hwy17
Anti-Solar Enthusiast
Two things the mystified and frustrated me before I got my hands on my XW+:
1. You don't need a PDP or Mini PDP. Owners of these products do seem to enjoy them, and for inspected systems maybe they make inspectors more comfortable. But you don't need one. The XW unit itself has AC1, AC2, and Load terminals inside the box, with knockouts to to secure regular wiring methods. As long as you know what you're doing with your breakers and interlocks outside of the XW+ you can easily direct wire it in.
2. The AC terminals do not accept fat feeders. It's like 2 awg or 4 awg max, I forget, and copper wire only. So if you had an idea in mind to have like 2/0 feeder wires coming into or out of the XW, you have to go rewrap your mind around a different design. It's a 60 amp source with 60 amp contactors and if the system design exceeds that everything gets very complicated with external contactors.
1. You don't need a PDP or Mini PDP. Owners of these products do seem to enjoy them, and for inspected systems maybe they make inspectors more comfortable. But you don't need one. The XW unit itself has AC1, AC2, and Load terminals inside the box, with knockouts to to secure regular wiring methods. As long as you know what you're doing with your breakers and interlocks outside of the XW+ you can easily direct wire it in.
2. The AC terminals do not accept fat feeders. It's like 2 awg or 4 awg max, I forget, and copper wire only. So if you had an idea in mind to have like 2/0 feeder wires coming into or out of the XW, you have to go rewrap your mind around a different design. It's a 60 amp source with 60 amp contactors and if the system design exceeds that everything gets very complicated with external contactors.