Re: [RE-wrenches] IQ8 "line noise" issues?

2022-10-27 Thread Dan Fink via RE-wrenches
Ferrite beads, cores and rings are NOT all the same. The RFI frequency ranges they can suppress differ depending on the "mix" of powders used in their manufacture. I carry a variety of them in my truck, some of each type (ring, snap on core) and of Mix 31, 65 and 75. And a big cheap pack from

Re: [RE-wrenches] IQ8 "line noise" issues?

2022-10-27 Thread Sam Haraldson via RE-wrenches
> ...A cheap solution that we have had some success > with is to put ferrite core snap together chokes around L1 and L2 PV Lars, If your company installs SMA Core1 inverters you'll find these ferrite chokes inside every box of them in the bag with the amphenol connectors and other miscellaneous

Re: [RE-wrenches] IQ8 "line noise" issues?

2022-10-27 Thread Jason Lord via RE-wrenches
Hi Lars, It is likely that the IQ8 micro's are more subject to line noise then previous models. We've had line noise and comm's issues in the past with IQ 7's as well. A cheap solution that we have had some success with is to put ferrite core snap together chokes around L1 and L2 PV input

[RE-wrenches] IQ8 "line noise" issues?

2022-10-27 Thread Lars Ortegren via RE-wrenches
Seemingly out of the blue we've had a number of installs (all IQ8) that are having Line Noise issues preventing the MIs from communicating from the Envoy. In both of our recent installs they are not in neighborhoods that have a number of systems, and the issue is not finding too many, but finding