{"id":3824,"date":"2018-03-02T08:49:53","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T08:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/?p=3824"},"modified":"2018-03-02T08:50:51","modified_gmt":"2018-03-02T08:50:51","slug":"measuring-and-minimizing-ac-ripple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/measuring-and-minimizing-ac-ripple\/","title":{"rendered":"System Tips: Measuring and Minimizing AC Ripple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/solarsystemtips.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3825\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/solarsystemtips.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/solarsystemtips.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/solarsystemtips-300x75.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>March 2nd, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our friend and long-time Off Grid Solar expert in Australia, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC0Z4oQ-buX7qb4teb0TRtWQ\">Justin Case<\/a><\/strong>,<\/span> has shared a very useful video on his channel demonstrating the importance of measuring and minimizing AC ripple current on the DC side of a system.\u00a0 Excessive AC ripple due to undersized wires will put strain on the internal MOSFET components of an inverter that result in failures, however this is something many installers do not pay attention to. With his permission we are sharing this video with our customers and distributors, hoping more people will benefit from this knowledge and reduce the likelihood of field problems.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, special thanks to <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC0Z4oQ-buX7qb4teb0TRtWQ\">Justin Case<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0 Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jJPmL3ibaUA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>MPP Solar Inc.<\/p>\n<div id=\"s3gt_translate_tooltip_mini\" class=\"s3gt_translate_tooltip_mini_box\" style=\"background: initial !important; border: initial !important; border-radius: initial !important; border-spacing: initial !important; border-collapse: initial !important; direction: ltr !important; flex-direction: initial !important; font-weight: initial !important; height: initial !important; letter-spacing: initial !important; min-width: initial !important; max-width: initial !important; min-height: initial !important; max-height: initial !important; margin: auto !important; outline: initial !important; padding: initial !important; position: absolute; table-layout: initial !important; text-align: initial !important; text-shadow: initial !important; width: initial !important; word-break: initial !important; word-spacing: initial !important; overflow-wrap: initial !important; box-sizing: initial !important; display: initial !important; color: inherit !important; font-size: 13px !important; font-family: X-LocaleSpecific, sans-serif, Tahoma, Helvetica !important; line-height: 13px !important; vertical-align: top !important; white-space: inherit !important; left: 549px; top: 584px; opacity: 0.25;\">\n<div id=\"s3gt_translate_tooltip_mini_logo\" class=\"s3gt_translate_tooltip_mini\" title=\"Translate selected text\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"s3gt_translate_tooltip_mini_sound\" class=\"s3gt_translate_tooltip_mini\" title=\"Play\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"s3gt_translate_tooltip_mini_copy\" class=\"s3gt_translate_tooltip_mini\" title=\"Copy text to Clipboard\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; March 2nd, 2018 Our friend and long-time Off Grid Solar expert in Australia, Justin Case, has shared a very useful video on his channel demonstrating the importance of measuring and minimizing AC ripple current on the DC side of a system.\u00a0 Excessive AC ripple due to undersized wires will put strain on the internal MOSFET components of an inverter that result in failures, however this is something many installers do not pay attention to. With his permission we are sharing this video with our customers and distributors, hoping more people will benefit from this knowledge and reduce the likelihood of field problems. Once again, special thanks to Justin Case.\u00a0 Enjoy! &nbsp; MPP Solar Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3824\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}