[RE-wrenches] Microgrid... Outback or SMA or other?

Wed Sep 9 13:37:36 EDT 2020

What do you see, Dave? We have 6 12 kW and two 8 kW installed so far in
the Bahamas and two here in Maine, all with Fortress batteries, and I
cannot be more pleased. I do wish they had a remote monitor panel for
easier at home monitoring and I guess I would rather they had their own
monitoring system instead of Powerview, but compared to others I am
thrilled at the ease of installation and programming, zero service calls
and wireless connectivity for monitoring over the internet.

Thanks,
Daryl

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> On Wed, 9 Sep 2020 15:32:51 +0000, Kienan Maxfield
> wrote:     Thank you all so much for the suggestions!! I hadn't thought of
> SolArk, but I'll have to include that in my proposals. It sounds like
> they've really gathered quite a following.   Thanks, Kienan
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>  FROM: RE-wrenches  on behalf of Jay
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> Tuesday, September 8, 2020 8:50 PM
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> [RE-wrenches] Microgrid... Outback or SMA or other?     Hi Joe   A
> correction   Both the 8 and 12kw are 9 kw inverters In off grid mode
> according to the specs.    For grid selling the 12kw is 12 kw.    Jay
> Peltz
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>  On Sep 8, 2020, at 7:45 PM, MiJo Nels  wrote:
>      we've found
> SolArk to be SOLID!! .. And yes 8 inv yield about 96kW, with a TON of
> surge
> capabilities..
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>  FROM: RE-wrenches  on
> behalf of pgiroux at mindspring.com
>  SENT: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 1:24:03
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> SMA or other?
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> I also suggest the Sol-Ark 12's. Extremely efficient,
> simple to program, does a wonderful job in either ac coupling, stand alone
> or pure off grid and terrific customer support.
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> Peter Giroux
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> FROM: RE-wrenches  ON BEHALF OF Bryan Norkunas
>  SENT: Tuesday, September
> 8, 2020 1:50 PM
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>  SUBJECT: Re: [RE-wrenches]
> Microgrid... Outback or SMA or other?
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> Sol-Arks would be possible, you
> can link 8 inverters.
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> BRYAN
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> FROM: RE-wrenches
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> Schaefer
>  SENT: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 10:40 AM
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> SUBJECT: Re: [RE-wrenches] Microgrid... Outback or SMA or other?
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> I'd
> suggest giving the crew at Sol-Ark a quick call @ 972-575-8875 with their
> 12kw unit. Not sure what their max number of inverters are.
>
> Christopher
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> On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 1:14 PM Kienan Maxfield  wrote:
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> Hey all,
> I'm designing a microgrid sized off-grid system for somebody, and I'm just
> wondering if anyone knows of any issues with the following designs...
>
>
> The client says he needs 70 kW. His load data looks pretty solid, so I'm
> sticking to using that number as a minimum, at least during the initial
> proposal stage. I only know of two possible equipment options for this
> size
> range...
>
>  	* I think I can use up to 10 Outback Radians, for up to an
> 80 kW system. Are there any bugs or problems with using this many
> inverters
> on one hub? I know I've read about issues with selling to the grid, but
> that's not an issue, this is off-grid.
>  	* I know that the SMA cluster box
> with sunny islands can allow for up to a 72 kW system. Do you know of any
> bugs or problems with this system?
>
> Are there any other options that anyone
> would suggest? Schneider's website says they can only do up to 61 kW, and
> Victron can only do up to 60 kW.
>
> I know that the Outback system would
> yield a 240/120 Split-Phase system and that the SMA would yield a 208/120
> 3Ø system, but this doesn't really matter either way for this job.
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>
> Thanks so much,
>
> Kienan
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