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MIN 6000TL-X in Standby

BrianLee

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I bought the Growatt MIN 6000TL-X grid tied inverter and have it all hooked up, but it just sits in Standby mode. I don't have a Smart Meter or CTs connected to the inverter because I thought I needed those if I wanted to control the export function, but now I'm wondering if I need them even though I just want to do a straight AC dump to the grid.
Does anyone have any experience with this?
Thanks
 
Yes. I have 16 panels (with RSD units), going to my Growatt MIN 6000TL-X. (Underpowered. I don't produce 6kW. I may add more panels later if I need them.) If hooked up correctly, when you turn on the Inverter the panel should come on and display No AC and go into standby if you are not connected to the grid but you should see the expected voltage for each string. If you are in standby mode and you see something close to the expected input then your input is hooked up correctly.
The output goes across the 240V Main. I used an RMA device for service side connection. If you are connected load side you need to go across the 240 V, which normally means 2 breakers to get both sides of the panel, just like your two breakers connected to the mains. (Your panel splits the 240V into two 120V parts. Looking at the unpopulated panel it is literally split in two. That's what split and single phase means in the US.) You should output properly when your service provider gives the go-ahead to connect to the grid and you turn it on. You should not need anything else. You don't really need the wifi datalogger, but it is nice. (The wifi datalogger and shine phone app work great, but you need to make sure it points to the US server if you are in the US.) If it's just sitting there in Standby on a nice sunny day, and you can see the input is correct, then you probably have the output hooked up incorrectly.
My service has a big red wire, a big black wire, and a big green wire coming in that measures about 240 V across the red and black wires. The output from the Growatt has a plug with L1, N, and Gnd. L1 to Red, N to Black, Gnd to Green. When the Growatt senses the 240V, it starts to come out of Standby and turn itself on the rest of the way to operate properly. The panel will show it is outputting as expected, depending on the voltage and current the panels can produce.
 
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Yes. I have 16 panels (with RSD units), going to my Growatt MIN 6000TL-X. (Underpowered. I don't produce 6kW. I may add more panels later if I need them.) If hooked up correctly, when you turn on the Inverter the panel should come on and display No AC and go into standby if you are not connected to the grid but you should see the expected voltage for each string. If you are in standby mode and you see the correct input then you must be hooked up correctly.
The output goes across the 240V Main. I used an RMA device for service side connection. If you are connected load side you need to go across the 240 V, which normally means 2 breakers to get both sides of the panel, just like your two breakers connected to the mains. (Your panel splits the 240V into two 120V parts. Looking at the unpopulated panel it is literally split in two. That's what split and single phase means in the US.) You should output properly when your service provider gives the go-ahead to connect to the grid and you turn it on. You should not need anything else. You don't really need the wifi datalogger, but it is nice. (The wifi datalogger and shine phone app work great, but you need to make sure it points to the US server if you are in the US.) If it's just sitting there in Standby on a nice sunny day, and you can see the input is correct, then you probably have the output hooked up incorrectly.
My service has a big red wire, a big black wire, and a big green wire coming in that measures about 240 V across the red and black wires. The output from the Growatt has a plug with L1, N, and Gnd. L1 to Red, N to Black, Gnd to Green. When the Growatt senses the 240V, it starts to come out of Standby and turn itself on the rest of the way to operate properly. The panel will show it is outputting as expected, depending on the voltage and current the panels can produce.
Can you please tell me the behaviour of this inverter during cloudy/foggy days? How fast does it start production in the morning? Does it start production at 1 ... 5 watts like other good on grid inverters? Thank you!
 
The manual states it requires a starting voltage of 100v, it does not mention starting watts. Later in the manual it says it will start when input reaches 70 v, but it needs current too, so it won't put anything out if irradiance current is too low. on a very cloudy/rainy day I get over 100 v at sunrise but don't get output right away. Today is such a day. I have two strings, sunrise was 6:50, and the monitor shows voltage over 100 v on both screens at 7:00 but no output until 7:16.
At 8:03, in the rain, I have:
pv1 = 227.9V, 0.3A, 93.6W
pv2 =265.2V, 0.3A, 125.6W
AC out = 238.5V, 0.8A, 215.8W

at 8:30 the output is now up to 660.3w Much lower than a sunny day, but still giving output. it will rise higher at peak irradiance.
 
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Thank you very much. I ordered one, I will see soon how much output I get from a 340vdc 2300Wp string during a cloudy day
 
Thank you very much. I ordered one, I will see soon how much output I get from a 340vdc 2300Wp string during a cloudy day
I am underpowered. I get maybe 80% of my theoretical output, probably due to my angle to the sun. (I don't have my panels mounted optimally because of the way my house faces.) I would like to add more panels to my system so that the actual output from the panels gets clipped at maximum radiance, and will produce something more than the measly amount I get on cloudy days. That is to say, if I added enough panels so the actual output of the strings was about 7 or 8 kW on a sunny day, and 4 kW on a cloudy day, I would get 6kW on a sunny day due to clipping, but still get 4kW on the cloudy day. At least, that would be my goal, if I can do it.
 
Hi,

We have Growatt MIN5000TL-X inverter and it is giving very high voltage output over 255-260V. When we raised the issue, the inverter team said it is due to high grid voltage but we isolated and checked that grid voltage is well within 225-230V. Then inverter team said Neutral-Earth to earth might be causing the issue and it reads around 15-19V.

Can high N-E volt cause inverter output to be over 255V?
 

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