So who has a good reliable off grid RSD? It all looks like failure prone garbage to me.
Thank you, -James Jefferson Jarvis APRS World, LLC +1-507-454-2727 (Sent from my phone. My apologies for spelling errors and brevity.) On Fri, Aug 27, 2021, 05:02 Tump <t...@swnl.net> wrote: > I would once again say that; we as an industry can influence not only the > writing of the code but with what we are *buying* OR *not buying.* > If the devices we are required to install to make things “more safe & > reliable”, at the cost of our livelihoods & reputations, we all need to > make the folks that are building the RSD crap and those who require > installation of questionably safe & reliable crap aware of these problems. > WE can thru either going to the code development meetings AND NOT buying > or installing this stuff. Not too easy when a huge amount of solar is > rooftop installs. As many of the installers in the NE know its not a single > level ranch were installing this stuff on, short season & man lift required. > Tell your supplier why you are not buying that brand, let your supplier & > folks on the list what manufacture has good reliable products AND tech > support that we can understand, who we can get in a timely fashion, and get > the satisfaction of a prompt replacement. IF we don’t sell it they won’t > have a job or a market. > > On Aug 26, 2021, at 2:09 PM, Jeremy Coxon <jco...@sunwindpowerinc.com> > wrote: > > Carl, > > Did you get any kind of joy out of APSmart on that failure? > > I will say that their tech support guy did at least try to be helpful, but > the language barrier was really really steep and their distribution > channels are less than ideal. Their response to a request for compensation > was that they would not be profitable if they had to pay for truck rolls > for such a low cost item. I really don’t think they GET IT. We’ve been in > business for over 16yrs and this one failure could easily have ended that > run. > > I cannot imagine we’re alone here. I was told by AP that their failure > rate was 0.2%. Now, I come from a reliability engineering background in > petro chemical/ big pharma where a 0.2% failure rate would be > catastrophic. Can you imagine that 2 out of every 1000 pills made could > cause death? We engineered secondary systems and multiple quality checks > to contain catastrophic consequences for components that had know failure > rates higher than acceptable values. A simple solution to this fire > initiation issue would be a metal enclosure instead of plastic casing. > That still doesn’t really solve the problem of extra connections though. > > Best Regards, > Jeremy Coxon NABCEP # 091308-21 > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the > other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org > > > *tump3...@gmail.com <3...@gmail.com>* *www.SWNL.net* > Solarwinds Northernlights > * Serving Mid Coast Maine & Northern California* > * 207-832-7574 Cl. > 610-517-8401 * > *Blair "TUMP" May* > > > * ******** MAINE'S CHARTER ******** * * > NABCEP "Certified PV Installer"* > > > * ******** MAINE'S CHARTER ******** ** > Trace Xantrex "Certified" Dealer / Installer"* > > > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the > other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org > >
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