[RE-wrenches] Fronius inverters

[Jerry Shafer]

Wrenches
Looks like the leaks are from the top of the inverters between the front
cover and rear. These inverters are nema 4 but water gets in pretty easy so
all wrenches beware that this can happen
On Sep 17, 2015 3:56 PM, "Jerry Shafer" <jerrysgarage01 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 8 out of 8 had water some 1 in some more, it is hard to tell because it
> drains into the conduit and filled the breaker panel until it ran out of
> there. I think the issue is not that it is not water proof but when we get
> rail it can be over 4 in and hr at times, we have had hurricanes miss us
> nearly every week. I am planning to put a roof over the 8 units to protect
> them from the amount of rain. Once you look at the way the unit goes
> together you will see how it can flood the inverter if there is that much
> water.
> Jerry
>
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Allen Frishman <amfrish at aeonsolar.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Jerry,
>> I have not installed any of these but am considering them on an upcoming
>> project.   How big of an issue are you seeing?
>>
>> *Al Frishman*
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>> On Sep 16, 2015, at 2:46 AM, Jerry Shafer wrote:
>>
>> Wrenches
>> Has anyone had any issues with water getting into Fronius Simo's and
>> Promo's,
>> Jerry
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