SMA 3000TL-US User manual

SB3-5TLUS22-IA-en-12 | Version 1.2

PV Inverter

SUNNY BOY

3000TL-US / 4000TL-US / 5000TL-US

Installation Manual

SMA America, LLC

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or implied, with respect to this documentation or any of the equipment and/or software it may

describe, including (with no limitation) any implied warranties of utility, merchantability, or fitness for

any particular purpose. All such warranties are expressly disclaimed. Neither SMA America,LLC nor

its distributors or dealers nor SMA Solar Technology Canada Inc. nor its distributors or dealers shall

be liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages under any circumstances.

(The exclusion of implied warranties may not apply in all cases under some statutes, and thus the

above exclusion may not apply.)

Specifications are subject to change without notice. Every attempt has been made to make this

document complete, accurate and up-to-date. Readers are cautioned, however, that

SMAAmerica,LLC and SMA Solar Technology Canada Inc. reserve the right to make changes

without notice and shall not be responsible for any damages, including indirect, incidental or

consequential damages, caused by reliance on the material presented, including, but not limited to,

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SMA America, LLC

3801 N. Havana Street

Denver, CO 80239 U.S.A.

SMA Solar Technology Canada Inc.

2425 Matheson Blvd. E

8th Floor

Mississauga, ON L4W 5K5

Canada

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS

This manual contains important instructions for the following products:

• Sunny Boy 3000TL-US (SB 3000TL-US-22)

• Sunny Boy 4000TL-US (SB 4000TL-US-22)

• Sunny Boy 5000TL-US (SB 5000TL-US-22)

This manual must be followed during installation and maintenance.

The product is designed and tested according to international safety requirements, but as with all

electrical and electronic equipment, certain precautions must be observed when installing and/or

operating the product. To reduce the risk of personal injury and to ensure the safe installation and

operation of the product, you must carefully read and follow all instructions, cautions and warnings

in this manual.

Warnings in this Document

A warning describes a hazard to equipment or personnel. It calls attention to a procedure or practice,

which, if not correctly performed or adhered to, could result in damage to or destruction of part or all

of the SMA equipment and/or other equipment connected to the SMA equipment or personal injury.

Symbol Description

DANGER indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, will result in

death or serious injury.

WARNING indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result

in death or serious injury.

CAUTION indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result

in minor or moderate injury.

NOTICE is used to address practices not related to personal injury.

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Warnings on this Product

The following symbols are used as product markings with the following meanings.

Symbol Description

Warning regarding dangerous voltage

The product works with high voltages. All work on the product must only be

performed as described in the documentation of the product.

Beware of hot surface

The product can become hot during operation. Do not touch the product during

operation.

Electric arc hazards

The product has large electrical potential differences between its conductors. Arc

flashes can occur through air when high-voltage current flows. Do not work on the

product during operation.

Risk of fire

Improper installation of the product may cause a fire.

Observe the operating instructions

Read the documentation of the product before working on it. Follow all safety

precautions and instructions as described in the documentation.

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General Warnings

All electrical installations must be made in accordance with the local and NationalElectrical Code®

ANSI/NFPA 70 or the Canadian Electrical Code® CSAC22.1. This document does not and is not

intended to replace any local, state, provincial, federal or national laws, regulation or codes

applicable to the installation and use of the product, including without limitation applicable

electrical safety codes. All installations must conform with the laws, regulations, codes and

standards applicable in the jurisdiction of installation. SMA assumes no responsibility for the

compliance or non-compliance with such laws or codes in connection with the installation of the

product.

The product contains no user-serviceable parts.

For all repair and maintenance, always return the unit to an authorized SMA Service Center.

Before installing or using the product, read all of the instructions, cautions, and warnings in this

manual.

Before connecting the product to the electrical utility grid, contact the local utility company. This

connection must be made only by qualified personnel.

Wiring of the product must be made by qualified personnel only.

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Table of Contents

1 Information on this Document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2 Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.1 Intended Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.2 Skills of Qualified Persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2.3 Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

3 Scope of Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

4 Product Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

4.1 Sunny Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

4.2 DC Disconnect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

4.3 Type Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

4.3.1 Sunny Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

4.3.2 DC Disconnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

4.3.3 Symbols on the Type Labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

4.4 Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

4.5 Zigbee®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

4.6 Communication Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

4.7 Secure Power Supply (SPS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

4.8 Fan Retrofit Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

4.9 Arc-Fault Circuit Interrupter (AFCI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

4.10 SD Card Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

4.11 Varistors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

4.12 SMA OptiTrac Global Peak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

5 Mounting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

5.1 Selecting the Mounting Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

5.2 Mounting the Wall Mounting Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

5.3 Mounting the Inverter and DC Disconnect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

5.4 Attaching the Anti-Theft Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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6 Electrical Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

6.1 Safety during Electrical Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

6.2 Overview of the Connection Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

6.2.1 Connection Area of the Inverter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

6.2.2 Connection Area of the DC Disconnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

6.3 AC Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

6.3.1 Conditions for the AC Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

6.3.2 Connecting the Inverter to the Utility Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

6.4 DC Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

6.4.1 Safety during DC Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

6.4.2 Conditions for the DC Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

6.4.3 Connecting the PV Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

6.5 Connecting the Secure Power Supply Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

6.6 Connecting the Zigbee® Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

7 Commissioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

7.1 Making Settings via the Rotary Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

7.1.1 Overview of the Rotary Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

7.1.2 Changing the Country Data Set and the Display Language . . . . . . 49

7.1.3 Changing the Display Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

7.2 Commissioning the Inverter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

8 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

8.1 Changing the Country Data Set Using a Communication Product . . 52

8.2 Activating and Setting SMA OptiTrac Global Peak . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

9 Display and LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

9.1 Switching On the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

9.2 Calling Up Messages of the Start Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

9.3 LED Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

10 Disconnecting the Inverter from Voltage Sources . . . . . . . . . . 55

10.1 Disconnecting the DC Disconnect from Voltage Sources. . . . . . . . . . 57

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11 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

11.1 Event Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

11.2 Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

11.3 Cleaning the Inverter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

11.4 Checking the PV System for Ground Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

11.5 Replacing DC Varistors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

12 Decommissioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

12.1 Disassembling the Inverter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

12.2 Packing the Inverter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

12.3 Disposing of the Inverter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

13 Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

13.1 DC/AC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

13.1.1 Sunny Boy 3000TL-US. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

13.1.2 Sunny Boy 4000TL-US. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

13.1.3 Sunny Boy 5000TL-US. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

13.2 Protective Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

13.3 General Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

13.4 DC Disconnect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

13.5 Climatic Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

13.6 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

13.7 Torques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

13.8 Data Storage Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

14 Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

15 Compliance Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

16 Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

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Validity

This document is valid for the following device types as of firmware version HP V02.05.00.R,

KP V02.50.55.R:

• Sunny Boy 3000TL-US (SB 3000TL-US-22)

• Sunny Boy 4000TL-US (SB 4000TL-US-22)

• Sunny Boy 5000TL-US (SB 5000TL-US-22)

Target Group

This document is for qualified persons. Only persons with the appropriate skills are allowed to perform

the tasks described in this document (see Section2.2 "Skills of Qualified Persons", page12).

Additional Information

Links to additional information can be found at www.SMA-Solar.com.

Symbols

Nomenclature

Document title Document type

Capacitive Leakage Currents Technical information

Shade Management Technical information

Module Technology Technical information

Symbol Explanation

Indicates information that is important for a specific topic or

objective, but is not safety-relevant.

☐ Indicates a requirement for meeting a specific goal.

☑ Desired result

✖ A problem that could occur

Complete designation Designation in this document

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SMA Solar Technology Canada Inc. SMA

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