<div dir="auto">Bill <div dir="auto">You do need to verify that you also have No current, l see this quite a few times where modules have failed just to find a shorted inverter or damaged conduit where one wire overheats cause unknown and the cascade is they all melt together and it's such a great short that voltage is near zero.</div><div dir="auto">Just a thought with fun times </div><div dir="auto">Jerry</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, May 22, 2023, 12:25 PM Bill Battagin via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>I went back to this array, removed all J-box covers and tested
for Voc. The majority of the PVs were ~ 9.5Voc, about 5 were ~19
Voc, 3 were 0 (that's zero) Voc . The diodes are in an
encapsulant. The label says Voc = 22V. Another array of
Mitsubishi panels takes a dive.</p>
<p> Anybody have contact info for them or recent
experience with their warranty?</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Bill</p>
<p>Feather River Solar Electric<br>
Bill Battagin, Owner<br>
4291 Nelson St.(shipping)<br>
5575 Genesee Rd. (USPS, UPS)<br>
Taylorsville, CA 95983<br>
530.284.1925 Office/ 530.258.1641 Cell<br>
CA Lic 874049<br>
Solar powered since 1982</p>
<div>On 5/17/2023 10:25 PM, Darryl Thayer
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif;font-size:large">Was the inverter connected at the
time of testing? If so I suspect the inverter is loading the
solar array below Vmp</div>
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11:23 PM frenergy via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Wrenches,<br>
<br>
I've got a call from a customer that said their
(my <br>
install) 17 year old GT system went dead. Basic stats: 23,
Mitsubishi <br>
PVMF120EC3, label says V mpp= 17.6V and Voc = 22 V;
top-of-pole; SMA <br>
SB3800U. Its one string of 23 PVs. Full sun, 75 degrees
ambient during <br>
testing. When I checked DC voltage at the inverter landings I
got ~23-29 <br>
volts (fluctuating) same at the input side of the DC switch.
These <br>
panels have the old gasketted 4-screw covered J-boxes and
screw <br>
terminals inside, I removed the covers from three panels and
got 9.5 <br>
volts at the each of the panels' screw terminals, all the
wiring <br>
outside the boxes checks out.<br>
<br>
The system had been functioning normally 3 weeks
prior. I <br>
could check voltage at more panels I guess. Ideas?<br>
<br>
Bill<br>
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Feather River Solar Electric<br>
Bill Battagin, Owner<br>
4291 Nelson St.(shipping)<br>
5575 Genesee Rd. (USPS, UPS)<br>
Taylorsville, CA 95983<br>
530.284.1925 Office/ 530.258.1641 Cell<br>
CA Lic 874049<br>
Solar powered since 1982<br>
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