<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I've seen inverters do just fine under construction of the house. As long as it isn't being overloaded every day.<div>As for bad connections, if the main DC connects aren't tight, you can get enough heat to melt the plastic insulators, and then it can short to the case.</div><div>I can send you an ugly picture....</div><div>PV connections would have nothing to do with the inverter.<br><div>
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<br><div><div>On Nov 3, 2010, at 2:29 AM, benn kilburn wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div class="hmmessage" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; ">Everyone, Thanks for the feedback. <div>Allan kinda nailed it with his first comment about the catch-22. A few stand-out factors aside, i guess it could fail tomorrow or in 30 years.</div><div><br></div><div>The DR2424 is installed in a clean, dry, open area, although I never thought to ask if it was used in the construction of the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px; ">round straw bale </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px; ">home. It is possible. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px; ">Can a poorly wired PV array (loose connections) have an effect on the inverter? This will be fixed when we move the array to a pole mount.</span></div><div><br></div><div>benn<br><span class="ecxecxecxecxEC_Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 32, 96); "><font class="ecxApple-style-span" face="'Franklin Gothic Medium'">DayStar Renewable Energy Inc. </font></span><div><div><font class="ecxApple-style-span" face="'Franklin Gothic Medium'"><a href="mailto:benn@daystarsolar.ca">benn@daystarsolar.ca</a></font></div><div><font class="ecxApple-style-span" face="'Franklin Gothic Medium'">780-906-7807 </font></div><div><font class="ecxApple-style-span" face="'Franklin Gothic Medium'">HAVE A SUNNY DAY</font></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>List sponsored by Home Power magazine<br><br>List Address:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a><br><br>Options & settings:<br><a href="http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org">http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</a><br><br>List-Archive:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org">http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</a><br><br>List rules & etiquette:<br><a href="http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm">www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm</a><br><br>Check out participant bios:<br><a href="http://www.members.re-wrenches.org/">www.members.re-wrenches.org</a><br><br></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>