Invertrix inverters [RE-wrenches]

[Allan Sindelar]

I called the Invertrix 800 number listed in back issues of HP--a human voice
answered, but the company is gone, she said. No web site either.
Allan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Downing, Hurshtown Alt. Power" <solarman4 at yahoo.com>
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 11:40 AM
Subject: Invertrix inverters [RE-wrenches]


> Confession time -
> I was one of the poor suckers that sold a couple of Invertrix
> inverters.
> (If nothing else, this post will make those of you who did not sell
> them feel good.)
> The only Invertrix that I sold locally (read: gotta service it) was
> fine before the first failure, but we sent it back 4 times and it was
> never repaired correctly.  It never again had any surge capability.  It
> would shutdown with an overload error without even trying to start the
> load.  Personally I believe it was a software enhancement (read:error)
> that caused it to shut down early.  They claimed the inverter was fine,
> even though it wouldn't even try to start a Skil saw or 1/2HP well
> pump, and they wouldn't give us a new one after 3 returns.  "Clearly
> the customer is abusing it."  Yeah, a refrigerator is an abusive load
> for a 2500W inverter . . .
>
> It's current problem is that it won't turn on and stay on for more than
> a second or two.  Are there any repair centers out there who might be
> willing to look at it?  (I have essentially no hope, but a post is
> cheap.)  Maybe it could be dumbed-down (bypass the smarts) and made
> useable.  Schematics would be great.
> Inverterrepair.com (1-866-52-FIXIT) has a web site still active but the
> number has been disconnected.
>
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