Step 1: Designing the Installation

 

 

AC shorepower

A source of 120 volt, 60Hz alternating current is needed to provide energy for

 

charging batteries and to pass through to AC loads. This source could be the utility

 

grid (power company) or an AC generator. An automatic or manual AC source

 

selector switch can be used to connect one of the multiple sources of shorepower

 

to the PROsine system.

 

 

 

Important: Throughout this manual, the term “shorepower” refers to AC input power

 

from a utility grid, generator, or other source.

Generator

The PROsine is compatible with virtually all generators which produce nominally

 

120Vac 60Hz power. The best generators produce a sinewave output, others

 

produce a distorted sinewave, and the lower quality generators produce a

 

"modified sinewave" (MSW) or squarewave output. The PROsine will operate

 

correctly on sinewave or distorted-sinewave generators; it will also operate

 

correctly on most MSW or squarewave generators but some models of these

 

generators may prove incompatible. See Chapter 6, “Troubleshooting” for errors

 

related to generator incompatibility.

 

Since the charging current limit of the PROsine may be configured all the way

 

down to 0A it is possible to use very small generators with the PROsine to charge

 

batteries. Xantrex has operated the PROsine from a generator as small as 700W.

 

To do this, configure the "AC Breaker Size" (found in Configure PROsine

 

Basic Menu on page 4–7) to a current rating compatible with the generator size.

 

For example, 6A should work well with a 700W generator, 8A should work with a

 

1000W generator - experiment to find the largest setting that the generator can

 

accommodate. To operate the PROsine at the full 100A charging current rating

 

Xantrex recommends a 2kW generator or larger and a breaker size setting of 20A.

AC Disconnect and

To meet CSA, UL, and electrical code requirements, the PROsine’s AC and DC

Over-Current

inputs and outputs must be provided with over-current protection (such as a circuit

Protection Device

breaker or fuse) and a disconnect device, as follows:

 

AC Input: The circuit breaker or fuse used to protect the PROsine must be

 

rated no more than 30A and must be approved for use on 120Vac branch

 

circuits. The wire used between the breaker and the PROsine input must be

 

sized to match the circuit breaker, in accordance with the electrical codes or

 

regulations applicable to your installation. The “AC Service Rating” setting of

 

the PROsine must also be set to match the size of the breaker provided. (See

 

Chapter 4, “Configuration” and the following section.)

 

AC Output: The circuit breaker or fuse must be rated at no more than 30A

 

and must be approved for use on 120Vac branch circuits. The wire used

 

between the PROsine and the AC output breaker must be sized to match the

 

AC input circuit breaker’s rating. The wire from the AC output breaker to

 

your loads must be matched to the rating of the AC output breakers.

 

Disconnect Devices: Each system requires a method of disconnecting the

 

AC circuits. If the over-current protection device is a circuit breaker, it will

 

also serve as the disconnect. If fuses are used, separate AC disconnect

 

switches will be needed ahead of the fuses.

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