[RE-wrenches] No more Mate3-SL upgrades
Bill Battagin
frenergy at psln.com
Tue Feb 11 21:43:02 PST 2025
That feller sounds a little like me. For us, Its a mile drive down the
road for cell service. I always have a sharp pencil handy. We thought
the internet was bad, here comes AI.
Bill
Feather River Solar Electric
Bill Battagin, owner
4291 Nelson St. (Shipping)
5575 Genesee Rd. (USPS, UPS)
Taylorsville, CA 95983
530-284-7849, 258-1641(cell)
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On 2/11/2025 8:19 PM, John Blittersdorf via RE-wrenches wrote:
> I occasionally get customers who do not want to be connected to the
> internet. I have a customer who can only use his cell phone by hiking
> up to his "phone booth" in the woods above his house that has a seat
> with a shelf for his phone, pencil and paper.!!!
>
> On Tue, Feb 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM Tyrone Houck via RE-wrenches
> <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
>
> Oh OK I totally get it. I guess I just never realized there was
> ever an offer to change the hardware out to an internet capable
> upgrade or replacement. Thank you for clarifying. I'm really
> appreciating remote monitoring options these days whether Midnite,
> Outback(OpticsRe),Solaredge, or Sol-Ark. It's great to be able to
> check on remote sites and even adjust settings from the phone or
> computer.
>
> Tyrone Houck
> Oregon Solarworks LLC
> CCB #204937 LRT #076
> 541-787-1366
> tyrone at oregonsolarworks.com
>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 4, 2025, 3:37 PM Nick Lucchese via RE-wrenches
> <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
>
> The issue is that the SL version does not contain an ethernet
> port for the network and does not have the ability to utilize
> Opticsre. So perhaps an SL version would be ideal to have in
> your service vehicle but many have concluded that Opticsre is
> priceless for supporting a client effectively especially for
> most off grid sites that tend to be off the beaten path.
>
> Nick
>
> On Mon, Feb 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM Tyrone Houck via RE-wrenches
> <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
>
> Can the mate3SL not use the mate3S firmware? Is there a
> reason to need a version other than 001.004.007? Or am I
> misunderstanding your post?
>
> Tyrone Houck
> Oregon Solarworks LLC
> CCB #204937 LRT #076
> 541-787-1366
> tyrone at oregonsolarworks.com
>
> On Mon, Feb 3, 2025, 12:50 PM Nick Lucchese via
> RE-wrenches <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
>
> Greetings Wrenches,
>
> Perhaps I'm one of the few stuck with a handful of the
> Mate3-SL units that was counting on Outback's promise
> that they would be upgraded for free once the chips
> became available but that promise was not carried on
> to the new owners. I believe most all of the Flexpower
> Radian panels AEE offloaded at the end shipped with
> the SL version. They specifically just let me know
> that that program was affiliated only with the Enersys
> ownership and now that they are independent the
> program is no longer offered. One more reason for me
> to no longer offer their products unless for repairs
> and like for like replacements. Midnite's timing on
> the release of their new products is perfect! Only
> thing missing now is an effective monitoring platform
> like Opticsre.
>
> Nick
>
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