[RE-wrenches] Enphase Max Distance

Tue Jul 26 05:36:25 PDT 2022

Right, but maybe you can locate the gateway near the array?

Cheers

On Tue, Jul 26, 2022, 6:07 AM rick--- via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

> Mac,
>
> I was referring to the PLC between micros and gateway, not gateway and
> local router.
>
>
>
> On Jul 25, 2022, at 11:08 PM, Mac Lewis via RE-wrenches <
> re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
>
> I don't know your specific circumstance but the cellular modem option
> works really well for monitoring only. There are also many point to point
> networking systems that are solid and fairly easy to set up if you can do
> line of sight.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2022, 1:29 PM Nick Soleil via RE-wrenches <
> re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
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>> HI Rick,
>>
>> The distance that our power line communications (PLC) signals travel will
>> be impacted by the electrical noise on the site and the impedance of the
>> wiring.  I don't think we have published a max distance in any of our
>> recent tech briefs or planning guides.  That said, in some of our
>> commercial design guides we had previously recommended up to 250 ft in a
>> non-filtered environment and up to 600 ft when the IQ Gateway and
>> microinverters are located on the load side of a power line filter or an
>> isolation transformer (for example, on a dedicated 480V primary to 120/208V
>> secondary transformer).
>>
>> Keep in mind that when the PLC signals are used for controlling the
>> microinverters, such as sites that have power export limiting (PEL)
>> profiles or when the microinverters are paired with IQ Storage systems, the
>> communications must be more reliable than when used for monitoring alone.
>>
>> Cordially,
>> Nick Soleil
>> Enphase Energy Senior Product Manager
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>> Wrenches,
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>> What is the furthest that anyone has placed their IQ-based system from
>> the gateway? Enphase recommends up to 250’. We’ve done ~350’ without issue.
>> Anyone gone further?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
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