[RE-wrenches] SMA SB........ -41 sources, connection box cover

[Jay]

Hi bill. 

I’m just wondering how did you confirm pg&E did the surge?  
I’d like to know for my own education 

Thx
Jay

> On Jan 31, 2026, at 10:06 AM, Bill P. Battagin via RE-wrenches <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
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> 
> Fellow SMA Lovers,
> 
>           I have an installation that has 10, SMA SB-1SP-US -40 and -41's  PG&E thought it would be a good idea to send a surge into the service of this install so 3 off the inverters were compromised.
> 
> 1)  I've gone to Ebay for replacements sometimes as SMA would not consider this a warranty issue.  Anybody have a source for new or refurbished other than Ebay?
> 
> 2)  Also it would be good to know, can the bottom connection box covers with displays be swapped/interchanged between different inverters and between -40 and -41 versions?
> 
> Thanks as always,
> Bill
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