AC coupled off grid? Sounds like a good time to go DC coupled.
Ray Walters
Remote Solar
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On 1/9/22 3:31 PM, Carl Adams wrote:
Mac,
SMA tech support told me this usually indicates a failing transformer
so as Marco suggests, the patient does not have long to live. I've
seen a
Mac,
SMA tech support told me this usually indicates a failing transformer so as
Marco suggests, the patient does not have long to live. I've seen a couple
of these at 10+ years of service on the inverter.
Was kind of regards
Carl Adams
SunRock Solar
On Sun, Jan 9, 2022, 12:50 PM Mac Lewis
I was troubleshooting a site on Friday with the same Imax error on the same
SB8000 inverter. Took the cover off and found a cracked capacitor.
Inverter was manufactured 12/2021 and SMA is telling me it’s out of warranty
(by a week). I’m
trying to appeal to their humanity.
Good luck!
Hey Mac,
It’s been my experience over the years that the Imax failure is fatal.
marco
On Sunday, January 9, 2022, Mac Lewis wrote:
> Hello Wrenches,
>
> I've got a customer that has an issue with their ~10 yr old SB8000US
> connected to a quad stack of Sunny Island system that's off-grid.
>
>
Hello Wrenches,
I've got a customer that has an issue with their ~10 yr old SB8000US
connected to a quad stack of Sunny Island system that's off-grid.
It looks like it's on and off, trying to make power but seems to think
there is a problem on the AC side. Do you have any advice as to what may
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