<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Hi Mark,</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">The point of operation can be adjusted
above normal battery operating levels, which essentially disables the feature.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Mark<br>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">04/13/2011 01:47 PM</font>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Re: [RE-wrenches] AC Coupling Fronius
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<br><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial">I see. Can this function be enabled/diabled?</font>
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Berkeley Solar Electric Systems</font><font size=3> </font><font size=2 face="Arial"><br>
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Hi Mark, Gary,</font><font size=3> <br>
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The Xantrex XW series inverters will do a frequency shift to cause
most models of grid-tied inverter to disconnect when the batteries are
full, while the system is operating in an ac coupled off-grid mode. The
following app-note describes this operation.</font><font size=3> <br>
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Gary,</font><font size=3> <br>
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I have been looking at some AC coupled stuff lately. The "FSC"
is propriatary to SMA, Sunny Island to Sunny Boy. Pretty much anything
else you need something to sense the voltage of the battery bank so you
can open a contactor on the AC line to the Fronius when the battery voltage
gets too high. Once the voltage drops the contactor can close and bring
the Fronius back on line and then the 5-minute start up delay before it
is feeding the line again.</font><font size=3> </font><font size=2 face="Arial"><br>
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Mark Frye</font><font size=3> </font><font size=2 face="Arial"><br>
Berkeley Solar Electric Systems</font><font size=3> </font><font size=2 face="Arial"><br>
303 Redbud Way</font><font size=3> </font><font size=2 face="Arial"><br>
Nevada City, CA 95959</font><font size=3> </font><font size=2 face="Arial"><br>
(530) 401-8024</font><font size=3> </font><font size=3 color=blue><u><br>
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