[RE-wrenches] Microgrid... Outback or SMA or other?
Mark Frye
markf at berkeleysolar.com
Wed Sep 9 21:49:58 EDT 2020
The most important thing here is that no one is standing up to sing the
praises of either SMA or Outback.
I myself have sent about 2 hours on hold over 2 days trying to get an
issue addressed by SMA.
Re: Sol-Arc I would pay a lot extra or take some not so good aspect in
exchange for good technical support.
On 9/9/2020 1:12 PM, Jason Szumlanski wrote:
> Any tips on combining AC output from these units when stacking several
> of them? What bus/OCPD system are you using? Same question for
> generator/grid input.
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> The solar MPPT inputs appear to be dead simple.
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> Jason Szumlanski
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> On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 10:45 PM MiJo Nels <spaceshipnelson1 at gmail.com
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> we've found SolArk to be SOLID!! .. And yes 8 inv yield about
> 96kW, with a TON of surge capabilities..
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> Joe Nelson
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> <mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org>> on behalf of
> pgiroux at mindspring.com <mailto:pgiroux at mindspring.com>
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> *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] Microgrid... Outback or 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 <re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org
> <mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org>> *On Behalf Of
> *Bryan Norkunas
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 8, 2020 1:50 PM
> *To:* 'RE-wrenches' <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org
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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
> [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] *On Behalf Of
> *Chris Schaefer
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 8, 2020 10:40 AM
> *To:* RE-wrenches
> *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.
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> Christopher
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> On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 1:14 PM Kienan Maxfield
> <maxfieldsolar at hotmail.com <mailto:maxfieldsolar at hotmail.com>> 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...
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> 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...
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> 1. 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.
> 2. 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?
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> 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.
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> 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,
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> Kienan
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