Power One AURORA - Table of Contents

Installation and Operation Manual Page 8 of 104
(PVI-3.8/4.6-I-OUTD-US Rev.: 1.1)
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
1 INTRODUCTION.......................................................................11
1.1 PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY...................................................................11
2 DESCRIPTION OF THE SYSTEM..........................................12
2.1 F UNDAMENTAL E LEMENTS OF A P HOTOVOLTAIC S YSTEM : 'STRINGS' AND
'ARRAYS'...............................................................................................................16
2.2 D ATA T RANSMISSION AND C HECK ............................................................18
2.3 T ECHNICAL D ESCRIPTION OF AURORA ...................................................18
2.4 P ROTECTIVE D EVICES ................................................................................19
2.4.1 Anti-Islanding ...........................................................................................19
2.4.2 Grounding/differential Protection Fault...................................................20
2.4.3 Additional Protective Devices...................................................................20
3 INSTALLATION ........................................................................21
3.1 P ACKAGE I NSPECTION ...............................................................................21
3.1.1 Inspecting package contents .....................................................................22
3.2 S ELECTING THE INSTALLATION LOCATION .................................................22
3.2.1 Wall mounting for -S-US models ..............................................................25
3.2.2 Wall mounting for -US models..................................................................27
3.3 B EFORE P ERFORMING THE E LECTRICAL C ONNECTIONS ............................29
3.3.1 ELECTRICAL CONNECTING and/or DISCONNECTING procedure (only
-S-US-xx models)................................................................................................30
3.3.2 ELECTRICAL CONNECTING and/or DISCONNECTING procedure (only
-US-xx models) ...................................................................................................32
3.3.3 Removing the Front Cover and Accessing the Internal Terminal Block...34
3.3.4 Aurora Switch Box Description ................................................................35
3.3.4.1 AC and DC wire selection.........................................38
3.3.5 AURORA Inverter Typical Electrical Installations...................................39
3.3.5.1 Installation of -S-US-xx models................................39
3.3.5.2 Installation of -US-xx models ...................................40
3.3.6 Possible Aurora DC Input Configuration.................................................40
3.3.6.1 Independent Connection of the Aurora DC inputs....41
3.3.6.2 Parallel Connection of the Aurora DC inputs............42
3.3.7 Connection to the AC GRID .....................................................................43
3.3.7.1 Connection to the AC GRID for -S-US-xx models...44
3.3.7.2 Connection to the AC GRID for -US-xx models ......46