar Power Systems wrote:
> Interesting....Here is a reply from Enphase received on 4-11-13, "Hi 
> Larry, No we do not have a inverter that will work with this. Our 
> inverter is for 240AC 2 Phase, 208AC 3 Phase..."
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> Larry Crutcher
> Starlight Solar Power Systems
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> On Apr 15, 2013, at 1:54 PM, Nick Soleil <nsoleil at enphaseenergy.com 
> <mailto:nsoleil at enphaseenergy.com>> wrote:
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> Hi Larry,
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> Enphase is supplying microinverters into Mexico and supporting the 
> 127/220 applications.  We have hundreds of installations installed at 
> this voltage now.  Feel free to contact me off-line, and I would be 
> happy to discuss the details.
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> On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 1:25 PM, Larry Crutcher, Starlight Solar Power 
> Systems <larry at starlightsolar.com <mailto:larry at starlightsolar.com>> 
> wrote:
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>     Wrenches,
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>     A customer in Mexico wants to start with about 10kW PV. They have
>     a 225 kva transformer supplying 220/127 volt 3-phase to the
>     property. They are adding buildings/roof space in several stages
>     over the next 4 years and want to grow the installation to 120kW
>     of PV solar power.
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>     Manufacturer data sheets are not real clear. Who makes
>     micro-inverters suitable for this? I know Enphase does not.
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>     Thank you,
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>     Larry Crutcher
>     Starlight Solar Power Systems
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