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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Looking back a lot of years I remember running 24 vdc 150’ with [4] 4/0 THHN cu for an array feeders for about 1.5K of 75 watt PV modules. Just the lay out could have crippled you before lunch.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Perspective and forward progress is a wonderful thing. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>#6 ain’t diddely we would have begged for the opportunity for pulling #6. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Opps the grey hair is sticking out here…………..<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Dana Orzel - Great Solar Works, Inc - E - <b>dana@solarwork.com</b> - V <b>970.626.5253</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>F - 970.626.4140 C - 970.209.4076 web - www.solarwork.com <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>"Responsible Technologies for Responsible People since 1988"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:green'>P </span></i></b><b><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:green'>Please consider the environment before printing this email</span></i></b><b><i><span style='color:#99CC00'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>lars Ortegren<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 16, 2012 1:10 PM<br><b>To:</b> re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [RE-wrenches] Xantrex 600v charge controller<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wrenches,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> I’m wondering if here is anybody out there that has installed any Xantrex 600v charge controllers out there. I looking at a job and thinking about replacing an MX-60 with a 700 foot pipe run to the array wired with #6 thhn!!!! My understanding is that the further away you get from the battery voltage, the greater the efficiency loss is within the unit. Outback gives the curve to show the loss of output at higher voltages, but searching Schneider’s site I can’t find anything close. It’s either going to be this, or tying a grid-tied inverter through the Outback output, but doing that would only get me single stage charging. Has anyone watched these controllers over time? Monitored its output?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i>Lars Ortegren<o:p></o:p></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>D<span style='font-family:"Bodoni MT","serif"'>irector of Operations<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Berlin Sans FB","sans-serif";color:#002060'>California Solar Electric Company<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>10141 Evening Star Drive, Suite 6<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Grass Valley, CA 95945<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.californiasolarco.com/">http://www.californiasolarco.com/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Phone : (530)274-3671<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fax: (530)274-7518<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"'>California C-10 Electical Contractor #779624<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"'>NABCEP Certified PV Installer # 091110-89<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"'>Certified NABCEP Continuing Education Provider<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>