[RE-wrenches] battery-based inverter

[Kirk Herander]

My initial experience with Radians was not good. I had one of the 4kw modules fail three times on a 8048. Once was the result of a factory wiring error, plain as day when I went to replace it. Module 1 output was wired to module 2 terminals on the AC board and vice-versa. But the communication cables were plugged in correctly (module 1 to jack 1, 2 to jack 2). This caused master/slave programming to get all screwed up. It worked for about 3 weeks before the right combination of commands occurred and it smoked.

 

From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Rich Nicol
Sent: Friday, January 15, 2016 8:13 AM
To: 'RE-wrenches'
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] battery-based inverter

 

Had Radian failures and typical issues contacting Outback tech support in a reasonable amount of time. (ended up replacing boards on site, just like FX inverters, which is nice rather than sending the unit in)

Xantrex XW is massively improved after a rocky past, interconnect box is very spacious and easy to work in, and perhaps most important – tech support to assist with programming etc. has proved to be top notch and readily available when needed. All of this is counter to what our experience was historically with Xantrex but perhaps the Schneider purchase has made a positive impact?

RIch

 

From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of john.blittersdorf at gmail.com
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2016 9:36 PM
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Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] battery-based inverter

 

Kirk,  I agree with Peter.  I have installed several Radians with good luck.  I installed one SI and it worked ok but was more expensive and very time consuming to install.  Did one XW and would never do it again.  Never has worked right.

 

John

Central Vermont Solar & Wind

 

 



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On Jan 14, 2016, at 7:37 PM, Peter Parrish <peter.parrish at calsolareng.com> wrote:

My 2 centavos. Stick with them. I prefer their approach over SMA.

 

-          Peter

 

Peter T. Parrish, Ph.D.

President, SolarGnosis

1107 Fair Oaks Ave.

Suite 351

South Pasadena, CA 91030

(323) 839-6108

petertor at pobox.com

 

From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Kirk Herander
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2016 12:39 PM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: [RE-wrenches] battery-based inverter

 

Hello,

Can anyone recommend a good battery-based inverter for grid-intertie? I need both generator and utility inputs, 120 or 240 output. I have experience with the OB Radian series but don’t know what else is out there. Thanks.

 

Kirk Herander

Owner|Principal, VT Solar, LLC 

Celebrating our 25th Anniversary 1991-2016

www.vermontsolarnow.com

dba Vermont Solar Engineering

NABCEPTM  2003 Inaugural Certificant

VT RE Incentive Program Partner

802.863.1202

 

 

 

 

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