Problem with 600W grid tie inverter

[rainworm]

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Speaking of threads, is there a thread for making your own converter in a safe way?

[Sunking]

Speaking of threads, is there a thread for making your own converter in a safe way?

No sir. The Forum cannot condone such activities. That could get them in BIG TROUBLE.

[inetdog]

..speaking of which is there a thread here for electronic fallacies?

I have not seen one, but if you want to start one in the General Discussion forum, I would chip in.
If it gets good enough, it may get promoted by the mods to a different place and/or become a sticky.

seems optimizing one's aim at the south noon day sun is like raising the Q of a resonant circuit, in this case the daily 'wave' of the sun.. if you optimize for highest PO you waste your mornings and afternoons and need a bigger converter...screw all that, detune your solar array, add a few more panels and use the next smaller converter.

The sophisticated analysis these days tends in that direction, although unless you are trying to squeeze every watt without buying a larger inverter, it makes as much sense for most people with grid-tie to just point all their panels as south as possible.
The strategy was much different in the beginning when the cost of panels was the biggest part of the system be a long shot.

For off-grid, with battery charging and some daytime loads, it really does make sense to try to extend the number of useful hours once you have hit the maximum charging rate for your batteries. That kind of strategy particularly makes sense for extreme latitudes.
Before the price of panels dropped, it also paid to use a one or even two axis tracker to get the most from your expensive panels.

For grid-tie, there is no limit to the charge rate you can put into your "battery", so it is not as important to level the power production over the course of the day. Just go for the maximum total. The cost of an extra or a larger GTI is not all that great once you take into account the fixed costs in all of the permitting, inspection, etc., plus how to mount any panels you want to face east or west if all you have is a south roof.

But the analogy is useful.