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At 06:50 PM 3/1/2010, you wrote:<br><br>
<i>You Wrote<br><br>
</i>"This is déjà vu.....<br>
The only other choice would be to use a contactor to ensure PV
disconnection when the grid is down - then you could tap the PV on the
load side of the transfer switch."<br><br>
This is definitely deja vu all over again. A system I designed,
that disconnected 3 Sunny Boy inverters by having contactors on the load
side of the transfer switch, had a problem. When the contactors
opened on generator exercise cycle, the circuit breakers between
the inverters and contactors tripped. They did not trip every time,
but randomly. One or two would trip and the other would not.
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After many hours of investigation and talking with SMA, no reason for
this was ever found. The circuit apparently had no problem with nuisance
tripping when the Sunny Boys were not producing. We have theories,
but tech support and other professionals do not think this should
happen. <br><br>
If you try this method, please let me know your results. <br><br>
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