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<div>It appears in reading the installation manual that with a power factor of .64, that 6 KW system can theoretically produce a dynamically adjustable combination of active and reactive power up to 9.37 KVA however the KW will remain the same at 6 KW. I sped read the manual so I may have missed something.</div>
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<div>Your 10 KW system at a .999 power factor (assumed) could theoretically produce 10.01 KVA.</div>
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<div>IMO if all you are using is the real (or active) power, then the other system would need to be increased in size from 6 to 10 KW to be an equal comparison.</div>
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<div>SMA is suppose to have inverters coming on the market in the US soon (originally fall 2010) that also have the ability to produce reactive power.</div>
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<div><BR>Jamie</div>
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<DIV id=wmQuoteWrapper>-------- Original Message --------<BR>Subject: [RE-wrenches] Xslent?<BR>From: August Goers <<a href="mailto:august@luminalt.com">august@luminalt.com</a>><BR>Date: Thu, January 06, 2011 4:25 pm<BR>To: RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>><BR><BR>Hi All -<BR><BR>Have any of you heard of the Xslent XPX-A1000 microinverter?<BR><BR><a href="http://www.xetenergy.com/#Tab-2_link-1">http://www.xetenergy.com/#Tab-2_link-1</a><BR><BR>We're going up against them on a 10 kW system and I'm trying to figure out<BR>if their claims about producing reactive power mean anything to us in the<BR>real world. They are saying that their 6 kW system will outperform our 10<BR>kW system.<BR><BR>I also noticed that their CEC efficiency is only 89%...<BR><BR>Best,<BR><BR>August<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>List sponsored by Home Power magazine<BR><BR>List Address: <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: <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></BLOCKQUOTE></span></body></html>