Hello, first time poster here.
I am in the early stages of my ground based build. The system will consist of 32 Adani Bifacial 365w panels, Enphase micro converters and Enphase combiner box with IQ envoy. I am working with a local distributer who has limited knowledge of the Enphase units. I am located in Vermont where there are minimal hoops that need to be jumped through regarding permitting.
No problems with the mechanical racking, but I am starting to realize how little I know about the actual interconnection of the Enphase inverters. After spending a number of hours watching Enphase training videos, here is what I have come up with.
I will need at least three branch circuits to handle the 32 inverters. Each of these branches can be feed into the Combiner/Envoy. Using center taps in the branches it should look something like this. The array is 2x16P.
The combiner box is weatherproof and so initial thought was to hang it off the superstructure. But the array is maybe 150 feet from my house and doubt it will have sufficient WIFI to connect to the internet.
Options that I can find;
1) Use a Q Aggregator to combine the branches and then run a homerun to the Combiner which I would locate in the garage.
2) Run three 20A Homerun branch circuits all the way to the garage.
3) Leave the combiner/envoy on the array and add an Enphase power line carrier pair to get the data to the router
Any and all comments welcome. I am enjoying getting a peak into this world and I am so happy I came across this forum. It's great to find so much knowledge and experience in one place. -Thanks Mark
I am in the early stages of my ground based build. The system will consist of 32 Adani Bifacial 365w panels, Enphase micro converters and Enphase combiner box with IQ envoy. I am working with a local distributer who has limited knowledge of the Enphase units. I am located in Vermont where there are minimal hoops that need to be jumped through regarding permitting.
No problems with the mechanical racking, but I am starting to realize how little I know about the actual interconnection of the Enphase inverters. After spending a number of hours watching Enphase training videos, here is what I have come up with.
I will need at least three branch circuits to handle the 32 inverters. Each of these branches can be feed into the Combiner/Envoy. Using center taps in the branches it should look something like this. The array is 2x16P.
The combiner box is weatherproof and so initial thought was to hang it off the superstructure. But the array is maybe 150 feet from my house and doubt it will have sufficient WIFI to connect to the internet.
Options that I can find;
1) Use a Q Aggregator to combine the branches and then run a homerun to the Combiner which I would locate in the garage.
2) Run three 20A Homerun branch circuits all the way to the garage.
3) Leave the combiner/envoy on the array and add an Enphase power line carrier pair to get the data to the router
Any and all comments welcome. I am enjoying getting a peak into this world and I am so happy I came across this forum. It's great to find so much knowledge and experience in one place. -Thanks Mark