Barton, Jerry, Ron, and Drake, Thanks for adding your initial insight into this situation. It provided me a few perspectives I hadn't considered right off the bat. There were also questions that some of you posed that I don't have the answers to yet as I haven't visited the site nor spoken with the client. If what I encounter is something I think the group will find interesting (such as Barton's "end of the line scenario") then I'll write up a follow-up message to everyone. If it's just an old inverter that finally broke I'll consider sparing you all the story
Sam Haraldson <s...@onsiteenergyinc.com> Installation & Service Manager <http://www.onsiteenergyinc.com/> | o. (406) 551-6135 <https://www.facebook.com/onsiteenergysolar/> <https://www.instagram.com/onsiteenergyinc/> <https://twitter.com/onsiteenergyinc> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/onsite-energy-inc/> <https://onsiteenergyinc.com/bcorp> On Fri, Dec 9, 2022 at 11:07 AM Sam Haraldson <s...@onsiteenergyinc.com> wrote: > That sounds like an expensive lesson! About six months ago I had really > good luck with NWE verifying a half dozen different transformers all the > way down a long dirt road in the foothills by the Crazies. I stood by my > guns that a wildly fluctuating voltage couldn't be the inverter's fault and > they ended up tracing the issue back to a malfunctioning part in a > substation. > Sam Haraldson <s...@onsiteenergyinc.com> > Installation & Service Manager > <http://www.onsiteenergyinc.com/> > > m. (406) 249-6841 | o. (406) 551-6135 > <https://www.facebook.com/onsiteenergysolar/> > <https://www.instagram.com/onsiteenergyinc/> > <https://twitter.com/onsiteenergyinc> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/onsite-energy-inc/> > > <https://onsiteenergyinc.com/bcorp> > > > On Fri, Dec 9, 2022 at 11:02 AM Barton Churchill <bchurch...@energy-1.net> > wrote: > >> Hi Sam, while the client name sounds vaguely familiar I was not involved >> in the project. The situation I described was known by Sarah, we wound up >> digging up the mains and installing a couple hundred feet of 250 kcmil to >> minimize voltage rise at the inverters. A lesson in wire size I’ve never >> forgotten. Hopefully it’s just the inverter! We installed loads of xantrex, >> at the time they weren’t worse than anything else available but are >> probably ageing out now. Good luck! >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Sam Haraldson <s...@onsiteenergyinc.com> >> *Sent:* Friday, December 9, 2022 10:23:10 AM >> *To:* Barton Churchill <bchurch...@energy-1.net> >> *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] Xantrex AC Fault 186.6v >> >> Barton, >> >> In case you're curious the site in question is an IPS client, Brad Dirckx >> that Conor installed so you may have laid eyes on it at some point too. >> >> Sam Haraldson <s...@onsiteenergyinc.com> >> Installation & Service Manager >> >> <https://us-west-2.protection.sophos.com?d=onsiteenergyinc.com&u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5vbnNpdGVlbmVyZ3lpbmMuY29tLw==&i=NWY3Yjg4NTEwMTMzZWYwZjc4ZDZiZjM0&t=UzF6elpwdGZUUW9NbWNRSEFEaFF1Tmh1UmJtanFOWnl6VGw2UWN6c1NSUT0=&h=5c7994e792024b82a59abcdc0ef648b0&s=AVNPUEhUT0NFTkNSWVBUSVa0vNMj3r9OHsMUefpYxQCWY9UoxJfE39DX2MFxC-GEuQ> >> >> m. (406) 249-6841 | o. (406) 551-6135 >> >> <https://us-west-2.protection.sophos.com?d=facebook.com&u=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZmFjZWJvb2suY29tL29uc2l0ZWVuZXJneXNvbGFyLw==&i=NWY3Yjg4NTEwMTMzZWYwZjc4ZDZiZjM0&t=dk1aNmlpcmpqeWlnNnErbkNuM3pBc0wyenZOUksyTXZYdzJLVGVlU3dHYz0=&h=5c7994e792024b82a59abcdc0ef648b0&s=AVNPUEhUT0NFTkNSWVBUSVa0vNMj3r9OHsMUefpYxQCWY9UoxJfE39DX2MFxC-GEuQ> >> <https://us-west-2.protection.sophos.com?d=instagram.com&u=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5zdGFncmFtLmNvbS9vbnNpdGVlbmVyZ3lpbmMv&i=NWY3Yjg4NTEwMTMzZWYwZjc4ZDZiZjM0&t=b2kwT1JmNERxNDFBcVdub284RFAxSXNBcWhhRTFqeUhhc0ZaanJCVUlGST0=&h=5c7994e792024b82a59abcdc0ef648b0&s=AVNPUEhUT0NFTkNSWVBUSVa0vNMj3r9OHsMUefpYxQCWY9UoxJfE39DX2MFxC-GEuQ> >> <https://us-west-2.protection.sophos.com?d=twitter.com&u=aHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9vbnNpdGVlbmVyZ3lpbmM=&i=NWY3Yjg4NTEwMTMzZWYwZjc4ZDZiZjM0&t=aWp3VElBTmV6M0dFY0JWMzlNelJRM1BwL3JSWkJDakZzeFJnNm8xYnBSST0=&h=5c7994e792024b82a59abcdc0ef648b0&s=AVNPUEhUT0NFTkNSWVBUSVa0vNMj3r9OHsMUefpYxQCWY9UoxJfE39DX2MFxC-GEuQ> >> <https://us-west-2.protection.sophos.com?d=linkedin.com&u=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubGlua2VkaW4uY29tL2NvbXBhbnkvb25zaXRlLWVuZXJneS1pbmMv&i=NWY3Yjg4NTEwMTMzZWYwZjc4ZDZiZjM0&t=WTRwTXNQeDhkSnhoN24rUmZTWTlaVzFjYjhJVllJQ2p2akdBcmNPZ3A3cz0=&h=5c7994e792024b82a59abcdc0ef648b0&s=AVNPUEhUT0NFTkNSWVBUSVa0vNMj3r9OHsMUefpYxQCWY9UoxJfE39DX2MFxC-GEuQ> >> >> >> <https://us-west-2.protection.sophos.com?d=onsiteenergyinc.com&u=aHR0cHM6Ly9vbnNpdGVlbmVyZ3lpbmMuY29tL2Jjb3Jw&i=NWY3Yjg4NTEwMTMzZWYwZjc4ZDZiZjM0&t=WTY2UjBrSzUvVUo0S3Fyb1R2RXk5MUdxelpuY2FDbGJYNGJkNWIvRlQrWT0=&h=5c7994e792024b82a59abcdc0ef648b0&s=AVNPUEhUT0NFTkNSWVBUSVa0vNMj3r9OHsMUefpYxQCWY9UoxJfE39DX2MFxC-GEuQ> >> >> >> >>
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