TS-MPPT-600V-48 Specifications

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The “breakthrough in charge controller design”, TriStar MPPT
600V is the high-voltage controller solar system designers and
installers have been looking for. Because it enables them to build
systems with longer and fewer individual strings, wiring, cable and
breaker costs are reduced, and installations go faster and easier.
Morningstar is able to deliver this performance with no cooling fans
required— a remarkable technical achievement in a high-voltage
controller. The secret is more agile control software combined with
over-spec’d components, optimized through advanced thermal
TRISTAR MPPT™ 600V
HIGH VOLTAGE CHARGE CONTROLLER
KEY FEATURES AND BENEFITS
and electronic engineering. Fanless design improves service life,
increases reliability, and raises efciency. The TriStar 600V controller
(TS-MPPT-600V) accepts PV array input up to 600 Voc with 97.9% peak
efciency. In addition to solar charge controlling, the TriStar 600V with
DC transfer switch is uniquely suited for retrotting existing grid-tied
solar installations with energy storage for back-up power in a DC-
coupled conguration connected to batteries.
• High Voltage Capacity
• Extremely High Reliability
• Very High Efciency
• Maximizes Energy Harvest
• Communications Capabilities
* To avoid product/system failure, please contact Morningstar for
the latest hydro information.
High Voltage Capacity
• Maximum input voltage of 600V
• Operates with PV array Voc voltages up to 525 Voc
• Hydro operating voltages up to 500 Vdc*
• Pre-set for 48 Vdc battery systems
• Programmable for 24V, 36V and 60V battery systems
• Allows long wire runs from the array to the controller
• Higher voltage reduces voltage drop and wire costs
• No combiner boxes required for single or two string systems
• Better enables grid-tie PV systems with battery back-up
• Enables easier PV array expansion than lower voltage
systems and accommodates increasing loads
Extremely High Reliability
• Robust thermal design and no cooling fans
• No moving parts
• Superior lightning protection from nearby lightning-induced
voltage/current spikes
• Extensive electronic protections
• Epoxy encapsulated inductors and conformally coated
printed circuit boards
Very High Efciency
• 97.9% peak efciency
• Proprietary tracking algorithm minimizes power losses
• Low self-consumption easy mounting by a single person
• Continuous operation at full power to 45°C ambient
temperatures without need to de-rate
• Electronic devices with higher ratings to minimize losses
from heating
Maximizes Energy Harvest
Our TrakStar™ MPPT Technology features:
• Better peak power point tracking than other MPPT charge
controllers
• Very fast sweeping of the entire PV array
• Recognition of multiple power points during shading or mixed
PV arrays
• Low input voltage operation
• Excellent performance at sunrise and low solar insolation levels
Communications Capabilities
• Enables system monitoring, data logging and adjustability.
Uses open standard MODBUS™ protocol and Morningstar’s
MS View software
• Meterbus: Communications between compatible Morningstar
products
• Serial RS-232 and EIA-485 serial connectivity
• Ethernet: fully web-enabled interface to a local network or
internet; view from a web browser or send email
• EMC-1: IP based network and internet connectivity, including SNMP
Other Features
• High-Low voltage barrier improves safety
• Available with optional Disconnect Box: 600V PV disconnect switch,
battery breaker and prewired input/output bus bars
• Available with DC Transfer Switch option for switching from a
GT string inverter to battery backup charging during a utility
outage. Multiple controllers and GFPDs may be added later,
on an as-needed basis