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<font size="+1"><font face="Arial">I was warned about this for a system
I built in Alaska for a friend. He & his wife are gone most winters
and the temperature inside the unheated home probably gets down to -30.
The VFX3524 has never had any problems.<br>
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Todd<br>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Wrenches,<o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Inverter manufacturers
have an ambient temperature range with a lowe<span
class="343474203-22082008"><font color="#0000ff"><font color="#000000">st</font> </font></span>
temperature spec. For example, SMA has a spec of -13 to +113 degrees F.<span
style=""> </span>In our area of </span><st1:State><st1:place><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">New Mexico</span></st1:place></st1:State><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">, we have a record cold
temperature well below the -13 degrees F. If we mounted the inverter on
an outside wall or on a pole, this would expose the inverter.<span
style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">I called SMA and asked
about this.<span style=""> </span>They told me that the capacitor
blows up if it goes below the coldest temperature. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">My question is does
anybody have experience with this issue in the cold regions of the </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">US</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> like </span></font><st1:State><st1:place><font
face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Colorado</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> or </span></font><st1:State><st1:place><font
face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Montana</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">?<span style=""> </span>Do
you always mount the inverter inside in those cold regions?<span
style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Randy Sadewic<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Positive Energy<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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