[RE-wrenches] SMA SB Inverter replacement and RS485 question

[Jerry Shafer]

Wrenches
You may be able to connect the inverter directly to SMA either wifi or hard
line and pipe in the web box data all through the portal
Jerry

On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 10:39 AM Carl Adams <cadams at sunrocksolar.com> wrote:

> Hello Wrenches,
> I have an older system using an SMA SB 5000US-11 (picture attached)
> [image: image.png]
> The inverter has failed and I need to replace it.  I was looking at using
> the SB 5.0-1SP-US-40.  The system as installed has a WebBox and
> environmental sensors (pyronometer, anemometer, ambient and module
> temperature sensors.)
> picture attached.
> [image: image.png]
> Is there an RS485 module which I can use with this replacement inverter
> which would allow the environmental sensors to continue working with the
> replacement inverter.
> Perhaps this unit MD.485-US-40?
>
> With Kind Regards
> Carl Adams, President
> SunRock Solar, LLC
> 513.290.9072 (mobile)
> 513.766.6025 (office)
>
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