Trace pre-GTI SW4048 (was warranty issues) [RE-wrenches]

[Joel Davidson]

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The old Trace pre-GTI SW4048 is a great inverter that can be used either 
off-grid or on-grid either with or without a genset. What inverter is its 
equivalent nowadays?

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From: "Jeff Oldham" <starpower4u at juno.com>
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 11:19 AM
Subject: Re: warranty issues [RE-wrenches]


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> I too have had amazing luck w/the old Trace SW series and the bullet proof 
> U series. I've had dozens installed for over 10 years in salt air tropical 
> environments and the failure rate is lower than any other inverter I've 
> ever worked with. I had a hurricane take out the inverter/battery room 
> many years ago on a project, the Trace 2512 U series fell to the bottom of 
> the heap and the batteries tipped over flooding the Trace w/acid. The 
> owner left in dismay and 2 years later got ready to rebuild, his wife 
> talked him into trying the inverter out against his better judgement and 
> it worked flawlessly and still was 2 years later when I last checked! Now, 
> I gotta assume that we can build even better inverters today but I'm still 
> waiting......
> Lovin' my Magnum but hated to retire my U series but I just kept running 
> into mod. sine wave issues and finally took the plunge. I sure do notice 
> the extra 600 Wh/day load though to keep it on 24/7 over the ol Trace. 
> Being that Clyde Yamamoto is the brain behind Magnum I'm looking forward 
> to a very long trouble free life with it.
> I have a lot of Outbacks all over the place and in many cases push thier 
> limits to the wall and beyond and they have done reasonably well. CS can 
> be inconsistant though. Super luck w/Fronius for grid tie and it is my 
> choice for the smaller grid ties.
> -jeff o
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> From the Solar, Wind and Hydro powered office of Jeff Oldham/Regenerative 
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