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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Since we do relatively few grid-tied
battery back-up systems (4 a year), I have no direct knowledge of only Outback
and now Xantrex products. Is anyone willing to offer a comparison of the Apollo
and MidNight Classic (I know it’s only in beta right now)?</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Also, is there any fundamental problems
using a non XW charge controller with the Xantrex XW Inverter? I know we would
miss the integrated monitoring function, using a the SC</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Will, please see what the Xantrex folks
say about mating an Apollo CC with the Xantrex XW Inverter Charger. Tell them
what our motivation is: that we would dearly like to design to 5-module strings
rather than 3-module strings.</span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>Peter T. Parrish, Ph.D., President<br>
California Solar Engineering, Inc.<br>
820 Cynthia Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90065<br>
Ph 323-258-8883, Mobile 323-839-6108, Fax 323-258-8885<br>
CA Lic. 854779, NABCEP Cert. 031806-26<br>
peter.parrish@calsolareng.com</span></font><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
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[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>jay peltz<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, February 05, 2009
5:40 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> RE-wrenches<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [RE-wrenches] Charge
Controllers with greater than 150 V input</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Hi Peter,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Apollo makes a high voltage 200VOC unit, 80 amps.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>And the Classic from Midnight is almost ready to come out if I hear it
right.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Feb 5, 2009, at 5:23 PM, Peter Parrish wrote:</span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>I seem to
remember mention a while ago of a quality charge controller that supports a
higher input voltage than 150 V? We would like 175 V.</span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>Peter T. Parrish, President<br>
California Solar Engineering, Inc.<br>
820 Cynthia Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90065<br>
Ph 323-258-8883, Mobile 323-839-6108, Fax 323-258-8885<br>
CA Lic. 854779, NABCEP Cert. 031806-26<br>
<a href="mailto:peter.parrish@calsolareng.com">peter.parrish@calsolareng.com</a></span></font><span
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