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My 9kw (soon to be 16,5kw) solar array with 3 inverters setup to generate 3 phase power

Aridom82

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Hi i am very happy to present my system. Its up and working. Is my first solar project and i am not an electrician so there will be a lot of weird stuff at first look maybe :)
Anyway i want to thank to everybody here because i couldnt have made it without the wonderful information and support on this forum.
Ank me anything you want to know about it.
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Nice clean install looks professional my only concern is no class t fuses and how are those heavy batteries attached to the wall I think I would put a stand under them for safety
 
Thanks! I am thinking changing the battery disconnects, and the blue wire is there because i already had a bunch of 35mm2 and 50mm2 very good wire but blue so i didnt want to spend more just to have it red
 
Nice clean install looks professional my only concern is no class t fuses and how are those heavy batteries attached to the wall I think I would put a stand under them for safety
the battery rack is attached with 6 M8 expansion bolts. Only one of these could withstand the weight of the three batteries with ease.
I will research class T fuses
Thanks!
 
Thanks! I am thinking changing the battery disconnects, and the blue wire is there because i already had a bunch of 35mm2 and 50mm2 very good wire but blue so i didnt want to spend more just to have it red
Your setup looks great, my only limited feedback is that I have many and have used many of those dc breakers you have in the system 1687430826986.png please do yourself a favor and get rid of them asap. I have had a wide range of experience with them and they don't seem to be even close to the correct amp rating and some don't pop fully so they can end up arcing and melting.
 
Hi i am very happy to present my system. Its up and working. Is my first solar project and i am not an electrician so there will be a lot of weird stuff at first look maybe :)
Anyway i want to thank to everybody here because i couldnt have made it without the wonderful information and support on this forum.
Ank me anything you want to know about it.
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What inverters are those? Never seen ones completely white with no name on them.

Clean setup though..
 
I think this is the same breaker for half the cost of that shown on Amazon.

I see they are used in 6-48V applications? But my EG4 batteries get charged to 56V . I wonder if that will be a problem?
 
This is from another thread- Posted by Boltzmann-post number 6. https://diysolarforum.com/threads/8kw-inverter-and-battery-circuit-breaker.53278/
Boltzmann writes"I use a KETO 1 switch/fuse with my 5kW Solis inverter. The switch has two 160A fuses. I bought it from ITS Technologies in the UK. It's very, very substantial."

I didnt see it sold in the States, but I like the concept very much.
I would like to use something like that.
 
update-
I was searching the forum (for 2 days here the search did not work) and folks have
commented that those breakers are tested to 72 volts.
I am going to give one a try. The one in post 12
 
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Your setup looks great, my only limited feedback is that I have many and have used many of those dc breakers you have in the system View attachment 153913 please do yourself a favor and get rid of them asap. I have had a wide range of experience with them and they don't seem to be even close to the correct amp rating and some don't pop fully so they can end up arcing and melting.
yes i started a thread to get help from folks in this forum to find an adecuate replacement
 
It that a true 3 phase system or just 3 separate single phase lines?
Is a true 3 phase system. 3 phases separated by 120 degrees. The voltage from each phase to the neutral is 230v and between phases is 400v. The inverters communicate with each other through svga cables and they work together.
 
Hi i am very happy to present my system. Its up and working. Is my first solar project and i am not an electrician so there will be a lot of weird stuff at first look maybe :)
Anyway i want to thank to everybody here because i couldnt have made it without the wonderful information and support on this forum.
Ank me anything you want to know about it.
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Looks neat! Over here we not allowed to run DC and AC cables in the same trunking.
 
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This is a DC breaker.

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This is for 12/24V systems, and please cut the rating in half.

I thought thy worked great, the black cheap ones, "never" a problem.
Until it did.

The biggest problem is that DC makes an arc, and the good breakers have an arc catcher


please do watch this video.

now.. the cheaper black ones (who still can cost quite some money)... that "arc catcher" is a childs toy.
and after an x amount of switches, it does get stuck, with continuous arc.
I was surprised to see that the housing gets hot, soft, flexible, smokes, but didn't burst in to flames yet.
I didn't stick around and take the time how long that would take.
a good pull on the power cord split the black breaker in 2.

After this, I replaced all my black breakers to good ones (and yes, they cost) and dumped the old ones.

for 12/24v they are probably fine.
higher voltage, stronger arc...

perhaps that my 55 kwh lithium also had some to do with it, being able to provide a of of amps. ;-)
 

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