Solar Array Diagrams

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adas
adas Solar Expert Posts: 136 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Aloha, everyone. I have been trusing my electrician to finish my permitting for 2008 to get IRS and State tax credits. To make a long story short he has not done didily. So I need to put together some array diagrams and it would be helpful if I did not have to start from scratch. I am off grid so the Building Dept is not too strict.

Do you know of a website or? that I can use and modify some line diagrams to get the plans stamped this year, even though I will amend the plans later in January to be more exact? Possibly showing inverters, voltage regs, panels, dc breakers, etc?
thanks
frank
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  • BB.
    BB. Super Moderators, Administrators Posts: 33,440 admin
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    Re: Solar Array Diagrams

    Good Evening Adas,

    Outback has a bunch of wiring diagrams that should give you some good ideas. These are pretty detailed--and you can print one to ask your building inspector if you can give him/her less detail.

    At least electrically, wire diagrams (functional block diagram) of the main power carriers (DC, AC) and major components (panels, charge controllers, battery banks, inverters and distribution panels, safety grounds, etc.) is probably what your Building Department wants... Ignore the communications cables, remote battery temp sensors and such if the make the diagram too complex.

    -Bill
    Near San Francisco California: 3.5kWatt Grid Tied Solar power system+small backup genset
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  • mike95490
    mike95490 Solar Expert Posts: 9,583 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Re: Solar Array Diagrams

    There is one here, you could look at:
    http://www.offgrid-desert-living.com/solar-schematic.html
    has most things, but, this is not "copy & paste" stuff.
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  • adas
    adas Solar Expert Posts: 136 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Re: Solar Array Diagrams
    BB. wrote: »
    Good Evening Adas,

    Outback has a bunch of wiring diagrams that should give you some good ideas. These are pretty detailed--and you can print one to ask your building inspector if you can give him/her less detail.

    At least electrically, wire diagrams (functional block diagram) of the main power carriers (DC, AC) and major components (panels, charge controllers, battery banks, inverters and distribution panels, safety grounds, etc.) is probably what your Building Department wants... Ignore the communications cables, remote battery temp sensors and such if the make the diagram too complex.

    -Bill

    Aloha, thanks guys. Looking at my flexmax80 book are a couple of diagrams that should do the trick to get the plans at least submitted.

    frank
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  • JESSICA
    JESSICA Solar Expert Posts: 289 ✭✭
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    Re: Solar Array Diagrams
    BB. wrote: »
    Good Evening Adas,

    Outback has a bunch of wiring diagrams that should give you some good ideas. These are pretty detailed--and you can print one to ask your building inspector if you can give him/her less detail.

    At least electrically, wire diagrams (functional block diagram) of the main power carriers (DC, AC) and major components (panels, charge controllers, battery banks, inverters and distribution panels, safety grounds, etc.) is probably what your Building Department wants... Ignore the communications cables, remote battery temp sensors and such if the make the diagram too complex.

    -Bill

    Bill:

    The link "wire diagrams" does not direct to the said diagrams but to this page: http://store.solar-electric.com/xaprbach.html
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  • BB.
    BB. Super Moderators, Administrators Posts: 33,440 admin
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    Re: Solar Array Diagrams

    Thank you, I have fixed the link... It now points to:

    http://www.outbackpower.com/resources/documents/wiring_diagrams/

    -Bill
    Near San Francisco California: 3.5kWatt Grid Tied Solar power system+small backup genset
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