[RE-wrenches] Solectria PVI 5200 mounting
William Miller
william at millersolar.com
Thu Jun 9 07:56:40 PDT 2016
Hilton:
I have had exactly this problem, along with several other problems, with
the Solectria inverters. I document them all in a web page:
http://www.millersolar.com/MillerSolar/case_studies/Solectria/Solectria.html
I had a lengthy series of exchanges with Solectria and received a lot of
excuses and justifications, but no real results. We try to avoid using
Solectria for all of these reasons and also for the fact they are no longer
an American manufacturer.
I think the most serious problem is the lack of separable DC disconnect.
This mean you have to add a 600 volt rated DC disconnect within
line-of-sight of the inverter. This is a big expense. Without the
disconnect, the inverter is impossible to safely service during daylight
hours.
Good luck with this install.
William
Lic 773985
millersolar.com
805-438-5600
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From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On
Behalf Of Hilton Dier
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2016 7:40 AM
To: re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org
Subject: [RE-wrenches] Solectria PVI 5200 mounting
Hello Wrenches,
I have a perplexing problem with a PVI 5200 and I can't get to the front of
the tech support line at Solectria.
The inverter has the usual backplate for mounting: bolt the backplate to
the wall, lift the inverter, drop the slots on the back of the inverter
onto the tabs on top of the plate. Fine so far. Then the instructions say
to use the enclosed lock nuts to fasten the inverter to the back plate, "as
shown in figure 15."
Problem: no lock nuts, no place to put lock nuts, no indication of lock
nuts in figure 15. The inverter just hangs loose on the tabs.
I usually use SMA inverters, which have fixed nuts on the mounting frame
and matching tabs on the inverter for stainless socket head screws.
Has anyone dealt with this? I can't imagine just leaving the inverter
hanging there.
Many thanks,
Hilton
Hilton Dier III
Renewable Energy Design
Solar Gain, LLC
Missisquoi River Hydro LLC
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