ABB PVS-60-TL-US User manual

ABB solar inverters
Product manual
PVS-60-TL-US

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
This manual contains important safety instructions that must be followed during the installation
and maintenance of the equipment.
SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS!
Keep this document in a safe place near the inverter for easy access during installation, ope-
ration and maintenance.
THE INSTALLER MUST READ THIS DOCUMENT IN ITS ENTIRETY BEFORE INSTALLING
THIS EQUIPMENT.
Operators are required to read this manual and scrupulously follow the instructions given in
it, since ABB cannot be held responsible for damage caused to people and/or things, or the
equipment, if the conditions described below are not observed.
The purpose of this document is to support the qualied technician, who has received training
and/or has demonstrated skills and knowledge in construction, to install, operate and maintain
the inverter. This manual covers only inverter, not any equipment (photovoltaic modules, external
disconnects, etc) to which it is connected.
Warranty requirements are included in the Terms and Conditions of sale included with the
inverter order.
NOTE: Any changes made to the product or to the installation conditions that hasn’t been
approved by ABB will void the warranty.
All pictures and illustrations shown in this user manual are indicatives and must be intended as
support for installation instruction only. Actual product may vary due to product enhancement.
Specications subject to change without notice. The latest version of this document is availa-
ble on the ABB website.
FCC REMARKS
The equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital de-
vice, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable
protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates,
uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with
the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If
this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be
determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the
interference by one or more of the following measures:
- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is
connected.
- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

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The products are designed to be connected to and to communicate information and data via
a network interface. It is the user’s sole responsibility to provide and continuously ensure a
secure connection between the product and the user’s network or any other network (as the
case may be). The user shall establish and maintain any appropriate measures (such as but
not limited to the installation of rewalls, application of authentication measures, encryption
of data, installation of anti-virus programs, etc) to protect the product, the network, its system
and the interface against any kind of security breaches, unauthorized access, interference,
intrusion, leakage and/or theft of data or information. ABB and its afliates are not liable for
damages and/or losses related to such security breaches, any unauthorized access, inter-
ference, intrusion, leakage and/or theft of data or information. The data, examples and dia-
grams in this manual are included solely for the concept or product description and are not to
be deemed as a statement of guaranteed properties. All persons responsible for applying the
equipment addressed in this manual must satisfy themselves that each intended application
is suitable and acceptable, including that any applicable safety or other operational require-
ments are complied with. In particular, any risks in applications where a system failure and/or
product failure would create a risk for harm to property or persons (including but not limited to
personal injuries or death) shall be the sole responsibility of the person or entity applying the
equipment, and those so responsible are hereby requested to ensure that all measures are
taken to exclude or mitigate such risks. This document has been carefully checked by ABB
but deviations cannot be completely ruled out. In case any errors are detected, the reader
is kindly requested to notify the manufacturer. Other than under explicit contractual commit-
ments, in no event shall ABB be responsible or liable for any loss or damage resulting from
the use of this manual or the application of the equipment.

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Product manual
PVS-60-TL-US string inverters
1 - Safety and accident prevention
2 - Introduction and general information
3 - Characteristics
4 - Lifting and transport
5 - Installation
6 - Instruments
7 - Operation
8 - Maintenance
9 - Attachments
PVS-60-TL-US-Product manual EN-Rev A (M000047AG)
EFFECTIVE 29/07/2019
© Copyright 2019 ABB. All Rights Reserved.

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Table of Contents....................................................................................................................................5
Safety and accident prevention ....................................................................................................... 9
Safety information and instructions ....................................................................................................9
Symbols and signs...............................................................................................................................10
Installation and maintenance safety ..................................................................................................11
General safety information.................................................................................................... 11
Environmental conditions and risks ...................................................................................... 11
Electrical and thermal safety.................................................................................................12
Clothing and protection of personnel....................................................................................13
Residual risks .......................................................................................................................................14
Table of residual risks ...........................................................................................................14
Introduction and general information............................................................................................. 15
Warranty and supply conditions.........................................................................................................15
Not included in the supply.....................................................................................................15
Scope and target audience..................................................................................................................16
Purpose and document structure .........................................................................................16
List of appendix documents ..................................................................................................16
Operator and maintenance personnel skills/prerequisites ...................................................16
Application area, general conditions ................................................................................................17
Intended or allowed use........................................................................................................17
Limits in field of use...............................................................................................................17
Improper or prohibited use ...................................................................................................17
Characteristics................................................................................................................................. 18
General conditions ...............................................................................................................................18
Models and range of equipment .........................................................................................................19
Identification of the equipment and manufacturer ................................................................20
Component reference designators.....................................................................................................22
Inverter (external view) .........................................................................................................23
Inverter (internal view) ..........................................................................................................25
Communication board...........................................................................................................26
Principal inverter components .............................................................................................27
Characteristics and technical data.....................................................................................................28
Tightening torques ................................................................................................................30
Cable gland clamping range and conduit openings diameter ..............................................30
Overall dimensions ...............................................................................................................31
Mounting bracket ..................................................................................................................32
Efficiency curves ..................................................................................................................................33
Automatic power limiting (Power Derating) ......................................................................................34
Power derating due to environmental conditions .................................................................34
Power reduction due to the input voltage .............................................................................35
Power reduction due to the grid voltage ...............................................................................35
P- Q curve capability.............................................................................................................36
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Characteristics of a photovoltaic generator......................................................................................37
Strings and arrays.................................................................................................................37
Description of the equipment..............................................................................................................38
Operating diagram (example) ...............................................................................................38
Mutual connection of multiple inverters ................................................................................39
Notes on the system sizing...................................................................................................39
Functionality and components of the equipment.............................................................................40
Communication connection diagrams...............................................................................................43
Communication interface ......................................................................................................43
Ethernet bus connection .......................................................................................................43
Topographic diagram of the equipment ................................................................................45
Safety devices.......................................................................................................................................47
Anti-Islanding ........................................................................................................................47
Ground fault of the photovoltaic panels ................................................................................47
String fuses ...........................................................................................................................47
Overvoltage surge arresters ................................................................................................47
Other safeguards ..................................................................................................................47
Lifting and transport........................................................................................................................ 48
General conditions ...............................................................................................................................48
Transport and handling .......................................................................................................48
Lifting.....................................................................................................................................48
Unpacking and checking ......................................................................................................48
Storage..................................................................................................................................49
Weight of the modules of the equipment..............................................................................49
Types of lifting .......................................................................................................................49
List of components supplied .................................................................................................50
Installation ......................................................................................................................................... 51
Installation warnings ...........................................................................................................................51
Installation planning.............................................................................................................................52
Sizing the ground cable(s) ....................................................................................................52
Choice of grid output connection type (AC side) ..................................................................53
Sizing the AC cable...............................................................................................................53
AC overcurrent protection ....................................................................................................54
sizing the configurable relay (ALARM and AUX)..................................................................54
String Fuse sizing (-S / -SC models) ....................................................................................55
Installation procedure for quick-fit connectors ......................................................................57
Installation site and position..................................................................................................59
Wireless signal environmental checks..................................................................................61
Installations above 2000 meters...........................................................................................62
Installations with a high level of humidity .............................................................................62
Mounting of the inverter on the bracket ............................................................................................63
Installing the ground cable(s) .............................................................................................................66
Grid output connection (AC side).......................................................................................................67
Connection to the AC terminal block ....................................................................................67

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Operations preliminary to the connection of the PV generator......................................................68
Confirm the PV arrays have no ground leakage ..................................................................68
Measuring the insulation resistance of the PV array. ...........................................................70
Confirm string voltage and correct polarity ...........................................................................70
Independent or parallel input channels configuration...........................................................71
Channel configuration examples ..........................................................................................72
Independent channel configuration (default configuration) ..................................................73
Parallel channel configuration ..............................................................................................73
DC input connection ............................................................................................................................74
PVS-60-TL-US - PV input connection .................................................................................75
PVS-60-TL-S-US _ PV input connection..............................................................................76
PVS-60-TL-SC-US _ PV input connection ...........................................................................77
Communication and control board ....................................................................................................78
Connections to the communication and control board...................................................................79
Ethernet connection configuration ....................................................................................................80
Ethernet connection .............................................................................................................81
Serial Communication connection - Slave (RS485-1, RS485-2) .........................................83
Serial Communication connection - Slave/Master (RS485-MAIN) ......................................86
Remote control connection ...................................................................................................87
Configurable Relay connection (ALARM and AUX) .............................................................87
Front cover closure ..............................................................................................................................88
Instruments........................................................................................................................................ 89
General conditions ..............................................................................................................................89
Overview of front panel LED functions..............................................................................................90
Arc fault reset button ...........................................................................................................................91
User interface........................................................................................................................................92
Measurement tolerance ........................................................................................................92
Operation.......................................................................................................................................... 93
General conditions ..............................................................................................................................93
Commissioning.....................................................................................................................................94
Commissioning via Installer for Solar Inverters mobile APP ................................................95
Commissioning Via Web UI - Wireless connection ..............................................................99
LED behaviour ....................................................................................................................................107
Grid support functions.......................................................................................................................109
Description of the Web User Interface............................................................................................. 111
Access to the Web User Interface ...................................................................................... 111
Web User Interface menu structure....................................................................................114
MAIN section.......................................................................................................................115
SETTING section ................................................................................................................ 116
Inverter Log ........................................................................................................................120
USER section......................................................................................................................121
NETWORK Services ..........................................................................................................122
Service TOOLS ..................................................................................................................129
INFORMATION ..................................................................................................................135

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Maintenance................................................................................................................................... 136
General conditions .............................................................................................................................136
Inverter total de-energization and safe access...............................................................................137
Operator and maintenance personnel skills/prerequisites .................................................137
Clothing and protection of personnel..................................................................................138
Safety equipment and tools ................................................................................................138
Inverter total de-energization and safe access procedure .................................................139
Routine maintenance .........................................................................................................148
Troubleshooting .................................................................................................................................149
Internal Webserver and wireless communication troubleshooting.....................................149
Alarm Messages of the Inverter..........................................................................................151
Power limitation messages .................................................................................................160
Procedure for dismantling the Inverter ...........................................................................................162
Registration on “Registration” website and calculation of security token (Admin Plus) .........163
Replacing DC string fuses.................................................................................................................166
Replacing cooling section.................................................................................................................168
Replacement of the buffer battery....................................................................................................169
Storage and dismantling ..................................................................................................................170
Storage of an uninstalled inverter for long periods.............................................................170
Storage of an installed inverter for long periods of non-use...............................................170
Disposal...............................................................................................................................170
Attachments ................................................................................................................................... 171
Port and network services used by the inverter.............................................................................171
IP Network Services............................................................................................................171
Network Hosts.....................................................................................................................172
Inverter network configuration ............................................................................................172
Further information ............................................................................................................................173
Contact us ...........................................................................................................................................174

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Safety information and instructions
This chapter contains the safety instructions which you must obey when
you install and operate the inverter and perform maintenance operations
on the inverter. Obey these safety instructions to prevent injury or death,
or damage to the equipment.
The instructions provided in the manual do not replace the safety devices
and technical data for installation and operation labels on the product,
and they do not replace the safety regulations in force in the country of
installation.
The operators must read and comply with the technical information and
instruction provided in the manual and in the attached documentation.
ABB accepts no liability for failure to comply with the instructions for
correct installation and cannot be held responsible for the upstream or
downstream equipment.
Specic safety information are provided during installation, commissio-
ning and maintenance operation instructions. Always follow the reading
order of instruction exactly as described in this manual.
1
Safety and accident prevention

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1 - Safety and accident prevention
Symbols and signs
In the manual and/or in some cases on the equipment, the danger or
hazard zones are indicated with signs, labels, symbols or icons.
Symbol Description
General warning - Important safety information. Indicates a potentially
hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in death or serious
injury.
Dangerous Voltage - Indicates a potentially hazardous situation, in par-
ticular a high voltage, which, if not avoided, could result in death or se-
rious injury. The inverter has high voltages and energy levels.
Hot parts - Indicates a potentially hazardous situation, in particular a
hot surface, which, if not avoided, could result in death or serious injury.
Some surfaces in the inverter will become hot during operation and must
not be touched until the parts have cooled down.
Risk of injury due to the weight of the equipment. Take care during lifting
and transport
Ground connection point.
Rated temperature range.
DC
Direct current
AC
Alternating current
The DC input voltage positive terminal
The DC input voltage negative terminal