<div dir="ltr">Karl,<div><br></div><div>I'm taking a guess here but are you doing a supply side connection? What is the ratings of the devices in the main disconnect grouping?</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>
-N</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 3:28 PM, Karl Jaeger <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kjaeger@lightwavesolar.com" target="_blank">kjaeger@lightwavesolar.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">The only explanation the electrical distributor provided is seen below. They are really skirting a thorough explanation…<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">The distributor engineer does not view the inverters as a negative load, and states they will exceed the 500A fault current limit the site is designed for.<u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Karl</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<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""> <a href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 27, 2014 2:03 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] Fault Current<u></u><u></u></div></div><p></p><div><div class="h5">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">We are about as rural as we can get here…. farm land. Very good document, nonetheless.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Karl</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Karl, you're interconnecting into a spot/area network, right? It's a real concern; some solutions and background on the issue here:<br>
<a href="http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy09osti/45061.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy09osti/45061.pdf</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">We’ve recently run into an issue with a local distributor citing network fault current on a split-phase service as a reason to prevent interconnection
of our customer’s solar array. They’ve given us the options of reducing our system size from 36.5kW-DC to 15kW-DC, or having the customer upgrade to 3-phase at a soft price of $20-30K. We’re looking at 32kW of inverters on a 167kVA transformer.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Does anyone have experience on circumventing the issue of network fault current? Any experience with Fault Current Limiters?</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Much appreciated,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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