Best location for inverter

[SteveL]

I am building a shed 175' from my home and I'm planning to put a 6800 watt solar array on its roof. My question is will it work ok to have a string inverter located inside the shed, and then run 240 volts AC to the house using #6 AWG copper? What I'm seeing on Voltage Drop calculators is less than 2% loss, which seems satisfactory to me. I would like to have AC power at the shed for lights and so forth.

Thanks for any help. I'm a newbie to solar power, so I have a lot of questions.

[bcroe]

That agrees with my calcs. You might figure the tradeoff of 4 gauge, probably not worth it
if you never expand. Bruce Roe

[Mike90250]

What's the voltage of the string inverter ? Generally, the highest voltage run should be the longest.

5Kw at 500vdc or 5kw at 240vac You figure the amps and see what works out cheaper.

[SteveL]

Yes, that is what I have gathered in reading (higher voltage for longer runs), but should the system still work ok running AC that far with a voltage drop of under 2%? I want to put a breaker box at my building after leaving the inverter so I can have AC power there and not have to run wiring back to the building for it.

Thanks....