Sanyo panel & CControllers [RE-wrenches]

[Blair May]

 The efficiency is a real challenge.
 NOT! For  those of us in the field, doing installs far away from home,
RELIABILITY, even if it is pricy. That is the real challenge!
 Reputation and loss of income, traveling 
doing repairs on poor quality boards, ect. can far outweigh the initial
cost.

-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Freitas --- OutBack Power
[mailto:cfreitas at outbackpower.com] 
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 3:59 PM
To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
Subject: RE: Sanyo panel short MC wires [RE-wrenches]



The company is called Gaia Power Technologies out of New York - 

http://www.gaiapowertechnologies.com/Charge_Controller.html

Last time we talked with them they were still in development and it was
not listed yet.  

They are saying it will have a 3kW capacity and a retail list price of
$1300  ($0.43 per watt).

Compare this to a 3kW capacity and price of $650 for an OutBack MX60...
or a 4kW capacity and price of $750 for the new FM80 - ($0.19 per watt)

You can install quite a bit of additional breakers and wiring for the
cost difference of $650 USD... but there are times a higher input
voltage would be very nice to have.

OutBack has also have been working on higher input voltage charge
controllers as well - but haven't been able to reach the necessary
combination of high efficiency, power capacity and a reasonable price
level.  The efficiency is a real challenge - if its not high enough then
its just not worth offering in my opinion.  

We also prefer to wait until we have the real product in the field
before we start making claims about its performance... 


Christopher


Christopher Freitas
Director of Research of Development 
OutBack Power Systems, Inc.
cfreitas at outbackpower.com
Tel 360 435 6030
cell 360 202 4239
19009 62nd Ave NE 
Arlington WA 98223 USA
www.outbackpower.com

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