cool stuff. yeah the need to dump excess energy immediately to that large resistor (i.e space heater) is interesting when dealing with wind generation.
You have any more updates on the ship date? I'm in the same boat with a Sol-Ark 12K mounted, and panels purchased. The installed expected the DC Optimizers to be available by now, but had to stop work...
I got a message back from a sales rep at EcoDirect.com. Now looking at Q3 2024 :(
I'm probably going to have my installer just switch to a simpler RSD-only device to meet the NEC 2020 requirement, as I can't keep waiting
yeah, I would put the panels up without if I was installing, but my installer won't put them up without some RSD device. I get it, its his reputation on the line (required for inspection), and I'd rather not put them up with some other RSD-only device, only to come back later and re-install the...
I also checked with Sol-Ark tech support about the Enteligent NMax Optimizers (which the Sol-Arks are supposed to be based on). He confirmed that they would be compatible with the RSD transmitter in the new Sol-Ark TX boards, but they would not work with the module-level monitoring, as Sol-Ark...
Here is an idea. Assume a Sol-Ark 12K or 15K is already in place with xx kW PV array running. No generator connected to the "GEN" input.
Since the GEN input allows for AC coupling of additional power sources (most typically an existing PV array w/inverter), could this input be used to feed in a...
I have been looking through the Sol-Ark website but haven't found an answer to this question.
Does anyone know if the AC waveform output from the Sol-Ark (8k, 12k, 15k) is a stepped / modified sine wave, or is it a pure sine wave?