<div dir="auto">Of the ten or so I've put in, only one failure so far, and Schneider was QUICK to replace it with little question (leaving me with a faint impression there was an issue they identified, but didn't want to fess up to) otherwise, I am quite pleased with the large voltage window.<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Joe Nelson<br>C-46/C-10 #1004568<br>Project Manager S.E.G.<br><a href="http://www.sustainableenergygroup.com">www.sustainableenergygroup.com</a></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 18, 2018 21:11, "jay" <<a href="mailto:jay.peltz@gmail.com">jay.peltz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">HI All,<br>
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I\u201dm curious how you are all dealing with the arc fault requirement for CC\u2019s?<br>
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thx<br>
jay<br>
<br>
peltz power<br>
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> On Jan 18, 2018, at 2:58 PM, Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar <<a href="mailto:offgridsolar@sti.net">offgridsolar@sti.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Yep same here the ubiquitous CH361 and a midnite SPD and a Delta. I very<br>
> rarely need more than 2 strings so fuses and not used. I would never want<br>
> 600v floating around in any enclosure with other electrical code or not! I<br>
> know grid -tie does this all the time but not for offgrid. IMHO.<br>
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> There are a few other choices I have had to use I can dig up if needed. PM<br>
> me.<br>
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>> Hi Howie,<br>
>><br>
>> I have installed about 10 of these and all have worked well, longest<br>
>> operating unit about 3 years old. My only complaint is the 600V input<br>
>> breakers are not really thought through, as my understanding is code does<br>
>> not permit 600VDC within the PDP, Midnite, etc enclosure. So we use a<br>
>> SquareD CH361 external fused disconnect and keep all the 600V wiring<br>
>> external to the PDP. Curious how others approach that.<br>
>><br>
>> Kevin Pegg<br>
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>> From: RE-wrenches [mailto:<a href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches-bounces@<wbr>lists.re-wrenches.org</a>] On<br>
>> Behalf Of Howie Michaelson<br>
>> Sent: January-18-18 8:35 AM<br>
>> To: RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches@lists.re-<wbr>wrenches.org</a>><br>
>> Subject: [RE-wrenches] Schneider 600volt Charge Controller<br>
>><br>
>> Hi All,<br>
>> Anyone have feedback/review of the 600 volt Schneider Charge Controller<br>
>> that they'd care to share? I have an existing Conext XW+ off-grid system<br>
>> with combox communication setup which currently has about 1.5 kW of solar<br>
>> feeding through 2 MX60s (no hub). We'll be adding about 5kW (on a TPM<br>
>> about 150' away) and I'm trying to decide if overall it would be better to<br>
>> use the Schneider 600v (which I haven't used before, although I have<br>
>> serviced the 150v XW with no real complaints). Typically I would use a<br>
>> Classic200, but given the ability to integrate with the XW6848 and<br>
>> communicate through the Combox for more offsite visibility, I'm<br>
>> considering the Schneider, but only if it's not going to provide me with<br>
>> the benefit of added service calls.<br>
>> TIA!<br>
>> Howie<br>
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