The classic 150 with a 100 amp breaker tripping. Solution was to swap out
the charge controller and breaker. No more problems, sent them both back
to midnite and they both tested fine. New controller and breaker are
working fine. Never did find what was causing the issue just found a
solution.
I’d put my money on the batteries are getting really bad.
The easiest “fix” is to put say 10’ of #6 between the CC and the battery
connection. It will probably keep the surge down to below the CC breaker trip
point.
boB at midnite suggests you actually wire it to the battery and not the main
The thread subject was "Classic 150 100 amp output breaker tripping?” It
was on 10-26-15 from Daniel Tittmann. He never posted the solution but there
are several suggestions.
Larry Crutcher
Starlight Solar Power Systems
On Apr 19, 2016, at 9:04 AM, Kristopher Schmid
Did you check for loose connections?
Kirpal Khalsa
Oregon Solarworks
On Apr 19, 2016 12:15 PM, "Kristopher Schmid"
wrote:
> No recent changes, Jay. System has been installed since 2009.
> 16 Kyocera KD180
> Wattsun tracker
> Xantrex XW4548
> Xantrex XW MPPT60-150
> 24
No recent changes, Jay. System has been installed since 2009.
16 Kyocera KD180
Wattsun tracker
Xantrex XW4548
Xantrex XW MPPT60-150
24 L16s (very tired but surviving)
Could the old batteries cause the CC to pull too much PV current? Even at
1.25 times the Isc of my strings, i should only be
Is this a new or old problem
And any changes ( equipment etc)just before the problem started?
Jay
Peltz power
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> On Apr 19, 2016, at 9:04 AM, Kristopher Schmid wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I recall a thread not so long ago where someone was having an
Hi All,
I recall a thread not so long ago where someone was having an issue with a
system tripping the 60 A PV input breaker. I am unable to find it by
searching the archives. I have a system with the same issue. I tried
replacing the breaker but it did not solve the issue.
Can someone
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