Two or three times over the last ten years we have upgraded Series I units with 4.01 chipsets, often as not in order to add a gennie EQ function. It has always worked perfectly; boot it up and it's the familiar menu. Changing the five chips isn't even a particularly difficult job, once the cover is off.
Allan Sindelar al...@positiveenergysolar.com NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic Installer EE98J Journeyman Electrician Positive Energy, Inc. 3201 Calle Marie Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507 505 424-1112 www.PositiveEnergySolar.com <http://www.positiveenergysolar.com/> From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Mick Abraham Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 9:00 AM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] SW4024 compatibility question I have an early vintage SW unit (which is overdue for retirement but refuses to break...) Those early models had to be physically removed from the wall to get the cover off, so a chipset replacement was difficult. Then Series II came out (which can be identified by the easier method for removing the cover). There were additional revisions to the physical hardware when Series II came out, and I've carried the notion that Series II was not backward compatible to Series I. Dave Katz' suggestion is something that I'm sure you'll want to pursue, but I advise that all digits of the firmware revision should match...and that both inverters should be Series I or II, not mixed. I have an extra chipset that I never installed...owing to the difficult replacement process...so we could compare notes further if you wish. Jolliness, Mick Abraham, Proprietor www.abrahamsolar.com Voice: 970-731-4675 On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Allan Sindelar <al...@positiveenergysolar.com> wrote: Esteemed Wrenches: Wrench esoterica time. another contest like Mick's to win the chance to take time off. A customer has a late-2005 SW4024 with Rev. 4.30 firmware. He needs to add a second inverter for series stacking to increase output to run a big well pump. We have an early SW4024 with Rev 1.0 firmware, and we have both Rev. 4.01 and 4.10 firmware chipsets in our parts archives. Are the two inverters compatible if series-stacked with a firmware upgrade? Thank you. Allan Sindelar al...@positiveenergysolar.com NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic Installer EE98J Journeyman Electrician Positive Energy, Inc. 3201 Calle Marie Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507 505 424-1112 www.PositiveEnergySolar.com <http://www.positiveenergysolar.com/> _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
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