[RE-wrenches] Xantrex Vesta Online units

[boB at midnitesolar.com]

On 11/10/2011 3:33 PM, Ron Young wrote:
> So would these be suitable for an off-grid application Bob? Any 
> comments on the reliability? The proposed set is in individual 
> residences on a First Nations reserve and the recipients will have 
> zero technical knowledge for operation of them.
>
> Ron Young
>


I can only comment on it if it is using a PS rather than a Prosine.  I 
didn't
have a lot of experience with the Prosines back then.  A wee bit though.

If a PS2512 or 24V PS, then I would trust it.   If it works OK now,
and they'd have to test it of course first, then I bet it would be OK
for a UPS situation.

Hopefully they don't  have 10 year old batteries in them and these were
real products and not some kind of prototype deal, I wouldn't have an 
issue with it.

There won't be a warranty left on it though. I might even get a
backup inverter for "just in case", as long as there was one semi-technical
person or someone nearby that knows how to twiddle knobs and
a screwdriver.

boB







> On 2011-11-10, at 2:41 PM, boB at midnitesolar.com 
> <mailto:boB at midnitesolar.com> wrote:
>
>> On 11/10/2011 1:41 PM, Ron Young wrote:
>>> Hi all, does anyone have any experience with the Xantrex Vesta 
>>> Online units? I have just been contacted by a client who has several 
>>> of these in storage and he wants to put them into use as off-grid 
>>> inverter systems. The only thing I've been able to find out about 
>>> them is that they seem to be UPS units. Client has no further info 
>>> or manuals. I have a pic if anyone needs a look.
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>> */Ron Young/*
>>
>>
>> The Vesta that I remember was a very early Xantrex,  late Trace 
>> battery box like thing with an inverter
>> in it.  The inverter would normally have been either a Statpower 
>> Prosine  or a Trace PS2512 or
>> some other voltage.   We called it the Pentasine cuz it had 5 
>> transformers.
>>
>> I wasn't sure if the Vesta was a shipping product but I guess they/we 
>> did ship some.
>>
>> I have a couple of those that I use for shelves in the basement.  
>> They had doors.
>>
>> boB
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