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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Kirk – </span></font></p>
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Yes it does require the additional relay
as a minimum for disconnecting the AC coupled battery-less grid-tie inverter.
I did not think of that as a protective relay (which is a term utility
engineers use for a protective device intended to prevent islanding of a
generator usually – it is a relay with its own voltage and/or frequency
sensing circuitry built in). </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The point I was trying to make is that its
pretty straight forward – just need one 12vdc coil AC relay between the
OutBack inverter and the battery-less grid-tie inverter – unless you are
also wanting to have a back-up generator as well which will then require an
additional manual or automatic AC transfer switch…</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Still pretty simple compared to many of
the off-grid systems which most of the wrenches have installed. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Christopher</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Christopher Freitas</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Director of Research and Development
</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>OutBack Power Systems, Inc.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><a href="mailto:cfreitas@outbackpower.com"><font
size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>cfreitas@outbackpower.com</span></font></a></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Tel 360 435 6030</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Cell 360 202 4239</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>19009 62<sup>nd</sup>
Ave NE</span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'> </span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>Arlington</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'> </span></font><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'>WA</span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'> </span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'>98223</span></font><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'> </span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>USA</span></font></span></font></p>
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<pre><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'><a href="http://www.outbackpower.com/"><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>www.outbackpower.com</span></font></a></span></font></pre><pre><font
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