[RE-wrenches] Parts List For AC Couple Disconnect

Mark Frye markf at berkeleysolar.com
Mon Nov 4 09:59:09 EST 2019


Thanks Brad,

I think I am finally getting it.

When on-grid, the grid is providing wave form and transistors in BB are 
available to provide voltage regulation.

When off-grid, the transistors in the BB are required to provided wave 
form and not available to provide regulation.


On 11/4/2019 6:10 AM, Bradley Bassett wrote:
> Mark,
>
> The difference is that when AC coupled the power is coming backwards 
> into the AC out. When it's charging from the grid or generator it is 
> charging from the AC inputs. The inverter can control the charge from 
> the inputs but not what is coming in reverse into the output.
>
> Brad
>
> On Sun, Nov 3, 2019 at 6:10 PM Mark Frye <markf at berkeleysolar.com 
> <mailto:markf at berkeleysolar.com>> wrote:
>
>     OK Jay that makes sense.
>
>     This must mean that there is a significant difference in the
>     function of
>     the BB inverter when it is in off-grid mode vs when it is in grid
>     connected mode.
>
>     On 11/3/2019 5:45 PM, jay wrote:
>     > No, older non frequency shift BB inverters don’t communicate
>     that way.
>     >
>     > They have no communication with a Rule 21 GT inverter.
>     >
>     > The BB, it will just keep charging and charging with any extra
>     energy coming from the GT inverter.  The BB  has no regulation,
>     there is no absorb or float, just charge.
>     >
>     > jay
>     >
>     > peltz power
>     >
>     >> On Nov 3, 2019, at 4:31 PM, Mark Frye <markf at berkeleysolar.com
>     <mailto:markf at berkeleysolar.com>> wrote:
>     >>
>     >> OK, I am hearing this over and over and I just want to confirm
>     that is true even if the BB is older and does not have "NEW
>     Frequency Shifting AC Coupling".
>     >>
>     >> On 11/3/2019 4:26 PM, Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar wrote:
>     >>> The BB inverter will drive the grid inverter off frequency
>     because it is
>     >>> full/floating and the grid tie will stop producing power. This
>     is how AC
>     >>> coupling works but if something goes wrong, like programming
>     gets corrupted
>     >>> by surges or the battery hits an LBCO or HBCO AC power will
>     stop. Or if
>     >>> this is being controlled by Soc and it gets wrong data or
>     there is a
>     >>> network issue, or all of the other things that can happen that
>     I have not
>     >>> thought of.
>     >>>
>     >>> Why do you not want to build a normal DC couples system? I forget
>     >>> fast....Happy Hour!
>     >>>
>     >>> Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar
>     >>> "we go where powerlines don't"
>     >>> http://members.sti.net/offgridsolar/
>     >>> e-mail offgridsolar at sti.net <mailto:offgridsolar at sti.net>
>     >>> text 209 813 0060
>     >>>
>     >>> On Sun, 3 Nov 2019 16:17:39 -0800, Mark Frye
>     <markf at berkeleysolar.com <mailto:markf at berkeleysolar.com>>
>     >>> wrote:
>     >>>> Folks,
>     >>>>
>     >>>> Please allow me to ask another question:
>     >>>>
>     >>>> Suppose I have a bi-direction inverter/charge with no
>     connection to the
>     >>>> grid.
>     >>>>
>     >>>> I have GT inverter ac coupled and producing 2000w. The
>     battery is in
>     >>>> float, and I have 2000w of load connected. All is well.
>     >>>>
>     >>>> Now suppose I remove the loads without disconnecting the GT
>     inverters.
>     >>>>
>     >>>> The word is that something bad happens now. I would like to
>     understand
>     >>>> what that bad thing is.
>     >>>>
>     >>>> I have one explanation that I think says that the GTs will
>     continue to
>     >>>> produce the 2000w, and that energy will go into the batteries
>     in an
>     >>>> unregulated fashion. When does this end, when the batteries
>     blow up? Is
>     >>>> that the consequence of not disconnecting the GT?
>     >>>>
>     >>>> With many thanks in advance for your help in understanding.
>     >>>>
>     >>>> Mark
>     >>>>
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