Apollo T-80 Alert [RE-wrenches]

[Michael Welch]

Hi gang. Just an FYI. Herb is the Apollo Solar's manufacturers tech rep on this list, and stands at the ready to answer your tech questions about their company's equipment.

Mick Abraham wrote at 04:19 PM 5/9/2008:
 

>Hi, Wrenchers~
>
>I reported this morning about the T-80's tendency to not function when 
>the solar array is wired in "classic" fashion (series strings with 36 PV 
>cells for every 12 volts of battery). 
>
>I also reported that Apollo Solar had not answered my two suggestions: 
>(1) This incompatibility factor should be clearly explained in their 
>sales materials, and (2) The "minimum input voltage" numbers in their 
>installation manual need to be confirmed and possibly revised upward.
>
>This afternoon I got a phone call from service tech Herb Flynn and CEO 
>John Pfeifer. I learned today that Apollo is revising the installation 
>manual and is also planning to change their sales materials. I thought 
>there was a lack of response but perhaps this was just a lack of reply. 
>Apollo has no obligation to report to me, of course, but it's nice to 
>know that my concerns as an installer have been taken to heart.
>
>My "Voltage Alert" regarding the T-80 still stands: it seems 
>incompatible with a "classic" array configuration, and my fellow 
>installers should be aware of that. For the many installations where 
>higher voltage strings are practical (or even preferred), my "Voltage 
>Alert" about the T-80 does not apply.
>
>Since Apollo plans to do a better job of explaining the "incompatible 
>with classic" issue, that is a show of good faith which goes far in my 
>book. I hope the Wrench List participants will take my "Voltage Alert"  
>as a note on how to properly deploy this product and not as a negative 
>review of the T-80 or of Apollo Solar. 
> 
>Mick Abraham, Proprietor
>www.abrahamsolar.com
>
>
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