WHOA! 6xA/C units...but I guess you're in AZ after all. :p And here I am worried about having to place my heat pumps on the "sunny west side" and the potential reduced efficiency.
The shared battery shouldn't be an issue with the paralleled hybrid Inverters because presumably, communications...
Wiring diagrams I just quickly made in PPT as they don't need anything more complex.
As for Skelion, it's kind of necessary in order to (somewhat) accurately predict actual solar power generation. If you don't have space limitations then I suppose you don't need Skelion since you can just add...
Interesting responses on the Sol Ark side.
Re: #2 - I'd expect this would be true of every paralleled system on the market given the inverters are interconnected/communicate with each other.
Re: #3 - It would appear this is true of the LuxPower/EG4 units as well, that is, PV strings can be...
Thanks. Skelion actually uses PVWatts Data/DB so you can indeed, just "skip it" and use the site directly. I happened to use Skelion because I had to model the house anyways (for everyone else to see since they couldn't quite see what I was imagining in my head) and I could quickly layout/try...
Will do re: the generator.
Would the EG4's still be wired as master/slave? Or would I just have each as a master serving 200A each? I ask because I'm fairly certain in the separated config, they can't share battery banks?
Thanks!
Well it would be limited by whatever can be converted by one Inverter if I'm not mistaken. So, although the PV array might theoretically generate 18,000W (which ignoring losses would convert to ~75A at 240VAC) a single 18KPV Inverter itself can only draw and convert ~50A @240VAC right? That...
Hah, it's funny because "I should know that" as an B. Eng. My defense is that I haven't had to do any of that for 20+ years. LOL.
Anyways, this matters toe because I'm artificially capping what I can put back into the grid which of course affects my "Net Zero" balance. That said, the fix...
I forgot to add...I think the 2x18KPV Parallel Diagram on Page 35 (below) is confusing me just a little bit as the combiners have 60A fuses to/from each Inverter. Doesn't that effectively limit the load output to 120A? I understand that each 18KPV can supply 50A when off-grid (maybe that's why...
Hrm, quick question for the experts here/those of you who know far more than I, if the inverter can output 50A, what happens if you have 18kW of solar on an "ideal/lossless" sunny day and one is net metering? Is it having to shed some 25A of power? i.e. there is a "not-insubstantial-portion"...
OK...I made a quick block diagram of how my 400A setup "might" work if I wanted to ensure the full 400A being: a) backfed and b) backed up in an outage.
I think there's probably a way to do this with the 400A first being broken out into 2x200A services, then feeding through to the EG4 but one...
Hi everyone,
Lots of info in the forum here that I've been reading through but I (definitely!) could use some advice. I've basically taken the Energy Advisor report (and yes, I know it is likely very overstated for energy usage) and designed a (multiple) rooftop/garagetop PV array using...
Thanks so much @EG4_Jarrett...and my apologies for my seeming impatience! I did figure that email volume was the issue which is why I posted here in hopes the larger community would have ideas/solutions too! One small suggestion would be to have a confirmation email auto-sent after an online...
Hrm...so parallel 18KPV system with a shared pool of battery power, at least until I start loading up more than 5X PowerPro's which would be quite a while down the line I would think? I think what I can't quite get my head around (some missing "link" somewhere) is if I run parallel where I...
Yes, that's what I am counting on indeed. Split up the strings between the 2xParalleled Inverter.
Re: Primary/Secondary, yes I'm aware. Someone (whether Sol-Ark or EG4 or LuxPower I can't remember) was using Master/Slave terminology so I switched to language in the docs because I had a...