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safety components battery combiners battery isolators can cause a voltage drop of about .7 volts that may undercharge the batteries and waste up to 70 watts as heat they only work with alternator charge current and won t switch battery combiners cost more but solve the above problems and let you add in the system solar modules generators and inverter/chargers they parallel the batteries whenever any battery is being charged and automatically disconnect led lights when batteries combined delta lightning protection lightning and static discharge cause more problems with pv systems than any other cause unseen lightning miles away can create high voltage that damages sensitive electronics inverters controls and fluorescent ballasts our lightning protectors divert this high voltage away from your equipment and send it to grounding rods cold water pipes or buried copper wire surge rating 50,000 amps 5,000 volts 5 nanosecond response time for either 12 or 24v systems 2 banks 70 amp 3 banks 70 amp 2 banks 130 amp #sy655 #sy656 #sy657 $95 $140 $146 class t fuses the best fuse to use between battery bank and inverter interrupts short circuits in less than 1/120 of a second highest interrupting capacity 60,000 amps ann fuses have 2500 amps interrupting 110 amp class t fuse #sy235 $20 w/fuse block cover#sy236 $53 200 amp class t fuse #sy231 $20 w/fuse block cover #sy232 $55 400 amp class t fuse #sy233 $40 w/fuse block cover #sy234 $80 #sy320 $48 ac lightning surge arrestor as above designed for ac side of systems to absorb spikes introduced by lightning ligh t trace circuit breakers safe handy way to disconnect inverter from the battery bank designed specifically for trace sw and dr inverters makes it easy to meet electric codes and pass inspections accommodates second breaker for stacked inverter installations individual handles let you shut down inverters separately 125v dc max #sy1587 $40 g nin prote solar array combiner w/lightning protection build your system to strict u.s safety code requirements the u.s national electric code specifies that pv panels must be wired in such a way that disconnecting a single panel for servicing does not interrupt ground connections to the other panels our array combiner solves this problem neatly by functioning as a heavy duty junction box with 6 terminals each for positive negative and ground wires oversized terminal block handles those oversized wires with ease metal cabinet has standard conduit knockouts 48v max 175a up to 2/0 wire #sy1297 $275 250a up to 4/0 wire #sy1298 $329 negative/ground bonding block #sy4024 $50 for solar array input disconnect for a c40 controller #sy1513 $160 15a trace dc circuit breaker mounts on side of 175a or 250a 60a trace dc circuit breaker mounts on side of 175a or 250a #sy6279 $39 #sy4025 $44 inverter faq s q if i use an inverter how long will my batteries last how big a battery bank will i need a you need to define the loads that you want to operate and how long you want to run them between battery charging cycles these questions can be answered using the ever useful formula watts volts x amps or amps watts/volts q how do i install an inverter a there is no single answer to this question often customers will have an electrician or dealer do the installation if they have not worked with inverters before we recommend that you have the installer call us or the factory before doing the installation indoor disconnect for generator distribution provides up to six 120vac circuits or any combination of 120 or 240vac circuits 100 amps max #sy1582 $39 manual transfer switch switch between your inverter and generator safely rated 120/240vac up to 100 amps #sy1583 $441 98 888.317.1600 · technical 303.998.1323 · fax 303.449.1348 · email info @thesustainablevillage.com ed ct solar array combiner

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