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Ok. I appreciate everyone's input and your time. I posted another question on a new thread. Thank you

Yeah I think the wind might be a problem with mine. I get some serious wind and cold temps. I even used 8" sch 80 pipe cemented 10 feet in the ground. This is very helpful. Thank you

I dont have the exact plan. But I was planning on a 15kw Sol Ark Invertor. It wont go up til next year. Just have the mini ex there right now and wanted to get the conduit in. .

Thank you guys. 2 Sections of 2" sch 40 conduit. Will do. Would you do aluminum or copper when I run the wire next year?

Yes I was planning on putting one in.

Another dumb question then. XHHW-2 or Photovoltaic PV Wire 2KV UL 4703 for wire?

I really appreciate that. I am trying to avoid them having to turn the power off because the location is so remote. Probably a 6 hour round trip for them.

They are heliene 385w. I did notice adding the max panels drops it on the voltage drop. Problem is I have 2 strings that will not be max amount of panels.

Yes and it can get minus 43 where I'm at.

Hello. I appreciate everyones input on my last question. I have another question. I have a sol-ark 15k which I am connecting to a 400 amp service panel. I have grid power and battery backup. My question is on the sol ark grid diagram (Diagram 1). The one that has the 200 amp fused diagram...

Nice. You got MT solar to do a 16 instead of a 15? What do you mean by like the math better? Thanks

I think I will do the RMC for above ground. The elk tend to walk through there and I could see the pvc getting nibbled on.

So, I've ran my wire and am getting ready to wire up my solar project. I was given some bad advice on wire and just ran the numbers through a calculator. I have ran about 305 ft of #10 wire. It calculates out to about a 4.15% drop in voltage. I can run new #8 wire next year, I just cant do it...

I should elaborate more. Its going to a sol ark 15k invertor tied to the grid and batteries, from solar panels. Voc (V) 344.82 Isc (A) 20.58 Watts (W)5530 It could get down to -40 temps.

Ok. I appreciate your input. I will recheck my disconnects. I did get a permit and will have it inspected.

Ok. Thank you.

I guess where I got confused on the calculator is whether to use the STC or NMOT numbers for the amps, and then I was multiplying by either 7 or 8 for the array. Relooking at the sheet the ISC (a) was 10.18 and IMPP (a) was 9.67. System voltage 1500v.

Hello, I have a mini excavator doing some work currently and while I have it there I am going to dig the trench for conduit for my solar system. My question is what size wire do I need for this? I understand regular electricity, but solar electricity is new to me. System 45- 385W Heliene...

Wow that was fast. Thanks. Here are the specs on the panels. Electrical Data (STC)Peak Rated Power Pmpp (W) 405 400 395 390Maximum Power Voltage Vmpp (V) 41.00 40.70 40.40 40.11Maximum Power Current Impp (A) 9.88 9.83 9.78 9.72Open Circuit Voltage Voc (V) 49.90 49.58 49.26 48.94Short Circuit...