SMA Sunny Boy 6000 User manual

Sunny Boy 6000U
Installation Guide
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SB6000U-13:SE2506 SMA America i
Copyright © 2003 SMA America, Inc. All rights reserved.
No part of this document may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or
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magnetic or otherwise, without the prior written permission of SMA America, Inc.
SMA America makes no representations, express or implied, with respect to this
documentation or any of the equipment and/or software it may describe, including
(with no limitation) any implied warranties of utility, merchantability, or fitness for
any particular purpose. All such warranties are expressly disclaimed. Neither SMA
America nor its distributors or dealers shall be liable for any indirect, incidental, or
consequential damages under any circumstances.
(The exclusion of implied warranties may not apply in all cases under some
statutes, and thus the above exclusion may not apply.)
Specifications are subject to change without notice. Every attempt has been made
to make this document complete, accurate and up-to-date. Readers are cautioned,
however, that SMA America reserves the right to make changes without notice and
shall not be responsible for any damages, including indirect, incidental or
consequential damages, caused by reliance on the material presented, including,
but not limited to, omissions, typographical errors, arithmetical errors or listing
errors in the content material.
SMA America, Incorporated
12438 Loma Rica Drive
Grass Valley, California 95945
Revision History
Rev. No. Date By Version
1.0 April 21, 2004 YS First ROW
2.0 August 9, 2004 JP First US
2.1 October 14, 2004 JP US 2.1
2.2 December 3, 2004 JP Updated
2.3 March 21, 2005 JP Pins, graphs, fusing, illustrations, language
3.0 April 29, 2005 JP Jumpers, label, re-org, doc number
3.1 July 21, 2005 JP Additional ratings added
3.2 June 2006 JP Positive ground information added
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS
This manual contains important instructions for the Sunny Boy 6000U that must be
followed during installation and maintenance of the inverter.
The Sunny Boy is designed and tested according to international safety requirements,
but as with all electrical and electronic equipment, certain precautions must be observed
when installing and/or operating the Sunny Boy. To reduce the risk of personal injury
and to ensure the safe installation and operation of the Sunny Boy, you must carefully
read and follow all instructions, cautions and warnings in this Installation Guide.
Safety and Hazard Symbols
This symbol is used to call attention to important information
that you must have when installing and/or operating the Sunny
Boy. Failure to read and follow instructions marked with this
symbol could result in injury or death and/or damage to the
equipment.
This symbol appears beside instructions and warnings that deal
with dangerous voltages that can injure or kill people who come
in contact with them.
This symbol appears beside terminations that are connected to
earth-ground.
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Warnings
WARNING: A Warning describes a hazard to equipment or
personnel. It calls attention to a procedure or practice, which,
if not correctly performed or adhered to, could result in dam-
age to or destruction of part or all of the SMA equipment and/
or other equipment connected to the SMA equipment or per-
sonal injury.
Warnings and Cautions may also be accompanied by one or more of the safety and
hazard symbols described above to indicate the type of hazard described therein.
Other Symbols
In addition to the safety and hazard symbols described on the previous pages, the
following symbol is also used in this Installation Guide:
This symbol accompanies notes that call attention to supplementary
information that you should know and use to ensure optimal operation
of the system.
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General Warnings
All electrical installations must be done in accordance with
the local and National Electrical Code ANSI/NFPA 70.
The Sunny Boy contains no user-serviceable parts except
for the fans on the bottom of the enclosure and the filters
behind the fans as well as the exhaust fins on the sides of
the unit. For all other repair and maintenance always
return the unit to an authorized SMA Service Center.
Before installing or using the Sunny Boy, read all of the
instructions, cautions, and warnings on the Sunny Boy, the
PV array, and in this Installation Guide.
Before connecting the Sunny Boy 6000U to the electrical
utility grid, contact the local utility company. This
connection must be made only by qualified personnel.
PV arrays produce electrical energy when exposed to light
and thus can create an electrical shock hazard. Wiring of
the PV-arrays should only be performed by qualified
personnel.
Warranty
All Sunny Boy inverters sold in the USA have a five-year warranty, as indicated on the
warranty card included in the Sunny Boy shipping container. For warranty coverage, or
if you have questions about the Sunny Boy warranty, contact SMA America at the
address, telephone number or Web site listed on page i (to send E-mail, see the Contact
section of the SMA America Web site).
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Contents
Revision History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Safety and Hazard Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Warnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Other Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
General Warnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-v
Warranty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .v
1 Introduction
Product Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Installation Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
2 Unpacking and Inspection
3 Mounting
Choosing a Mounting Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Dimensions and Recommended Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Mounting Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
4 Input Voltage Configuration
Opening the Sunny Boy 6000U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Locating Internal Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Configuring the Input Voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
5 Wiring the SB6000U
Wiring the AC Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
AC Connection Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Connecting the AC Wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Wiring the DC Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
DC Connection Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
DC Input Grounding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Connecting the DC Wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Communication Wiring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
RS-232 Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
RS-485 Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Replacing the Cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
6 Commissioning
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7 Displays and Messages
LED Fault Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
Status Messages on the LCD Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11
Communication Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14
8 Troubleshooting
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
9 Maintenance
Cleaning the Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
Testing the Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Cleaning the Exhaust Fins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
10 Technical Specifications
FCC Compliance Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1
Sunny Boy SB6000U Wiring Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3
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