I too have had amazing luck w/the old Trace SW series and the bullet proof U series. I've had dozens installed for over 10 years in salt air tropical environments and the failure rate is lower than any other inverter I've ever worked with. I had a hurricane take out the inverter/battery room many years ago on a project, the Trace 2512 U series fell to the bottom of the heap and the batteries tipped over flooding the Trace w/acid. The owner left in dismay and 2 years later got ready to rebuild, his wife talked him into trying the inverter out against his better judgement and it worked flawlessly and still was 2 years later when I last checked! Now, I gotta assume that we can build even better inverters today but I'm still waiting......
Lovin' my Magnum but hated to retire my U series but I just kept running into mod. sine wave issues and finally took the plunge. I sure do notice the extra 600 Wh/day load though to keep it on 24/7 over the ol Trace. Being that Clyde Yamamoto is the brain behind Magnum I'm looking forward to a very long trouble free life with it.
I have a lot of Outbacks all over the place and in many cases push thier limits to the wall and beyond and they have done reasonably well. CS can be inconsistant though. Super luck w/Fronius for grid tie and it is my choice for the smaller grid ties.
-jeff o


>From the Solar, Wind and Hydro powered office of Jeff Oldham/Regenerative SOLutions


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