I’m in the process of installing (2) SMA-8000 units at my
home. I have 84-240 watt panels or 42 panels per inverter. I want to build an
insulated box around the units and air condition the inverters. What is the BTU
released by the units for AC sizing.
Mike
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I'm going to guess that at 8000W of input power, 3% of that is lost as heat (let's assume the inverter is 97% efficient). So, that's 240W of heat that has to be dissipated at 3.414 BTU / Watt equals 819 BTU per hour.
Thanks for posting this. I live in the desert of AZ and have noticed a significant decrease in solar production throughout the summer. My peak production day always occurs in mid-May. I plan to box in my 3 SB7000US and air condition them. My calculations are based on your post above. 99 panels x 240 watts x 3 percent heat loss x 3.414 BTU per Watt = 2433.5 peak BTU/Hr to dissipate. I'll try to follow up when I get it done.