Inverters for GT with Batteries [RE-wrenches]

[Graham Owen]

Daryl,

I agree with you completely.  I would rather wait as long as it takes
for the Outback equipment rollout and avoid customer call-backs for
service calls , especially when a job site is 140 miles round trip.  I
was drooling over the Outback setup at the recent renewable show in
Pomona and my customers in waiting have copies of the Outback catalog.
The only sense of rush or urgency is due to declining rebates.

Graham Owen
GO Solar Company






-----Original Message-----
From: Daryl DeJoy [mailto:penobscotsolar at midmaine.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 10:47 AM
To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
Subject: RE: Inverters for GT with Batteries [RE-wrenches]


In defense of Outback, I would prefer to hear that they are working 
diligently on a grid tied version and when all the engineering, 
re-engineering, testing, field testing and final certification and
approval 
are done it will be ready and not a second before.
It's nice to see a company that learns!  Those of us who eagerly awaited

the original FX stand-alone inverter and who waited through multiple
ETA's 
wished at the time the same thing as Marco, but the complexities of 
engineering, building and certifying are subject to so many variables
that 
I think Christopher is giving us the best answer. Maybe not the one we'd

like to hear, but still the most responsible one.
Thanks, Outback! I look forward to more well thought out, constantly 
improving designs.

Daryl DeJoy
Penobscot Solar Design





At 07:04 AM 9/10/03 -1000, you wrote:
>Kinda like what the President and Defense Department have been saying 
>in response to questions over how long US forces will be in Iraq: just 
>until they're needed and not a day more...Is your response below what I

>should tell a prospective battery-based, grid-tied customer, 
>Christopher?  "Gee, Marco, when do you think their inverter will be 
>ready?  I really like it and would like to use it in my home for a net 
>metered PV system."  It will be ready when it is ready....Come on.  
>What kind of customer service is that? I'm not trying to pin you down 
>to a specific date.  One month? Six months? The next presidential 
>election?
>
>marco
>
>
>
> > How about a question I posed to you months ago?  So when do you and 
> > your most experienced engineering group anticipate having the FX 
> > ready for grid-tied applications?
>
>It will be ready when it is ready...
>
>Christopher Freitas
>OutBack Power Systems, Inc.
>cfreitas at outbackpower.com  www.outbackpower.com
>Tel 360 435 6030  Arlington WA USA
>
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