Name: Capstone Microturbine C1000 Series
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Capstone Turbine Corporation • 16640 Stagg Street • Van Nuys • CA 91406 • USA 
Installation Guide: Capstone C1000S/C800S/C600S with C1000 Series Controller 
 
480064 Rev C (December 2018)  Page 5 of 122 
Capstone reserves the right to change or modify, without notice, the design, specifications, and/or contents of this document without 
incurring any obligation either with respect to equipment previously sold or in the process of construction. 
2.2.  Grounding the Microturbine Neutral ............................................................... 68 
3.  Overcurrent Protection and Disconnecting Devices ................................................... 70 
3.1.  CE Disconnect Requirements ....................................................................... 72 
4.  Transformer Requirements ........................................................................................ 73 
4.1.  Transformer Applications ............................................................................... 73 
4.2.  Transformer Sizing ........................................................................................ 73 
4.3.  Grid Connect Input Impedance Calculation ................................................... 74 
4.4.  Transformer Benefits for 480/400 V Operation in Grid Connect ..................... 77 
4.5.  Transformers for Stand Alone........................................................................ 77 
5.  Grid Connect Mode .................................................................................................... 78 
5.1.  Grid Connections........................................................................................... 78 
6.  Standalone Mode ....................................................................................................... 90 
6.1.  Overview ....................................................................................................... 90 
6.2.  Stand Alone Cyclic Loads .............................................................................. 91 
6.3.  Stand Alone Connections .............................................................................. 91 
7.  Dual Mode ............................................................................................................... 100 
7.1.  Dual Mode Connections .............................................................................. 100 
8.  Harmonics ................................................................................................................ 105 
8.1.  Measuring Harmonics ................................................................................. 105 
8.2.  Mitigating Harmonics ................................................................................... 106 
 Communication ................................................................................................................. 108 
1.  Ethernet Communication .......................................................................................... 108 
2.  C1000 Series Controller TB1 Connections ............................................................... 109 
2.1.  Emergency Stop .......................................................................................... 109 
2.2.  Multiple Microturbine (RS485) Connections................................................. 111 
2.3.  Battery Wakeup Connections ...................................................................... 114 
2.4.  Modbus ....................................................................................................... 114 
3.  C1000 Series Controller TB3 Connections ............................................................... 116 
3.1.  Remote Start/Stop ....................................................................................... 116 
3.2.  DMSC ......................................................................................................... 116 
3.3.  Fault Inputs ................................................................................................. 117 
3.4.  Fault Input ................................................................................................... 118 
4.  External Controller Connections ............................................................................... 118 
4.1.  Dual Mode Connections to a CLC ............................................................... 119 
4.2.  Grid Connect C1000 Connections to a CLC ................................................ 122 
 
   
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Brand	Capstone
Model	Microturbine C1000 Series
Category	Controller
Language	English