SMA SUNNY BOY 8000TL?US User manual

SB8-10TL-IUS103811 | IMUS-SB8-10TLUS | Version 1.1
US
PV Inverter
SUNNY BOY 8000TL-US / 9000TL-US / 10000TL-US
Installation Guide

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS
This manual contains important instructions for Sunny Boy US inverter, 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 manual.
Warnings in this document
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 damage to or destruction of part or all
of the SMA equipment and/or other equipment connected to the SMA equipment or personal injury.
DANGER
DANGER indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, will result in death or
serious injury.
WARNING
WARNING indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in death or
serious injury.
CAUTION
CAUTION indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in minor or
moderate injury.
NOTICE
NOTICE is used to address practices not related to personal injury.

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Other symbols in this document
In addition to the safety and hazard symbols described on the previous pages, the following symbol
is also used in this installation manual:
Markings on this product
The following symbols are used as product markings with the following meanings.
Information
This symbol accompanies notes that call attention to supplementary information that you
must know and use to ensure optimal operation of the system.
Warning regarding dangerous voltage
The product works with high voltages. All work on the product must only be performed
as described in it‘s documentation.
Electric arc hazards
The product has large electrical potential differences between its conductors. Arc flashes
can occur through air when high-voltage current flows. Do not work on the product
during operation.
Beware of hot surface
The product can become hot during operation. Do not touch the product during
operation.
Observe the operating instructions
Read the product’s documentation before working on it. Follow all safety precautions
and instructions as described in the documentation.
AC current
DC current
Transformerless
Earth Ground
UL1741 is the standard applied by Underwriters Laboratories to the Sunny Boy to certify
that it meets the requirements of the National Electrical Code® and IEEE-929-2000.
IEEE 929-2000 provides recommendations regarding the proper equipment and
functionality necessary to ensure compatible operation when power generation is
connected to the utility grid.

General Warnings SMA America, LLC
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General Warnings
General Warnings
All electrical installations must be done in accordance with all local electrical codes and
the National Electrical Code®, ANSI/NFPA 70. For installation in Canada the installations
must be done in accordance with applicable Canadian standards.
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 handle covers on the sides of the
unit. For all 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 in this installation manual.
Before connecting the Sunny Boy to the electrical utility grid, contact the local utility
company. This connection must be made only by qualified personnel.
Wiring of the Sunny Boy must be made by qualified personnel only.

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Table of Contents
1 Notes on this manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.1 Validity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.2 Target group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.3 Storage of the manuals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.4 Additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.5 Nomenclature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2 Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.1 Appropriate Usage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.2 Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3 The Sunny Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.1 Parts of the Sunny Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.2 Position of the Labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.3 Identifying the Sunny Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4 Unpacking and inspection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4.1 Scope of delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
5 Mounting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5.1 Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5.2 Selecting the mounting location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
5.3 Mounting the Sunny Boy with the wall mounting bracket. . . . . 20
5.3.1 Possibilities for mounting the wall mounting bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
5.3.2 Mounting the wall mounting bracket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
5.4 Mounting the SMA DC Disconnect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
5.5 Mounting the Sunny Boy onto the wall mounting bracket . . . . 26
6 Electrical Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
6.1 Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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6.2 Wiring Diagram with SMA DC Disconnect and Combiner Box 28
6.3 Insert the cable into the SMA DC Disconnect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
6.4 Sunny Boy connection area overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
6.5 AC connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
6.5.1 AC cable requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
6.5.2 Connect the AC cable in the DC Disconnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
6.5.3 Connecting the AC cable in the Sunny Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
6.6 DC connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
6.6.1 DC connection requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
6.6.2 Connecting the DC cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
6.7 Communication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
7 Commissioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
7.1 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
7.2 LED Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
7.3 Setting the display language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
8 Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
8.1 Opening the Sunny Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
8.2 Closing the Sunny Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
8.3 Opening SMA DC Disconnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
8.4 Closing SMA DC Disconnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
9 Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
9.1 Checking heat dissipation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
9.1.1 Cleaning the fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
9.1.2 Cleaning the handle covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
9.2 Checking the DC Disconnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
9.2.1 Checking the fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
10 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
10.1 The red LED is on continuously . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

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10.1.1 Inspecting and changing the varistors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
11 Decommissioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
11.1 Disassembling the Sunny Boy and SMA DC Disconnect . . . . . 58
11.2 Packaging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
11.3 Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
11.4 Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
12 Technical data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
12.1 Sunny Boy 8000TL-US . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
12.2 Sunny Boy 9000TL-US . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
12.3 Sunny Boy 10000TL-US . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
12.4 SMA DC Disconnect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
12.5 FCC compliance information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
12.6 Trip limits/trip times. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
12.7 Torque values and wire sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
13 Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
14 Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

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