[RE-wrenches] Sol-Ark grid tie question

[Jerry Shafer]

Jason
The programming is different with a battery vs no battery so if he is
removing the battery this may create an issue, I have not tried myself to
disconnect a battery once in place
Jerry

On Fri, Apr 1, 2022 at 11:52 AM Jason Szumlanski via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

> Fantastic. Thanks!
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> As a follow up, he's considering connecting a battery bank with an
> Anderson connector. This is not the golf cart scenario I mentioned in
> another thread, but he wants to be able to wheel away his battery into
> storage. Don't ask me why... I can't figure it out myself. Do you see any
> issues with this? I guess the question I have is what happens when the
> battery is connected and he's on grid and he decides to disconnect the
> battery? I'm guessing nothing, but I could be wrong. Will he need to change
> the settings back to grid-tie only?
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> Jason
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> On Fri, Apr 1, 2022 at 2:29 PM Nick A Lucchese via RE-wrenches <
> re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
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>> Jason, this will work just fine. I’ve not fully embraced a transition to
>> their products for my clients yet but had one recently where the customer
>> insisted on this for their project and I was in the exact scenario while we
>> waited for the battery to arrive. No external bypass required for this
>> reason. However it does not work without a minor setting activation and
>> even then there was a 10-20 second delay before the relay is closed and the
>> utility will pass through.
>>
>> Nick
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>> > On Apr 1, 2022, at 9:29 AM, Jason Szumlanski via RE-wrenches <
>> re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > If you set up the inverter in a straight grid tie mode, does it still
>> pass power through to the load terminals when on grid?
>> >
>> > I ask this, because a client wants us to connect it with a backup load
>> panel but no battery right now. He wants to add the battery later.
>> >
>> > My other thought is to install a bypass switch to pass grid power
>> directly to the subpanel, which would act as a service bypass for the
>> future anyway.
>> >
>> > Jason Szumlanski
>> > Florida Solar Design Group
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