[RE-wrenches] Midnight Classic

Wed Oct 5 05:56:16 PDT 2011

I'm surprised that more wrenches don't use Apollo's T80HV. It's a solid
unit that seems to perform at least as well as competitors. We have many
of the regular T80's installed in the Caribbean that have proven very
reliable. 5200 watts of PV for a 48 volt system is pretty darn good in my
opinion. (Disclaimer- I don't work for Apollo, I just have had great
experience with their controllers and see a lot of focus on other
manufacturers cc's without mention of these.)

Daryl DeJoy
NABCEP Certified PV installer
Penobscot Solar Design

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>     Agreed on all points. I have a Classic 150 in my own system, running
>     1500W 36V in/24V out, for about six months. My first unit was a
>     Classic 200, which failed after a month in service - firmware issue
>     - and was promptly replaced by Midnite. While the replacement works
>     fine, I will wait for production datalogging and auto EQ before
>     using these in customers' systems. The logging of the MX60>FM60
>     spoiled me, once I had observable data to use for diagnosis, and to
>     show a customer, when on a troubleshooting call.<br>
>     <br>
>     I want it to reach prime time - to me, Robin has been a gem in our
>     industry and deserves my support. The E-Panel is our default package
>     for off-grid. I'd like the Classic to reach default status as
> well.<br>
>     Allan<br>
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>       <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><b>Allan
> Sindelar</b></font><br>
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>         <span style="font-size: 10pt;">NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic
>           Installer<br>
>           NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional<br>
>           New Mexico EE98J Journeyman Electrician<br>
>           <b>Positive Energy, Inc.</b><br>
>           3201 Calle Marie<br>
>           Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507<br>
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>     On 10/4/2011 5:07 PM, Jeff Oldham wrote:
>     <blockquote cite="mid:20111004.160742.7381.0 at webmail56.vgs.untd.com"
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>       <div>I have used both and like them, however they have been
>         released too soon and much of the features and software/firmware
>         have not been developed yet. This has been an ongoing "within
>         the next month" chant for far too long now. The good news is
>         when these updates are ready you load them over the 'net but it
>         likely means a return trip to your customer to walk them through
>         it. The worst deficiencies at the moment are no Auto EQ (and a
>         couple of my customers can never recall the slightly complex
>         manual process) and no Data Logging. There is much more than
>         this to come but these are the biggies in my book, especially
>         Data Logging. My favorite feature is the fact that a 150, 200
>         and 250Voc are just that, then there is battery voltage head
>         room on top of that before smoke. This is very unlike most of
>         the competition where 150Voc is really 145ish, and 200 is really
>         180. If you must have 200 or 250Voc then there is little choice
>         beyond the pricey Schneider 600Voc.</div>
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>       <div>From the Solar, Wind and Hydro powered office of Jeff
>         Oldham/Regenerative SOLutions</div>
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