PV Powered StarInverter PVP 2800-XV |
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PV Powered in Bend, OR is a fairly new company formed in December 2002, but they have an impressive line of grid tied, or utility intertied solar powered inverters.
The PVP2800-XV is a revolutionary PV inverter with the highest peak efficiency in it's class. A wide DC input range of 170V - 500V, allows for a variety of module pairings. With the fewest parts count of any inverter on the market, your StarInverter is guaranteed for 10 years, the longest standard warranty of any inverter.
With a continuous output of 2800 watts and a high voltage DC input you can install a large array to this efficient grid tied inverter.
I have never installed or examined one personally, but I've heard nothing bad about them from people who have dealt with them. And they're made in Oregon so they can't be bad.
See more and buy one at the Alternative Energy Store
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Roderick (roderick_young AT roderick_young DOT com) 09/21/2007
I own one. Used for 1 year, so far. No severe trouble.
It's very heavy and takes 2 or more people to mount.
There is an RS-232 port for monitoring, but the supplied software does not seem to read accurately. The readings are absurdly high, making the owner feel good, but it's not based on reality. The protocol is also not published, so you can't easily write your own monitoring program.
Also, the inverter seems, on rare occasions, to fail to successfully start up, even in good sun. On a cool day, I once saw it try and fail to start up until mid-morning. The output when it started up was 1100 watts, so it wasn't just the shaky weak light of dawn. But eventually, it always does start up.
As for its primary function, which is to create AC power, it does well.
The unit also produces a hum that gets louder as power output goes up, and then a clicking that gets louder as output goes even higher. But hey - what inverter doesn't? The sound could be annoying if the inverter is mounted in a living area.
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