[RE-wrenches] midnite new inverter

[Bill Battagin]

John,

             Just curious if you had SPDs (like Midnites) in either 
system?  AC side, DC side

Bill

Feather River Solar Electric
Bill Battagin, owner
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On 4/10/2024 6:01 AM, John Blittersdorf via RE-wrenches wrote:
> Time will tell where the failure modes are.   I still don't like all 
> the eggs in one basket. Do you have to send the units back for 
> repair?  Had enough of that with Trace SW series inverters..
> For off grid, I'll stick to the tried and true for now. For Grid tie 
> it is just a financial hit.  For off-grid power loss it is more 
> important to deal with right away..
>
> I am going to try a Fortress Envy at my off grid home but will keep my 
> Outback field repairable VFXR wired in just in case. I had a massive 
> lightning strike between my house and a guest cabin 1/4 mile away and 
> I lost power from my Fortress Eflex battery at the cabin and my 
> Outback inverter at my house.  I replaced the control board on my 
> inverter ( I always keep one in reserve as it is usually the only 
> board failure due to lightning)  and was back on line in 1/2 hour and 
> Fortress rushed me a new BMS board for the E-flex and a day later and 
> a half hour swap had it back in service,  Now it is a different story 
> with 2 Simpliphi batteries I have from a customer that failed.  I have 
> to ship them to California to have them evaluated to see if we had 
> damaged them by misuse. Lots of expense and time lost.
>
>
> John Blittersdorf
> CV Wind Service / Off Grid Vermont
> 802-770-8625
>
> On Tue, Apr 9, 2024 at 11:43 PM Scot Arey via RE-wrenches 
> <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
>
>     Wow, are we in the golden age of inverter/chargers? If it had
>     200-a.p pass thru it would be near perfect.
>
>     Begs the question: are stand alone charge controllers becoming a
>     historical artifact?
>
>     Howard "Scot" Arey
>     Owner, Solar CenTex
>     254-300-1228
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