[RE-wrenches] SolArk and Tigo compatibility

[Chris Sparadeo]

Hi Chris,

I echo Ronald’s experience. I wasn’t aware of any memo from Sol Ark
suggesting pins 15 and 16 should not be used for the Tigo RSS Transmitter.
The 12K and 15K manuals both refrence a 12vdc RSS transmitter to achieve
rapid shut down.

Best,

Chris

On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 11:21 AM Roland - RES via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

> Aloha Chris,
>
> We have numerous Sol-Ark systems with Tigo TS4Fs where we have the
> transmitter wired to the 12v supply of the inverter, with no issues to date.
>
> Sent from a IPhone, with touch screen keys on the fly. Please excuse
> shortcuts and typos.
>
>
> Roland Shackelford
> NABCEP CERTIFIED PV INSTALLER
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> Renewable Energy Services (RES), Inc.
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> On Nov 16, 2022, at 4:33 AM, Christopher Warfel via RE-wrenches <
> re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
>
> 
>
> Hi, We are doing our first system with these two devices. The inverter is
> SolArk 12P (mutimode) and the Tigo product for RS is the TS4F.  Tigo has me
> a little bit walking in circles.
>
> I told them that SolArk says not to use the 12VDC RS output terminals for
> connecting the transmitter.  I gave them the attached drawing which they
> ask for, which shows the transmitter connected to a 120VAC/12VDC breaker
> which they supply.  They told me to wire the 120VAC source to the main
> service panel so the array would shut down on loss of power. I told them
> that is exactly NOTwhat I wanted to happen as that would stop the battery
> charging when there is a loss of utility power. I said I wanted the 120VAC
> source to be the back up loads panel. After about a week of calls and
> emails, I got an email back saying to use the SolArk 12VDC terminals for
> RS.  I just emailed them a screen shot of the SolArk manual that says not
> to do that.
>
> At this point, I am asking anyone on the list to let me know how they
> wired the transmitter successfully. Thank you for any guidance, Chris Warfel
>
>
>
>
>
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