We’ve put in a few hundred fire raptors so far and have no failures on any of their units yet. But we’ve only been using them for a year and what compensation do they offer 10years from now if the unit fails and doubles the customers out of pocket on the system installation?
Sky Sims EcologicalSystems.biz > On Aug 29, 2021, at 9:20 PM, Nick A Lucchese <luccheseso...@me.com> wrote: > > Have many of you had success with the Fire Raptor products approved for > Outback? MLSD is a hassle for sure and I’m no fonder of it than the rest of > you but meanwhile a few of my near term off grid installations will be > needing a solution. I’ve been dragging my feet submitting a permit package > for an upcoming off grid project and at the moment it still seems like the > Fire Raptor is the best option from what I can tell. Brad Bassett from AEE > had confirmed my suspicion of simplicity and sent me a diagram a bit ago with > a 48 to 24vdc converter and relay in place of the traditional AC keep alive > converter. Product reliability and future surprises aside, it seems like a > fairly basic product to integrate. The client is seriously considering a > large carport in place of the house for the PV structure so I’m hoping I can > dodge yet another MLSD project but I doubt I’m going to get that lucky. From > what I know about IMO’s history in industrial controls it seems like the best > option to pair with Outback’s offerings to meet compliance these days. > > Thanks for the collective wisdom as always, Nick A Lucchese > > > now back to the exploding RSD unit thread…... > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
