Paul,
Thanks for the response regarding the start-up up voltage, and yes this is in line with expectations, and the error is on order of 2%.
In the mean time I have found another, potentially larger issue. The maximum current of the inverter in question is 30A. This is included in the inverter input page (Idcmax), but I do not think that SAM is checking it. When I export the hourly data for energy, which for an hourly series is equal to power, and voltage, then calculate the amperage, the simulation in fact does go over the maximum amperage. Once I manually correct for the max amperage value of the inverter, the annual energy forecast drops by about 25%.
I believe that this client can rectify the issue by changing the layout of the strings to boost voltage, but my concern is that SAM runs the simulation in an amperage regime above the maximum of the inverter, then reports those energy figures as valid.
Thoughts?
Best,
Rocco