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<DIV><SPAN class=058591916-14092010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>My
thought here is that nothing will protect the equipment from a direct strike,
but a near strike that may induce a significant surge may be absorbed by the LA
and protect the equipment. I like the feedback so far. It would not
break my heart to stop using them altogether.:-}</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>Kris</FONT></SPAN></DIV><!-- Converted from text/plain format -->
<P><FONT size=2>Legacy Solar<BR>864 Clam Falls Trail<BR>Frederic, WI
54837<BR>715-653-4295<BR>solman@legacysolar.com<BR>www.legacysolar.com
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face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org
[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>August
Goers<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 14, 2010 10:39 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
RE-wrenches<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [RE-wrenches] Delta
LAs<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>All -</DIV>
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<DIV>I guess my thought is a little off topic, but are lightning arrestors
even worth using at all? My logic has always been that if lightning does
indeed strike that it's likely going to blow the arrestor and and inverter. We
don't have much of a lightning issue issue in the Bay Area so I don't have any
direct experience.</DIV>
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<DIV>Best,</DIV>
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<DIV>August<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 6:29 AM, Kristopher Schmid
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href="mailto:solman@legacysolar.com">solman@legacysolar.com</A>></SPAN>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">It
is quite ironic that just a week after I posted a question to the
group<BR>on testing the integrity of lightning arrestors, I had one
apparently faulty<BR>out of the box. The manifest of this was
interesting: when the AC LA<BR>(LA302R) was connected in parallel on the AC
input to a SB3000 inverter,<BR>there was 125vac neutral to L1, 125vac
neutral to L2, and 1Vac L1 to L2.<BR>SMA tech support suggested the LA as
the issue and sure enough, it was.<BR>Attempting to test good and faulty
arrestors with an ohmmeter gave the same<BR>result - off scale
open.<BR><BR>Any thoughts or comments from the group?<BR><BR>Kris
Schmid<BR><BR>Legacy Solar<BR>864 Clam Falls Trail<BR>Frederic, WI
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