Combiner/Disconnect

Philip C
Philip C Solar Expert Posts: 45 ✭
in PV Installers Forum - NEC, Wiring, Installation #1
Is there a Solar Combiner/Disconnect with multiple outputs? For example feeding two smaller inverters or ect.

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Philip
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  • Vic
    Vic Solar Expert Posts: 3,208 ✭✭✭✭
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    Re: Combiner/Disconnect

    Hi Phillip,

    My quick shot at this is:
    I the two loads from the combiner are close to each other, to run the single output from the combiner to the location of the inverters/other loads on the PV. Then in add additional breakers feeding each of the loads that are on the PV, each of these loads needs its own breaker anyway.

    You might need to increase the size of the wire run from the combiner to the breaker box, if your load current is increasing very much -- you would want to check this anyway.

    Midnite solar offers many nice breakers and boxes for just this type of application:
    http://www.solar-electric.com/midnite.html

    Just my opinion. Good Luck, Vic
    Off Grid - Two systems -- 4 SW+ 5548 Inverters, Surrette 4KS25 1280 AH X2@48V, 11.1 KW STC PV, 4X MidNite Classic 150 w/ WBjrs, Beta KID on S-530s, MX-60s, MN Bkrs/Boxes.  25 KVA Polyphase Kubota diesel,  Honda Eu6500isa,  Eu3000is-es, Eu2000,  Eu1000 gensets.  Thanks Wind-Sun for this great Forum.
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  • Vic
    Vic Solar Expert Posts: 3,208 ✭✭✭✭
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    Re: Combiner/Disconnect

    Was poking around on the Midnite site, and noted that this combiner allows segmentation ... Manual:

    http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/wind-sun/MNPV3-6-Instructions.pdf

    Just FYI if you still care. Vic
    Off Grid - Two systems -- 4 SW+ 5548 Inverters, Surrette 4KS25 1280 AH X2@48V, 11.1 KW STC PV, 4X MidNite Classic 150 w/ WBjrs, Beta KID on S-530s, MX-60s, MN Bkrs/Boxes.  25 KVA Polyphase Kubota diesel,  Honda Eu6500isa,  Eu3000is-es, Eu2000,  Eu1000 gensets.  Thanks Wind-Sun for this great Forum.
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