{"id":4381,"date":"2014-12-29T16:14:01","date_gmt":"2014-12-29T06:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=4381"},"modified":"2017-04-19T14:50:50","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T04:20:50","slug":"sa-power-networks-shonky-voltages-causing-headaches-adelaide-solar-owners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sa-power-networks-shonky-voltages-causing-headaches-adelaide-solar-owners\/","title":{"rendered":"SA Power Networks&#8217; Shonky Voltages Causing Headaches For Adelaide Solar Owners"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4383\" style=\"width: 595px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014-12-29_16-56-07.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4383\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014-12-29_16-56-07.jpeg\" alt=\"Most solar inverters will shut down at 257V. \" width=\"585\" height=\"376\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4383\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Most solar inverters will shut down at 257V.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m getting reports that lots of solar owners in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/installers\/adelaide\/\">Adelaide<\/a> have seen their inverters shut down over Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>No, the inverters are not taking a break to eat mince pies and open their presents &#8211; they are shutting down because the grid voltage seems to be regularly going higher than 257V. Many inverters are designed to shut down when the grid gets\u00a0this high, in order\u00a0to protect the inverter electronics.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Australian Standard (AS 60038-2012), the grid should be kept at 230V -6% \/ + 10%. So the highest it should get is 253V.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately SA Power Networks seem to be particularly bad at controlling the voltages in their network, and it is not unheard of to see the voltage get up to 263V at your local <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stobie_pole\">Stobie Pole<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Why? I&#8217;m not sure, but the <a href=\"http:\/\/reneweconomy.com.au\/2014\/south-australias-270mw-snowtown-takes-wind-energy-to-new-highs-43971\">massive amount of wind power<\/a>\u00a0coupled with lots of industry being shut down for Christmas might have something to do with it.<\/p>\n<p>The graph above shows\u00a0the grid voltage logged at my house in southern Adelaide over Christmas day. As you can see, the voltage never gets anywhere near the target of 230V, and \u00a0jumps over 260V just before midday where it stays for hours.<\/p>\n<p>If I had a conventional inverter, it may\u00a0have shut down. Luckily I have microinverters which are a little more tolerant of high AC voltages.<\/p>\n<p>But where they do cause a problem is in equipment reliability and efficiency. Electrical equipment is designed to operate with\u00a0optimum efficiency at 230V (50Hz). I&#8217;ve also noticed that electrical equipment does have a high mortality rate in my street.<\/p>\n<p>So come on SA Power Networks, how about spending some of your massive profits on some decent voltage regulation equipment?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m getting reports that lots of solar owners in Adelaide have seen their inverters shut down over Christmas. 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