Nishati AISPCA, Operation Manual

Page 1: ...ted Solar Panel Case Assembly ISPCA fielded with the Ground Renewable Expeditionary Energy Network System GREENS AISPCA provides portable effective and rugged solar energy ADVANCED INTEGRATED SOLAR PA...

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Page 3: ...11 Securing Stand with Sandbags and Stakes 12 Attaching Solar Panels 13 Electrically Connecting Solar Panels 14 Adjusting Solar Panel Angle for Location and Time of Year 15 Connecting Solar Array to C...

Page 4: ...side Dimensions 47 x 16 5 x 9 1 Max Deployed Footprint 39 9 ft2 30 deployment angle Max Power 420 Watts Open Circuit VoltageT Voc each solar panel 15 66 VDC Short Circuit Current T Isc each solar pane...

Page 5: ...acement Assembly Longeron Trim and Drill 01 217271 01 75CR6 5340 01 647 0338 ea Longeron Trim and Drill 01 Longeron Trim and Drill 02 217271 02 75CR6 5340 01 646 8439 ea Longeron Trim and Drill 02 Cro...

Page 6: ...practice or condition that may result in injury or death if not carefully observed or followed CAUTION A procedure practice or condition that may damage equipment if not carefully observed or followe...

Page 7: ...or fuel resupply GREENS proved that renewable energy systems increase combat effectiveness by reducing the need for logistics resupply of fuel and batteries AISPCA is the direct result of the lessons...

Page 8: ...personnel AISPCA consists of four triTfold solar panels a lightweight rollable stand sandbags empty and stakes to stabilize the system in the wind and one 35 power collector cable All assemblies liste...

Page 9: ...cells are combined together to create modules to increase the total power output These modules are most productive when the panels face directly into the sun i e are as close to perpendicular to the...

Page 10: ...in the afternoon from the shade caused by the mountains NOTE If the environmental effects and proper azimuth are uncertain the system should remain facing true south in the northern hemisphere or tru...

Page 11: ...requirements that exist AISPCA is a solar array which has a total output capacity of 420 Watt at about 48 volts at about 8 75 amps WARNING Solar systems are silent energy systems Always assume live vo...

Page 12: ...c ons 4 Sandbag Straps Tent Stake Loops front and back 5 Longeron 6 Transport Case 7 Rolled Stand 8 Folded Solar Panels 9 12 Sandbags 10 Tent Stakes not shown 10 Front and Rear BaOens 11 Upper Cross S...

Page 13: ...e AISPCA stand figure 9 Figure 9 Unroll AISPCA Stand 3 Lift the unrolled stand and erect the A frame structure as shown in Figure 10 Place array on ground with unobstructed view of the Southern sky in...

Page 14: ...on the AISPCA front and rear sand bag straps Figure 11 Tent stakes can also be used to supplement sand bags To secure with sandbags one sandbag shall be placed on each of the four sandbag straps in th...

Page 15: ...nd using top hook and slide latch connections The following procedure is recommended for attaching the solar panels to the stand 1 Remove one triTfold solar panel from the transport case and attach it...

Page 16: ...is used for GREENS all four solar panels are connected in series as shown in figure 15 3 Figures 16 and 17 show the positive and negative ends of the electrical connectors respectively 4 Securely con...

Page 17: ...s section Figure 18 Adjust AISPCA stand angle The angle of the solar panels relative to the sun can be adjusted using the 5 adjusting levers on the back of the solar array stand Flip the levers down f...

Page 18: ...the solar array stand One will be a positive connector and one will be a negative connector 2 Remove the collector cable from the transport case 3 Connect the end of the cable with two separate connec...

Page 19: ...g Connectors 1 The same connectors are used to connect the collector cable to the solar array as well as to interconnect the solar panels on the solar array 2 To disconnect solar panel connectors sque...

Page 20: ...bottom bending the two folds of the triT fold panel as shown in figures 23 24 and 25 4 Now lift the folded solar panel off the rollable stand by sliding the panel upwards disengaging the top hooks fig...

Page 21: ...the rollable longerons facing up figure 27 2 Starting from the end of the stand with the preTrolled longerons roll the stand toward the other end Try to keep the longerons rolling in a neat and unifo...

Page 22: ...st have the junction box side face down and away from the wheel end of the case figure 33 d Third solar panel packed must have the junction box face up to the wheel side of the case e Fourth solar pan...

Page 23: ...tand in Transport Case Figure 32 First solar panel placed into transport case with junction box face up towards wheel end of case Figure 33 Second solar panel placed into the transport case with junct...

Page 24: ...Test Method 1 AISPCA is connected to a GREENS controller a With solar array connected to GREENS controller b Fold each of the 4 solar panels one at a time and note the change in output power on the GR...

Page 25: ...fails remove that panel from the array and replace it with working panel Table 1 Procedure for Verifying Bypass Diode are Functioning with a Multimeter Multimeter Setting Diode Direction Multimeter N...

Page 26: ...AISPCA Operations Manual 24 Quick Reference Card...