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There is some pressure on NM specifically to postpone adoption of
690.12 until more products are available, so that may help you out.
To my knowledge, micro-inverters don't need to comply with
705.12(D)(6) since there are no suitable products available [90.4].
Equipment does need to be listed, and it does need to provide rapid
shutdown functionality, but it does not need to be "listed for rapid
shutdown" to be code-compliant since that isn't a thing.<br>
<br>
String inverters generally speaking would have to have some method
of "control" within 10' of a rooftop array, like contactor
combiners. I'm interested in seeing what SMA's solution is, since
contactor combiners (as discussed earlier in this thread) aren't
well suited for these multi-MPPT inverters. I guess you can always
add a second contactor but I don't know what listed equipment is
available right now (so... 90.4?).<br>
<br>
DKC<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2014/10/9 12:41, Randy wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hi Wrenches,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">We are being
forced to adopt 690.12 Rapid Shutdown requirement based on
several explanations given to our industry:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="color:#1F497D">otherwise we would be ignoring the
life safety and put our fire fighters lives in peril <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
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style="color:#1F497D">This product can be constructed from
readily available, over-the-counter code compliant
components. T</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">his
(is) to be the intent of CMP4<span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span>when compiling
the NFPA<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>70.</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">We do not want
to act like an industry that appears to be fighting against
safety. And we know there are a few products that are code
compliant, micro-inverters (don’t comply with 705.12 (D) (6)
because there are no products), Solaredge, and Tigo (is it
approved?) yet this is not how we choose products. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">And the SMA SPS
inverter is not going to work in a 690.12 environment
without complications as far as I can see. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Appreciate
comments that might support the right decision.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Randy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org">mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>] <b>On
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 07, 2014 8:33 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> RE-wrenches<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] TL Inverters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The first gen
of TL’s did have a somewhat tight window for the DC window.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">However, the
new SBxxxxTL-US-22 (3kW – 7700kW, with secure power supply)
Start Voltage is 125, MPPT is 175-480 (max of 600Vdc)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Also, for
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> RE-wrenches [<a
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href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org">mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark Byington<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 07, 2014 6:59 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] TL Inverters<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Just a word of
caution to those not having experience with SMA TL inverters
- the larger units (7-11 kW) have an extremely narrow input
DC voltage window. Depending on your module voltage and
string design, all you need is a module or two to be shaded
to fall out of the MPPT input voltage range. The smaller
units (3-5 kW) with the Secure Power Supply don't have this
problem. We no longer use these larger SMA TL inverters
unless we can do maximum string length (e.g. strings of 8
for SunPower 96-cell) and there is zero shade at the site.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I believe SMA
is in the process of adding larger units to the line that
has the Secure Power Supply. They added the 6 kW unit
earlier this year, and just announced the 7 kW unit with
Secure Power Supply.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Mark Byington<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Systems, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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