Re: [RE-wrenches] PV Powered vs SMA

2009-12-03 Thread Geoff Greenfield
Yikes! We have not personally used PVP yet (and have a fleet of bulletproof SMA out there), but we have heard plenty about the early residential sized units.  We have had disaterous experiences with the old Advanced energy GC-1000s and plenty of Xantrex GC failures.  Clearly, inverters are

[RE-wrenches] PV Powered vs SMA

2009-12-02 Thread Nick Vida
Yes I know the failures you were mentioning in 05-06. I had one that had 2 blown 20a ac midget fuses inside the cover. i was told by the service of their partner company at that time to replace the fuses- it might have been a grid surge that took out the fuses. i did so later that day and the i

Re: [RE-wrenches] PV Powered vs SMA

2009-12-02 Thread Andrew Truitt
e in a well > ventilated area, if possible. My gut feeling is that over the long haul, > any > inverter will be better off in a location that is protected from moisture > and large ambient temperature swings. > > -Hans > ________________ > > From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-w

Re: [RE-wrenches] PV Powered vs SMA

2009-12-02 Thread Drake Chamberlin
1:04 PM To: RE-Wrenches Subject: [RE-wrenches] PV Powered vs SMA Hi colleagues Do any of you have a preference, PV Powered vs SMA in the residential space- 2k-5k grid tie inverter zone? Comments on performance/reliability/customer service etc? Any feedback on the

Re: [RE-wrenches] PV Powered vs SMA

2009-12-01 Thread Hans Frederickson
ure and large ambient temperature swings. -Hans From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Keith Cronin Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 1:04 PM To: RE-Wrenches Subject: [RE-wrenches] PV Powered vs S

Re: [RE-wrenches] PV Powered vs SMA

2009-12-01 Thread Wayne Irwin
ed. Please notify me immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message from your computer system. Thank you. Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 13:03:36 -0800 From: electrich...@yahoo.com To: re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Subject: [RE-wrenches] PV Powered vs SMA Hi colleagues Do any of

[RE-wrenches] PV Powered vs SMA

2009-12-01 Thread Keith Cronin
Hi colleagues Do any of you have a preference, PV Powered vs SMA in the residential space- 2k-5k grid tie inverter zone? Comments on performance/reliability/customer service etc? Any feedback on their monitoring vs SMA's webbox? Thanks Keith ___ Lis