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class=265452518-19082011>Jay,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=265452518-19082011>I may be thinking of a Photon Magazine article authored
by an employee of SMA talking about in-house studies.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=265452518-19082011>So....what guide do we have in this wicked world for
proper mod/inv design ratios?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=265452518-19082011>Was I such a fool to rely in the sources I mentioned?
Would it have been wise to size to say, 75%? Would I have avoided most of my
inverter failures if I had?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=265452518-19082011></SPAN></FONT> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT size=2
face=Arial>Mark Frye</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT size=2
face=Arial>Berkeley Solar Electric Systems</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org
[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>jay
peltz<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 19, 2011 11:23 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
RE-wrenches<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [RE-wrenches] Out of Warranty Inverter
Replacements<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Hi Mark,
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<DIV>I dont' have the SMA white paper. </DIV>
<DIV>However I wonder if the "optimal" is for array to inverter sizing (
ie rare clipping ) but not necessarily for inverter reliability? </DIV>
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<DIV>jay</DIV>
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<DIV>peltz power</DIV></BODY></HTML>