[RE-wrenches] Xantrex XW system stability

William william at millersolar.com
Thu Aug 22 10:33:27 PDT 2013


Kevin:

Send the coordinates and I will drop by!  Just kidding.

We have seen failure to connect to external AC devices but no comm issues. Keep us posted. 

William

On Aug 22, 2013, at 10:18 AM, "Kevin Pegg" <kpegg at energyalternatives.ca> wrote:

> Hello Wrenches, 
> 
> Curious how others are finding the stability of larger Xantrex XW deployments? We have an installation with 12 Xanbus devices (4 x XW6048, 6 x XW-MPPT60, 1 x AGS, 1 x SCP) and it keeps crashing. Power cycle the whole system and it's fine for a few weeks and then it crashes again. 
> 
> I find with smaller deployments under 5 Xanbus devices the stability is much better, but still get the occasional customer call with a system gone haywire and a power cycle fixes. 
> 
> This particular installation is in the high arctic darn near the north pole and sending a tech up there next week to resolve. Needless to say, it's an expensive ordeal to get up there. 
> 
> Kevin
> 



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