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Yes... and most of that will be down to ignorance. When I see an outage pop up on the NGED Regional alert page, I tend to check where it actually is...
And you're very unlikely to! There are 230,000 ground-mounted local substation transformers and a further 320,000 pole-mounted. Only a few hundred...
To underline those comments from @derek-m 19kW equates to 80A, which is the size of Service Fuse being deployed by DNOs when they get called to site f...
I think both @david999 and @bretix are missing something which I've found an essential part of my route to understanding how this green technology pro...
Yes, Canadian Solar is ok @david999 How do you feel about the short-circuit current of those panels being slightly greater than the 13.5A maximum ra...
@ bretix This is type of fuse-holder which attempts to double-up as a contact breaker. You pull the top handle towards you and the fuses get pulled...
I've just checked the PV-input specifications for your 3-phase 10kW inverter @bretix Like @david999 you have two MPPT inputs,but in your case ...
You may wonder why it is that your inverter is rated for a maximum 3600W output,and yet each of the two PV inputs can take up to 550v x 13.5A which co...
Or, if you'd like a more technical answer... PV panels that you're likely to consider for rooftops have three electrical parameters which we need to...
Sure. No problem:
@david999 - regarding 'off-grid' use, I was specifically answering the points made by @bretix who has a SunSynk inverter I can't remember which inve...
Let me slightly 'tighten up' that wording. I assume we're talking about a 240v AC supply which remains live when there is a grid outage. Your SunS...
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