[RE-wrenches] Sunny Island no Longer Supports TLs - How about New Series?

[Howie Michaelson]

I'm confused. Does this mean the -40 series are not compatible with SI off
grid mode? Or they don't adjust output due to frequency shift? Or?

Howie
Howie Michaelson
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On Mar 25, 2017 7:59 PM, "Tump" <tump at swnl.net> wrote:

> Jeff the bad news is yer outa luck BUT they "had a work around" that was
> discussed on the list a few weeks ago. I looked quickly but didn’t see it
> posted. You were going to install a RS 485 card/ module that had the soft
> ware to make it work. I found this out just as these “Newest latest n
> greatest inverters" were just coming out, looked at the manual, and much to
> my disappointment I had to send it back and educate my salesperson to this.
> Lucky for me I was able to get the TL series. Ill keep on looking, if you
> don’t have any luck I do have a contact at SMA…. at least he was there 2
> weeks ago, contact me off list. Tump
>
> On Mar 25, 2017, at 12:10 PM, Jeff Clearwater <
> jeffc at villagepowerdesign.com> wrote:
>
> All,
>
> Can anyone confirm for me that the SUNNY BOY 3.0-US / 3.8-US / 5.0-US /
> 6.0-US / 7.0-US / 7.7-US series is or is not supported by the Sunny
> Island in off-grid AC coupling mode?  The technical paper on the subject
> here http://files.sma.de/dl/7910/SB-OffGrid-TI-US-en-18.pdf   does not
> list them but I'm hoping it's cause that paper is dated Feb '16.
>
> I sure hope they are because that paper shows they discontinued support
> the the  SUNNY BOY 3000TL-US / 3800TL-US / 4000TL-US / 5000TL-US /
> 6000TL-US / 7000TL-US / 7700TL-US series!  Why!??
>
> Hope you have good news for me!
>
> Best,
>
> Jeff
>
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