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<div style="font-size: 10pt;"><div dir="auto">Fronius.</div><div dir="auto">Solis</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><div dir="auto" font-size:9pt;"="">-Glenn</div><div dir="auto" font-size:9pt;"="">Sent from my 'smart'phone, so please excuse typos and spelling errors.</div></div></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><div id="LGEmailHeader" dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">------ Original message------</div><div dir="auto"><b>From: </b>William Miller via RE-wrenches<re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org></re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org></div><div dir="auto"><b>Date: </b>Thu, Feb 22, 2024 6:56 PM</div><div dir="auto"><b>To: </b>RE-wrenches;</div><div dir="auto"><b>Cc: </b>William Miller;</div><div dir="auto"><b>Subject:</b>[RE-wrenches] Non-battery string inverter options?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><div dir="auto"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Friends:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Now that RSS is required on almost every installation, I am having trouble finding a plain old, non-battery, non-MLPE string inverter. This is for a ground mount with the inverter mounted to the rack-- the only scenario I can imagine that does not require RSS. I don\u2019t need or want battery capability, now or in the future. The project does not have shading issues and the inverter will be mounted on the array, so no version of MLPE is needed.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">My usual go-to would be the legacy SMA Sunny Boy series. I can\u2019t dine one for sale and I am getting the impression these are no longer available.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">What might you recommend for this new installation?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">This brings up the question: Of all the Sunny Boy installations I have out there, the next time one fails, what am I going to replace it with? </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">The new Sunny Boy Smarty-Pants series is not yet shipping, it is very expensive and to replace a grid-connected inverter I don\u2019t need battery capabilities.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">I can\u2019t use Solar Edge because I won\u2019t want to unwire a complete array and add optimizers.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">I am not that taken with Sol-Ark, not only because it includes the word Arc in its name. I don\u2019t need the battery capabilities, AC load center or any of the other complexities.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Any advice is appreciated.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">William</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Miller Solar</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">17395 Oak Road, Atascadero, CA 93422</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="tel:805-438-5600">805-438-5600</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.millersolar.com/">www.millersolar.com</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">CA Lic. 773985</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></div></div>
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