Yes, no problem. Lots of commercial installations are 208. Chris Mason Comet Systems Anguilla (264) 235-5670 St. Kitts (869) 662-5670 skype netconcepts
NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer(tm) Renewable Energy Systems professional Generac Generators Factory technician On Feb 9, 2014 4:20 PM, <will...@millersolar.com> wrote: > Friends: > > > > I feel sort of stupid asking this, but it has never come up for me before: > > > > I have inherited an off-grid install gone-wrong. The system is 208 three > phase with Sunny Boys and Sunny Islands on a mini grid. It was designed as > three phase. I presume this was to increase capability with stacked SMA > inverters. > > > > Will the household appliances (small cooktop, booster pump, well pump) run > as well on 208 as 240? > > > > I always do my research before wasting all of your time. The web > delivered a lot of "forums" wherein opinions were expressed, but little > hard data from bona fide professionals. I also did some calculations, see > below. I downloaded a manual from a random electric range and saw it was > specified as 240 or 208. > > > > Watts > > 4000 > > > > > > > > > > Volts > > 240 > > 208 > > Amps > > 16.67 > > 19.23 > > % Difference in amps > > 13.33% > > > > > > I am fairly comfortable that this is not an issue, but would like some > confirmation. Thanks in advance. > > > > William > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change email address & 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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