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The deltrol model 375s work well. Send me a request offline and I can send you a spec sheet. </div>
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<div><b>From: </b>Ray Walters</div>
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<div><b>Subject: </b>Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback AC coupling Sunpower?</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Corey;<br>
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Would you mind sharing what relay didn't work, and which ones did, along with inverter output current? Since the relays will be running for hours at inverter rated output, my thinking would be to oversize the relay by at least a factor of three. I might
try Outback's relay/ breaker ( ROCB) if possible. <br>
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Thanks again for sharing,<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">R.Ray Walters
CTO, Solarray, Inc
Nabcep Certified PV Installer,
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On 7/31/2013 12:24 PM, Corey Shalanski wrote:<br>
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<div>We have installed about ten AC coupled Magnum systems over the past year.<br>
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<div class="gmail_extra">Overcharge protection is accomplished by frequency shift, but Magnum recommends an auxiliary form of battery management. The cheapest way to do this is to program the relay driver on the Magnum advanced remote control (ARC) to open/close
a solid state relay at specified battery voltage setpoints - similar to what Kelly mentioned. Unfortunately the "cheapest way" sometimes comes back to haunt us in the form of unanticipated extra costs. We had two customer callbacks indicating their inverter
had mysteriously shut down - site visit revealed a fried relay in each case.. so I would recommend at least investing in a good quality relay if you choose this route.</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">One other thing we have learned is that not all grid interactive inverters are compatible with the Magnum inverters. Specifically Power One Aurora string inverters cannot seem to synchronize in off-grid mode - we have had to switch
out Auroras on two projects because of this. We have had no such synchronization issues with SMA inverters so far.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 Mac Lewis <<a href="mailto:maclewis1@gmail.com">maclewis1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
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Here is a paper on AC coupling the magnum.<br>
<a href="http://www.wholesalesolar.com/pdf.folder/inverter%20pdf%20folder/MagnumACcoupling.pdf" target="_BLANK">http://www.wholesalesolar.com/pdf.folder/inverter%20pdf%20folder/MagnumACcoupling.pdf</a><br>
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The key is to connect the AC input terminals on the Magnum to the main<br>
panel (or a panel closer to the utility feed) and then feed the utility<br>
interactive inverter to a subpanel that is connected to the AC output<br>
terminals on the Magnum. Under normal operation, the Magnum passes the<br>
power through and the utility interactive inverter is connected to the<br>
grid. If the grid goes down, the internal relays isolate the Magnum and<br>
the critical load panel from the grid and the Magnum starts to make a sine<br>
wave that the UI inverter will export power to.<br>
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You have to keep the critical load panel amperage below the pass through<br>
rating on the internal relays on the Magnum, and the grid connected<br>
inverter needs to have a lower output than the Magnum (I think by 10%).<br>
Also, I'm not sure if the diversion controller Magnum has been working on<br>
is out yet or not.<br>
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I've never done this, but I am about to. Any wrenches have experience<br>
doing an AC coupled magnum?<br>
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