Good evening
Just a quick introduction, I’m a lecturer with a background in mechanical engineering. I have trained in elements of electrical engineering in an industrial setting.
We’ve just had our solar system installed by a local renewable energy company and I’m concerned they’ve done a poor job matching the components.
The system has 8.2kw of panels (21 Trina 390W vertex-s), two batteries (Alpha ESS Smile 5.7Kwh) and one Alpha Smile 5000W single phase hybrid inverter. I questioned the installer on the mismatch and was informed that with strong sunshine the inverter would keep resetting because of the overload. He advised he would contact the renewable company who selected the equipment and try and remedy the problem.
Since it’s been installed (2 days ago) I’ve seen the generated power exceed 6000W and I’m very concerned. I haven’t witnessed the inverter automatically resetting as the installer advised but I have notice the top of the inverter is warming up.
Should I switch off the system completely to prevent potentially damaging the components or should I do as the the installer advised and leave the system reset itself if there is an overload?
Just a quick introduction, I’m a lecturer with a background in mechanical engineering. I have trained in elements of electrical engineering in an industrial setting.
We’ve just had our solar system installed by a local renewable energy company and I’m concerned they’ve done a poor job matching the components.
The system has 8.2kw of panels (21 Trina 390W vertex-s), two batteries (Alpha ESS Smile 5.7Kwh) and one Alpha Smile 5000W single phase hybrid inverter. I questioned the installer on the mismatch and was informed that with strong sunshine the inverter would keep resetting because of the overload. He advised he would contact the renewable company who selected the equipment and try and remedy the problem.
Since it’s been installed (2 days ago) I’ve seen the generated power exceed 6000W and I’m very concerned. I haven’t witnessed the inverter automatically resetting as the installer advised but I have notice the top of the inverter is warming up.
Should I switch off the system completely to prevent potentially damaging the components or should I do as the the installer advised and leave the system reset itself if there is an overload?