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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>My challenge is determining the correct 480V configuration so I can use a 3-phase Solar Edge 10000 for a 12KW commercial system. The SE10K requires a 480V Wye configuration.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The main 480 panel looks straightforward. L1, L2, L3 come from below grade to three separate busbars in the panel. A 4<sup>th</sup> wire, not taped white, goes to what appears to be a ground bar at the lower right of the panel. Green and green-taped wires come from this bar. I do not see any physical connections between the L1, L2, L3 bus bars and the ground bar in the lower right, other than the box itself as the ground bar appears to be bonded to the main box itself.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Voltage measurements depicts 480V at line to line, and 277 Volts from each line to the ground (neutral?).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The overhead service at the road depicts 4 wires into the service head. The three from the three each transformers at the pole are taped traditional 3-phase colors. The bare wire from the pole to the service head is bare wire, but is taped white as it goes into the service head with an insulated conductor (wire). There is no apparent ground wire at the pole or inside the building that I can see but the service is underground and under concrete until it comes up inside the facility at the 480 panel board.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My master electrician is researching to determine the type but I wanted to post it here for comments, too.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My questions:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Is it possible to have an ungrounded Wye where the “4<sup>th</sup> wire” actually is a neutral to the lower right bus bar, and the wires leaving that bar are in fact ground wires?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>The SE10K calls for a neutral wire in a Wye config. If this 4<sup>th</sup> wire is a neutral, and is bonded to ground, can I run a wire from this to the inverter neutral, then another wire from this same bar t0 other ground wire location in the SE10K (right beside the neutral).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Is the white taped wire (the bare wire from the pole, then insulated and taped white into the service head) a neutral or is that ground.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Can anything other than a 480 Wye give the 480/277 voltages indicated above?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>If the 4<sup>th</sup> wire is a neutral (I certainly hope it is), where might I find the ground electrode conductor (the building is relatively new, less than 10 years I believe.). FYI, the building is metal.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I look forward to your comments<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Howard “Scot” Arey<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>254-300-1228<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:scot.arey@solarcentex.com">scot.arey@solarcentex.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=209 height=205 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D0189F.230DAD70" alt="logo from letterhead"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>