Heart inverters [RE-wrenches]

[Windy Dankoff, Dankoff Solar]

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>On a somewhat different matter, can anyone give an opinion of Heart inverter
>products?  I have seen a couple, the owners seemed pleased with them, but no
>one much is using them.  Why don't we (I) hear more about them?

>Baran


Heart pioneered the first efficient, hi-surge, low-idle (mod-sine) 
inverter suited to home power systems, back in '85. That year their 
failure rate was about 50%. A year later, they had high reliability 
and have had it very high ever since. Unfortunately for them, some 
guys broke from the company and formed a company that you may have 
heard of, now famous for certain white boxes that buzz.

Trace, that is, immediately produced a black box that never quit. 
They immediately took over our market. Since then however, Heart had 
equal reliability and probably still does. Heart gained strength by 
concentrating on marine and mobile markets instead of RE homes. We 
sold many Heart inverters in the 80's and early 90's when Trace 
didn't have the right product or when we could get reconditioned 
Hearts cheaper. Their heavy low-freq. transformer units are solid! I 
don't know about some cheaper units they may have. I don't know if 
they have anything sine wave yet.

Windy

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