[RE-wrenches] Fronius USA available 2023 & 2024 ?
Eric Smiley
eric at vecoop.ca
Fri Aug 25 09:44:56 PDT 2023
Interesting. Fronius has a strong presence in Canada with good tech
support. We also have a very low failure rate - can't remember the last
time we replaced one. There were some supply issues earlier this year but
we are receiving inverters and parts. They also have a good rep for low
failure and good service in Australia and Europe. Not sure why the US gets
short shrift.
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On Fri, 25 Aug 2023 at 08:27, Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
> I think Fronius has left the building. The reason I know is they stopped
> sending me AFCI repairs about 2 years ago. There was not any support from
> their installers in remote places like the Sierra range.
>
> I would second Tump on picking a good company with real money and
> products. Below is a new one this fall.
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> On 2023-08-25 3:55 am, Tump via RE-wrenches wrote:
>
> Mick, I would avoid trying to use a manufacture that has little NO support
> OR product availability.
> IF your using the Schnieder Pros, I would suggest you consider the 600/100
> CC. This product is more then capable of handling 7kW of input. They are
> available, compatible w/ their (Schnieder's) battery monitoring AND offer a
> system that is able to "talk" to itself.
> Off grid should be uniform in design so clients/caretakers and you, have
> little adding to confusion IF/when their is an issue.
> Lord knows Im not saying there won't be an issue w/ Schnieder's product,
> but we DO have a product, tech support & other persons w/in the company we
> are able to call on.
> AC coupling, for off grid while we have Hi V CCs available is for me a
> thing of the past. My$0.02 worth TUMP
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> On Aug 24, 2023, at 4:23 PM, Mick Abraham via RE-wrenches <
> re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
>
> Hi, Mechanix~ I asked a Greentech location about quantity four Fronius
> string inverter PRIMO 6.0-1. (6kW AC output, single phase 240 volt 60 hz)
> This p/n is in the Greentech portal but my particular branch hasn't done
> much with Fronius. Today the branch manager told me "Fronius no longer
> exists."
>
> Can any of you confirm or correct this report? I have an off-grid
> opportunity for which I wish to AC couple some of the PV. If Fronius USA
> has indeed "left the building", are there other string inverters that can
> be selected for country code "off grid 60 hz"? I'd like for the PV
> inverters to only curtail their output wattage if there's a frequency shift
> from the grid forming inverter (frequency/watt). Schneider XW Pro units
> would be forming the grid. Schneider has a white paper # 990-6421 on AC
> coupling but this document is almost three years old & no help at all in
> finding compatible PV inverters. Rapid shutdown is not mandated for this
> gig & each array would be evenly illuminated. IIRC, the List hasn't been
> highly enamored with SolarEdge in recent years; is that still the consensus?
>
> Thanks as always; the Wrench List is the Bomb!
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