<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Caution!!! if you parallel the imput of both the inverter and terh charge controller one or the other will be destroyed. ASk BoB if you parallel on teh input either charge controllers or inverters one or the other dies. or both. </span></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="hr" contentEditable="false" readonly="true"></div><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> "Larry Crutcher, Starlight Solar Power Systems" <larry@starlightsolar.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> RE-wrenches
<re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, November 8, 2011 9:18 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [RE-wrenches] High Voltage MPPT units<br></font><br>
Dick,<br>I had that thought as well but it leaves open the possibility of paralleling the grid inverter and charge controller. What effect that will have is yet to be explored.<br><br>This idea originated for my personal residence in Yuma which has 4400 watts of PV. We leave that home for several months in the summer but want to protect our frozen foods from power outage after having lost big $$ in ruined food. So I could employ the double disconnect if the AHJ will accept it but I have high reservations in selling that method to others.<br><br>Larry Crutcher<br>Starlight Solar Power Systems<br><br>On Nov 8, 2011, at 5:34 AM, Richard L Ratico wrote:<br><br>> I may be missing something here...... but, for a manual switching solution, why<br>> not use two standard 600V DC discos. Put the PV to the top of both, load side of<br>> one goes to the battery inverter, load side of the other to the grid tied<br>> inverter. Turn one off, turn the other
one on. Not as elegant as a transfer<br>> switch, maybe more expensive, but seems dirt simple and available now.<br>> <br>> Dick Ratico<br>> Solarwind Electric<br>> <br>> <br>> --- You wrote:<br>> Could you use the old Dankoff trick of running through 2 poles in series of a<br>> 300 v rated switch? That used to be approved, before we had all these 600 v<br>> rated equipment.<br>> <br>> R. Walters<br>> <a href="mailto:ray@solarray.com" ymailto="mailto:ray@solarray.com">ray@solarray.com</a><br>> Solar Engineer<br>> <br>> <br>> On Nov 7, 2011, at 1:16 PM, Larry Crutcher, Starlight Solar Power Systems wrote:<br>> <br>>> Ray,<br>>> Yes, the idea was for a low cost way to add battery backup to existing high<br>> voltage PV grid tie systems, not new construction.<br>>> <br>>> The second inverter does not need to be able to sell since that is handled by<br>> the grid tie
inverter. It simple passes grid power to loads and maintains the<br>> battery. That means any off-grid inverter/charger or even low cost separate<br>> inverters and chargers may be used, a very economical solution. However, the<br>> idea may be of no value because it appears no one makes a transfer switch.<br>>> <br>>> Larry Crutcher<br>>> Starlight Solar Power Systems<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>List sponsored by Home Power magazine<br><br>List Address: <a href="mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" ymailto="mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a><br><br>Options & settings:<br>http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org<br><br>List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org<br><br>List rules & etiquette:<br><a href="http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm"
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