FCC compliance [RE-wrenches]

[Christopher Freitas --- OutBack Power]

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Well - since you asked...  None of the OutBack inverters and controllers 
are currently FCC listed.  We recently completed CE approvals (which are 
similar, but not identical requirements) and are working hard on getting 
the FCC as soon as possible.  We have two engineers assigned to this 
project already and are looking at adding more resources if required.  

I don't think you need to worry about downing any airplanes with any 
OutBack products - we have several HAM radio guys in our engineering 
group and are located only a few hundred feet from a busy airport 
coincidentally. The FX and MX60 are very quiet devices from a RF 
standpoint - but we are finding a few improvements are possible and 
reasonable to add from a cost standpoint.  

There also are numerous OutBack inverters in use by the military both in 
the US and the Middle East. The largest quantity of units is with the 
ordinance demolition group who gets to disarm the roadside bombs in Iraq 
- they use them to run large halogen lights as well as power remote 
controlled robots - so if we were making problems we would hear pretty 
quickly...  

We also have had many positive comments from 
dealers/installers/customers on how switching to an OutBack inverter 
eliminated various interference/noise issues caused by other previous 
sinewave inverters and controllers. 

The bottom line is that we do not know of anyone who has had significant 
problems with noise/interference with any OutBack products - if you do 
know of anyone we would love to see if the small changes being done for 
the FCC compliance actually does makes any difference in the real world. 
  

Christopher Freitas
OutBack Power Systems, Inc.
cfreitas @ outbackpower.com  
www.outbackpower.com
Arlington WA USA
Tel 360 435 6030  

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