I just finished the commissioning of a new 103 kW rack mounted grid-tie system for a University located in Virginia when we were informed the school had applied for Federal funding for this project after the initial project design and specifications were completed 3 years ago and at the time this was not a requirement. Needless to say, the installation contractor was just advised the inverter was not made in USA as required by the Federal funding program and would have to be replaced. This inverter worked perfectly during our commissioning and only has 2 weeks of total operating time. Although this unit was not made in USA, the company does have a US factory and I assume they will assemble the replacement unit there. However, they will not allow any exchange or credit on the unit installed, I assume they are claiming they never represented the unit as 100% made in USA. I must say this unit looks to me like it was well designed, the internal wiring and boards look the same as all other inverters I have used, and all of the large internal components were made by nationally recognized manufacturers.
The contractor is willing to take a big cut if he can find another buyer. It's a 100 kW model PVS-100, 480 VAC, 3ph, Satcom with six(6) string input, in an outdoor rated enclosure, inverter mountied AC and DC main dis-connects, and pre-wired for Mod-Buss data communication. Call or email me off list for contractor contact if you want to make them an offer - Jeff Yago DTI Solar 804-457-9566 jry...@dtisolar.com
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