Planning the Installation

Single Inverter Installation

 

Xantrex

 

 

Surplus power routed

 

 

 

Utility

 

GT Inverter

 

 

to Utility Grid

 

 

MainUtility Service

Meter

 

 

 

DC converted Panel

 

PhotovoltaicPanels-PV Array

 

 

to AC

Utility Grid

 

 

 

 

Surplus powerrouted to

PV String #1

 

 

 

Utility Grid

 

 

 

Utility Meter

Harvested solar energy

 

 

 

Loads

 

 

 

 

Harvested solarenergy

 

DCconverted

 

 

 

 

toAC

 

PV String#2

Gr id Tie S olar In vert er

 

Main Utility

 

Photovoltaic (PV) Panels—

Xantrex GT Inverter

Powerrouted toloads

Service Panel

 

 

 

 

PV Array

 

 

 

 

Utility Grid

 

 

Multiple Inverter Installation

 

 

 

PV Array #2

 

 

 

 

 

 

PV Array #1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harvested solar energy

 

 

Surplus power routed

 

 

 

 

 

Utility

 

 

 

 

 

 

to Utility Grid

 

Harvested solar

Xantrex GT Inverters

MainUtility Service

Meter

 

energy

 

 

DC converted

Panel

 

 

 

 

 

Surplus

Utility Grid

 

 

 

to AC

 

 

 

 

 

 

powerrouted to

Multiple V Arrays

 

 

DCconverted

 

Utility Grid

 

 

 

Utility Meter

 

PhotovoltaicPanels:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photovoltaic Panels—

 

 

toAC

 

 

 

Multiple PV Arrays

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harvested solarenergy

 

 

 

 

 

Loads

Harvested

 

 

 

 

 

 

solar energy

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gri d T ie So lar Inver ter

 

Gr id Tie Sol ar I nvert er

 

Powerrouted toloads

 

 

 

 

 

Main Utility

 

GT Inverter #1

GT Inverter #2

Service Panel

 

GT Inverter

GT In

rter #2

 

 

 

 

 

 

DCconverted toAC

 

 

 

PV Array #1

 

DC converted to AC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PV Array #2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 2-1Installation Options Overview

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