SunInTheFun
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- Illinois
Hello All, Long time creeper, first time poster :bye:
Little Bit of backstory... The customer in question has quite a few (15+) inverters and plenty of panels and was asking a few system questions to me. Most were pretty standard, however I wasn't quite sure how to answer one: "Is it better to have more inverters matched exactly with the AC rated output or fewer inverters with 120% overloaded" I know in alot of cases it is standard to overload by up to 120%, however I thought that this was more of a consideration to save money on inverters and make sure to squeeze as much power as possible out of each one. Since that is not a concern for this gentleman I was wondering what everyone here thinks about this, as I couldn't come up with an answer.
Also worth mentioning he plans on using thin film modules and is located in central Illinois, and there are no potential shading issues.
Thank you everyone here who makes this forum the go to place for answers!
Little Bit of backstory... The customer in question has quite a few (15+) inverters and plenty of panels and was asking a few system questions to me. Most were pretty standard, however I wasn't quite sure how to answer one: "Is it better to have more inverters matched exactly with the AC rated output or fewer inverters with 120% overloaded" I know in alot of cases it is standard to overload by up to 120%, however I thought that this was more of a consideration to save money on inverters and make sure to squeeze as much power as possible out of each one. Since that is not a concern for this gentleman I was wondering what everyone here thinks about this, as I couldn't come up with an answer.
Also worth mentioning he plans on using thin film modules and is located in central Illinois, and there are no potential shading issues.
Thank you everyone here who makes this forum the go to place for answers!