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solar product spotlight: performance monitoring
Performance
Monitoring
Solar performance monitoring systems are necessary to verify the components within a solar system are performing and producing the energy they should. Here, we highlight some of the performance monitoring systems available on the market today.
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Continental Control Systems
Product: WattNode Wide-Range Modbus Energy Meter
Voltage: 100-600 Vac, wye and delta, single-phase, and three-phase
Current: 5 – 6000 Amps Power: 2W
Frequency: 50/60Hz Warranty: 5-year warranty
Output: Requires 0.333 Vac current transformers
Sensitivity: 0.5 % when used with 0.3% current transformers
Certifications: ANSI C12.20, Sunspec Key Features:
• Correct wiring errors remotely;
• Change a CT’s polarity;
• Change a CT to a different line voltage;
• SunSpec, C12.20 certified;
• Updates readings every 100 ms;
• Class 0.5 accuracy.
www.ctlsys.com
Solmetric
Product: PV Analyzer I-V Curve Tracer
Voltage: 1500V
Current: 30A
Power: 45kW
Warranty: 1-year warranty Certifications: TUV
Key Features:
• Measure I-V curves up to 1500V at 30A;
• Wireless interface to irradiance sensor with 300ft range;
• Highest measurement throughput;
• Large, easy-to-use user interface.
www.solmetric.com
Tigo Energy, Inc. Product: TS4-A-2F (Fire Safety
Add-on for 2 Modules up to 1000W) Voltage: 16V - 90V per input Current: 15A per input
Power: 1000W
Warranty: 25-year warranty Spectral Range: Per module
Operating Temperature Range:
-40°F to 158°F (-40°C to 70°C) Certifications: UL, TUV, IP68,
Fronius
Product: Fronius Symo Advanced Voltage: 600V - 1000V
Current: 25.0A / 16.5A
Power: Multiple
Frequency: 45 - 65Hz
Certifications: UL 1741-2010 Second Edition (including UL1741 Supplement SA 2016-09 for California Rule 21 and Hawaiian Electric Code Rule 14H), UL1998 (for functions: AFCI, RCMU and isolation monitoring), IEEE 1547-2003, IEEE 1547.1-2003, ANSI/
Frequency: Powerline communication
NEMA 3R
www.tigoenergy.com
Warranty: 10-year warranty Logging Values: 10 - 24kW
IEEE C62.41, FCC Part 15 A & B, NEC 2017 Article 690, C22. 2 No. 107.1-16, UL1699B Issue 2 -2013, CSA TIL M-07 Issue 1 -2013
www.fronius.com
Spectrafy
Product: SolarSIM-G spectral
pyranometer
Voltage: 12Vdc
Power: <1W
Warranty: 5-year warranty
Spectral Range: 280-4000nm Measurement Range: 280-4000nm Output: RS-485 ASCII
Sensitivity: <1%
Certifications: ISO 9080:2018 Class A www.spectrafy.com
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