Trace Worries [RE-wrenches]

[j.lamb at pecorp.com]

I do not know how the well the microsines work attached to a collectors. It
gets hot under there and they give off some heat as well. On one system I
mounted the microsines remotely in the power shed and have a switch that
will disconnect the microsines from the solar collectors and feed the 24
volts to a charge controler to a standby sealed battery pack and a small
sine wave inverter. This is a double system and provides the best of both
worlds, 
1. Interface with the grid to use all power generated. 
2. By using a switch, the system goes to battery solar system for long power
outages. 
 
I keep the wires from the collectors as short as possilble and oversized to
minimize loss.

I notice that the microsines will cause some radio interfence and TV
interference on the lower channels (2-5) Most of the wire is in conduent
some is not. Trace has not got back to me yet on this one. 
Has anybody ran into this problem?

In Chicago Earth Day is going to be held at the New Nature Museum. An
Alternate Energy Fair is to be held in conjunction of Earth Day at or near
the same location. More to follow later.     

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> From: 	Jason Fisher[SMTP:aurora at toad.net]
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> Sent: 	Thursday, March 02, 2000 7:36 PM
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> Subject: 	Trace Worries [RE-wrenches]
> 
> Comrades,
> 
> Anyone have any yeas or nays about the Trace UT-SW inverters?
> I may decide on one for use with some Solarex thin films with Voc=101.
> They tell me I need a VLc40 to cap off the high voltage during open
> circuit.  Anyone have any experience with these?  How is the performance
> of the MPPT on these inverters?  I'm wondering whether Microsines aren't
> a better idea.  How about your thoughts on these, has it proved to be
> reliable to stick inverters under panels on hot roofs??
> 
> Thanks and keep up the healthy chatter!
> --
> Jason Fisher
> 
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