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Jay,<br>
<br>
Nope. We are stuck with just what they are offering in the US market -
maximum of 4 units in single phase and 3 in three phase. A bummer for
sure, considering what is possible in the 50 Hz version!<br>
<br>
Matt T<br>
<br>
jay peltz wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid8FF1AB0D-4CEA-4D1D-B299-D2BF9246CA47@asis.com"
type="cite">Hi Dana,
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<div>So is the issue that any 120v 60 hz units are all the US
versions, or do they have 120v 60 hz international versions ( probably
non UL)?</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>My asking is that I've got some large projects in Baja that
could use full feature and larger stacking than the US version.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>thanks,</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>jay</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>peltz power<br>
<div>
<div>On Nov 26, 2008, at 1:32 PM, Dana Brandt wrote:</div>
<br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
<blockquote type="cite">Thanks for the report, Steve. I'm also a huge
fan of the European SI. We need to be careful when we start to compare
operations across the ocean. The US version of the SI is a bit
different from the European version. SMA in Germany decided that the
full-featured SI would be too expensive for the US market, so they sent
us a stripped down, cheaper version. The US version still has some nice
features, but it has some limitations when compared to the
full-featured European version. One of the brilliant aspects of the
full-featured SI is the multi-master operation. I wrote a little bit on
the SI for AC minigrids and the multi-master operation in HP 109 -
Oct/Nov 2005. It's frustrating to me that SMA hasn't UL listed a
full-featured SI for us in the States, but they must figure it doesn't
make financial sense for them.<br>
<br>
Dana<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Dana Brandt<br>
Ecotech Energy Systems, LLC<br>
<a href="http://www.ecotechenergy.com">www.ecotechenergy.com</a><br>
<a href="mailto:dana@ecotechenergy.com">dana@ecotechenergy.com</a><br>
360.510.0433<br>
<br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 10:20 AM, <span
dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Steve@windandsun.co.uk">Steve@windandsun.co.uk</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi Tump,<br>
<br>
Yes, the SI & SB system is all it's cracked up to be!<br>
<br>
I'm not sure what is possible in the US but we've been running a 60kW<br>
Sunny Island system for over a year now which powers the Scottish<br>
Isle of Eigg and uses PV's with Sunny Boys, wind turbines with Windy<br>
Boys, 100kW hydro turbine & back-up diesel generation. Power is<br>
distributed around the island at 3.3kV three-phase using step-up &<br>
step-down transformers. The generation is located at various parts of<br>
the island (as are the houses & loads) with the Sunny
Islands/Battery<br>
Store & back-up diesels roughly in the middle.<br>
<br>
See our website for a full description:<br>
<a href="http://www.windandsun.co.uk/projects_eigg.htm"
target="_blank">http://www.windandsun.co.uk/projects_eigg.htm</a><br>
<br>
The Sunny Island inverters use 'Frequency Shift Power Control' -<br>
variations in island grid frequency to communicate control signals to<br>
the generation sources and to bonus loads. If the batteries cannot<br>
absorb the renewable power being generated onto the network (if they<br>
are full, or the power generated exceeds the inverter/charger<br>
capacity), the Sunny Island inverters raise the system frequency.<br>
Sunny Boy & Windy Boy inverters are set to 'Off-Grid' mode to
respond<br>
to this frequency rise and back off power being fed into the system.<br>
Other renewable generation (eg. hydro turbines) that is able to<br>
respond to this frequency rise to restrict their power output can<br>
also be incorporated in the system.<br>
<br>
The raised frequency can also be used to trigger switching on of<br>
bonus loads when there is surplus renewable energy output.<br>
<br>
The great thing about using this frequency shift for control is that<br>
no communication cabling, special circuits or dedicated switching is<br>
required and distance is no problem.<br>
<br>
The other great thing about using the Sunny Island system is that it<br>
allows use of the Sunny Webbox for remote monitoring. This means<br>
every morning I can check on the internet to see how the system is<br>
performing, view state of charge of batteries, and dial in to change<br>
things if needed. Furthermore, several people can do this at once -<br>
eg. system owners & SMA technical support - so we can all look at<br>
what's been happening and discuss any events. (I'm sure you all know<br>
how useful this can be!)<br>
<br>
As an example the attached Word document shows how the frequency<br>
shift works in practice (Hope it's Ok to send attachments on this<br>
list)<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
Steve Wade<br>
<br>
<br>
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From: "Tump" <<a href="mailto:tump@hughes.net">tump@hughes.net</a>><br>
To: "'RE-wrenches'" <<a
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> Matt, I have long been interested in installing the SMA SI &
SBs but<br>
> I have a VERY tough time selling $9ks worth of inverters, just to<br>
> get things started. In the system below I would not of hesitated in<br>
> installing the SMA SI & SB! I too agree that w/this type of
scenario<br>
> described below, I would have given quite a bit of thought to
using<br>
> the SMAs. Can't beat the battery charging, no charge controllers
&<br>
> expandability.<br>
> Please if there is someone out there that has had experience w/
the<br>
> SMA SI<br>
> & SB let us know if it is all that it is cracked up to be!<br>
> With passport in hand, I offer my help if someone out there has a<br>
> large system like this, that will be using the SI & SB/WB
type of<br>
> set up. TUMP<br>
><br>
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