Trace ST problems [RE-wrenches]

Travis Creswell, Ozark Solar ozsolar at ipa.net
Thu Feb 22 07:05:51 PST 2001


Now that my hands are warmed up I can hit the right keys and I'll even
proofread this message.  Sorry about that last one..  really, I am literate

I was reminded yesterday that the ST was designed specifically for thin film
PV.  Actually the MPPT in the ST is designed/set up for thin film. 
Supposedly thin film has a much different I-V curve but I have no experience
with it.  I can remember a Trace engineer speaking at a Trace training
session I attended last year about that but it didn't seem like he said that
it would work poorly with standard modules.

Travis
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>From: carl reuter <creuter at rocketmail.com>
>To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
>Subject: Trace ST problems [RE-wrenches]
>Date: Thu, Feb 22, 2001, 3:52 AM
>Today while on the phone to a Trace tech, I brought up the Suntie and
>asked if they had ironed out the bugs and the guy got very
>defensive,claimed they'd only had "a few" instances of problems and
>went on about mud slingers giving the product a bad name, etc.
>Apparently they dont like us wrenches down there.
> Latter in the day,one of my suppliers mentioned that of 19 units
>that his company sold,12 came back in with the same problems that
>we've discussed here.This is the same old thing with Trace,major
>denial and piss poor lying skills.Ive never heard them cop to
>anything.
>I have been considering the much smaller AEI GC 1000 a contender
>until speaking with an official today from Pacific Gas & Electric,
>who told me the darn thing wasn't on his list of PG&E approved
>inverters for grid tie,yet he didn't have any more info than that and
>not even a copy of their list to send me. Darn frustrating, this
>business. Carl Reuter 
>
>=====
>Land and Sea Solar, Renewable Energy Systems.  Email: 
>carl at landandseasolar.com.   Phone:831-252-5040  website:www.landandseasolar.com
>
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