Here is a recent project designed and installed by ourselves at AspeyEnergy
72 x 420w REC Pure Alpha R Black Panels
2 x SmartSolar MPPT RS 450/200 Charge Controllers
1 x Quattro 48/15000/200
2 x 15.4kWh BYD LVL
1 x 88 kVA Kohler Generator
This system is running a local football club allowing them to move from running off a diesel generator 24/7.
Difficult in a shed. The building is away from the dwelling and it is fire retardant ply on the walls.
BMK ??
Theses photos were taken before completion. Everything is all labeled up. Framed schematic, shutdown procedure, string layout on the wall.
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Thanks for sharing! Nice and clean work! well done! The metal channels and grounding looks awesome! Nice idea to just put the HPC fuse-holders between large metal channels, avoids housing them, especially in a “instructed personnel only” room! Congrats!
Thank you for the kind words. Yeah fuse holders between trunking is our new preferred install method.
Very clean looking
Thank You
wow … my respect to you and your fellows. Looks awesome.
question: why such a big gernerator ?
Jens
Thank you Jens.
Multiple electric showers on site. Also via the change over switch the whole site can run purely off the generator.
Nice!
A class install there, well sized and very professional job. Like using the Mesen NH fused switch disconnectors too on the DC side.
Just wondering what’s reason for using a Quattro in an off-grid application when the 2nd AC Input isn’t being utilised?
Just curious as other installers are doing similar and UK distributors also seem to keep quattros in stock over the Multiplus ranges.
I have only used a quattro setup once before on a site where there was grid and setup as a ESS system but there was also a backup genset which was fed into AC-IN 2 and kicked in if battery went low on a prolonged grid power outage. This was a project when the quattros were G99 approved, however gather this wouldn’t currently be possible anymore, with the approvals having changed.
Just wondering if there’s any other functionality of the Quattros for off-grid?
Thanks.
Thanks Ryan. Apologies for the delay getting back to you. In this instance it was due to the physical size difference the Quattro is shorter than the equivalent Multi Plus. As you can see we were quite tight for space.
I also personally feel having the option of a grid connection at some point warrantees the extra money of a Quattro over the Multi Plus.
They are both G99 compliant now. The Issue is they are not currently G100 Compliant which can be an issue dependant on DNO restrictions.
Thanks Jack,
That’s a good point, suppose in some application better to think ahead and allow for grid connection in the future.
The G100/2 compliance is a barrier to a adopting Victron on some project that Victron should really address.
