You weren't too specific on mounting location options but does it matter that the SI is NEMA1 rated?
Jim Duncan North Texas Renewable Energy Inc www.ntrei.com <http://www.ntrei.com/> NABCEP PV 031310-57 TECL-27398 nt...@1scom.net 817.917.0527 On Aug 23, 2012, at 7:39 AM, Allan Sindelar wrote: Wrenches, We have worked with Outback Radian and Schneider XW once or twice each for grid-tie with backup, and with Sunny Boy/Sunny Island numerous times. The SMA is certainly the most sophisticated equipment, but also the most expensive. For a particular job coming up, the loads are not excessive, and the array will be 8kW. The main hitch is that the array will be located on a barn roof that is about 500' from the BOS and home. I suspect that running high-voltage DC from the array to a Sunny Boy, and then feeding a pair of Sunny Islands makes the most sense. My question is this: does it make any sense to consider running two high-voltage subarrays 500' to two Schneider XW-MPPT-80 600V charge controllers, feeding two XW inverters (in order to handle the full 8kW) in a DC-coupled approach? Is there ever a situation in which this would be a better solution than SMA? Thank you, as always, Allan -- Allan Sindelar <mailto:al...@positiveenergysolar.com> al...@positiveenergysolar.com NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic Installer NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional New Mexico EE98J Journeyman Electrician Founder and Chief Technology Officer Positive Energy, Inc. 3209 Richards Lane (note new address) Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507 505 424-1112 www.positiveenergysolar.com <http://www.positiveenergysolar.com/> _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
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