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The NEC rating is based on the temperature rating of the conductor insulation and being installed in close proximity to other heat generating conductors. Different tables apply for open air and some different use cases. It helps to remember that the NEC is part of the NFPA. That is an insurance...

When making up set screw cam-loc connectors on entertainment cables we used to wrap the wire with copper foil.

If that flex conduit is all plastic you will need to replace it with metal conduit or metal flex. Probably cheaper to use EMT from j-box to disconnect and use metal flex between disconnect and AIO. Use grounding bushings on all the box connectors and run the ground wire in every conduit. Or run...

The inspector is not going to tell you how to fix / install anything. Not his job and he and his employer (the AHJ) probably prohibit it as they would them create liability for themselves. NFPA, the publisher of the NEC, is a private standards organization. They only write their best practices...

I have the configuration tool. You cannot adjust the battery voltage calibration with the configuration tool. The configuration tool is for installers to set ac voltage of multi unit systems, 3 phase, etc. There is a calibration tool for field testing/calibration that is not for sale. You...

The slave on my dual XW6848+ system is usually in idle mode until the load on the master is over 3-4 kW. ( I don't watch it closely.)

Many years ago I imported a pallet of product from China to Los Angeles. While everything worked out it was time consuming to deal with. Once the goods were released from the customs warehouse they needed to be picked up immediately or incur storage charges. Only I could not get a release date...

Off grid with two stacked XW6848+. All diy. 6 years with no issues with inverters or system function. I did have a MPPT 60/150 cc fail which schneider replaced under warranty. Also had a firmware update failure (my fault) and brick a unit. Was able to recover from that using the configuration...

Four 1.5T (Mirage and Midea) units in mstr Bdrm, kitchen, living room and garage; two 1T (Midea) in guest bdrms and one 2T (York) in garage. All are 240V inverter heat pump except for the 2T and one 1.5T garage units. We don't run them all at the same time usually 3 or 4 at once during the day...

13kW output from 16kW (STC rating) of panels seems pretty good to me. I'd say that is about maximum output. Does anybody regularly see output that approaches the STC rating for your panels? I usually allow 20-25% of the STC rating for system loss.

No PDP panels. I use standard electrical panels. The two inverter outputs are combined in a small panel with two 50-amp 2P breakers with the buss feeding the (existing) Main Panel. The generator output is also split into two breakers, one for each inverter. This was done to allow an inverter to...

The combox and scp are both discontinued. Insight home is your best choice. Supposedly there will be a replacement scp released soon. The config tool is easier to do setup on but doesn't provide the monitoring ability of the Insight.

You can unbrick with the Conext configuration tool. I believe that the Insight Gateway can also do this with later firmware.

I would be concerned about water intrusion into the box at the panels. And then flowing down thru the "conduit" and into your basement. Always a good practice to have cables exit from the bottom of an outdoor junction box especially when waterproof hardware is not available.

You have it right. 2 parallel strings of 5 panels in series. Only one 10-amp PV breaker needed.

Have you reviewed the cc manual. The scp is mentioned in the manual so I suspect the cc will work with the scp. The inverter doesn't control the cc to my knowledge. The cc takes its operating state from the battery voltage or the battery monitor if you have one.

When the generator sags under load the rpm drops with a resulting decrease in frequency. This causes the XW to drop the generator input if it goes below min qualifying frequency. Generator support is based on current not frequency as the XW always has to match the input frequency and voltage. I...

OP said xw+. Latest Insight firmware should not be installed on the Gateway for a XW+ system according to schneider release notes. I have two racks of jakiper batteries with my schneider system running open loop. Happy with the performance and no issues with the batteries. OP didn't detail...

They're not necessarily required on every installation but can be in some situations over 250 volts. The metal conduit has to be electrically bonded to ground. That won't happen with plastic enclosures (or non approved metal). Easy way is just to loop the ground conductor through a lug on a bushing.

Line voltage dimmers are either forward phase control or reverse phase control. When incandescent lightning was the norm almost all were forward phase control. In this mode the dimmer waits a certain amount of time from the zero crossing point in the sine wave to turn on and turns off again at...

For an industrial system like that I'd be thinking quality over cost. Can you afford to have a power outage during the manufacturing process? Something like multiple schneider conext 6848pros in a 3 phase configuration and stacked to get the required power. AIMS Power also makes some large power...

Most consumer grade jumper cables are thin wire surrounded by thick insulation. This is a great marketing strategy as it makes the cables appear to be heavier wire then they are. It works fine for jump starting a car since the load on the wire is short duration (typically a few seconds if a car...

I've seen this happen with a neighbor. Washer (and its replacement) wouldn't run with an old Trace inverter. Ran fine on generator power. Runs fine now with the new OutBack inverter. We have our Samsung washer connected to an APC Line-R power conditioner. Don't know how much it really helps...

Industrial Metal Supply or any other large metal supply company.

If you're being inspected anything over 600 volt will probably require an EE to draw the plans. You could do a 240V step up to 480 volt and then down to 120/240 on the other end. Benefit being the inverter will only see 240 so no imbalance if using a HF inverter. Drawback is the expense of a 600...

Bought 21 JA 540 panels back in June. Working well for me.

One thing I can't see in your pictures is the ground connection from the panel to ground rod. Looks like plastic (?) flex into the side of an LB. I'd clean that up and make sure it complies with local code and standards. Where I was it was typically required to run the ground conductor in metal...

It pays to shop. I recently bought a bunch of 540W solar panels in Ensenada. $228 each including tax. Same panel in the USA was $343 + tax. I know you can get Schneider in La Paz as a friend in Cabo has ordered. Sorry, don't know who he bought from.

. "The 3 second 2x surge should accommodate timing differences..." The relay doesn't have any surge capacity only its make or break rating of the contacts. "You have to measure and tune XW to load share?" The inverter sees its voltage at its internal terminal. And there can be minor variations...