[RE-wrenches] Fortress

[Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar]

Hi Peter,

I was called in to consult on a new existing 4x Fortress E flex / 
Schneider XWP system that worked fine open loop but never communicated 
with the Schneider gateway. Fortress to their credit sent a tech out and 
he did Fortress FW and a PC exchange. Still not working.

The owner was upset and replaced with Discover AES 42-48-6650. There was 
zero configuration to do which surprised the installer. Worked fine 
closed loop from the start.

I do not like to be negative about companies in North America and I 
still think Fortress could have fixed this with more time.

Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar
"we go where powerlines don't"
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e-mail  offgridsolar at sti.net
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On 2024-02-14 6:46 am, Peter Giroux via RE-wrenches wrote:

> Good morning my fellow wrenchers. While I see the comments on SunPower 
> and the challenges, are any of you having similar issues with Fortress? 
> Their bms boards from the early classics have not held up and even 
> after replacement there are still issues ( parallel batteries and stand 
> alone not showing accurate #'s,  ). While support has been, well 
> supportive, the issues persist. Any thoughts or fixes you have come up 
> with?? I just had a customer unplug the coms cable from their sol-ark 
> and bring their readings to volts VS %% and it is starting to work a 
> bit better. Any and all help or ideas appreciated.
> 
> Thx
> peter Giroux
> 
> American Solar
> 
> Norcross Ga
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