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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Interesting. A customer from Baja, on the Sea of
Cortez has a similar problem after 2 years trouble free. No ESD potential
there. Rebooting the remote did not help. Did Outback pant a time
bomb!!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Larry</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=solarworks@gmail.com href="mailto:solarworks@gmail.com">Kirpal
Khalsa</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 09, 2010 9:30
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [RE-wrenches] Outback Mate
Controller Issues</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Good Morning All......we have recently had 2 off grid outback
systems go haywire.....both have been running perfectly for more than 2
years.....then all of a sudden the mate stops allowing AC inputs.....a variety
of troubleshooting indicated all components were fine.....Outback
support took care to help with the confirmation that all the components
were fine......finally with us being stumped, tech support asked us to unplug
the mate from the hub and replug it back in.....Voila! everything
started working properly again......only setting that seemed to be changed and
needed to be reset was that the chargers on the inverters were turned off and
a few button pushes later and this was also restored......<BR>Anyone else
having any similar experiences? This is puzzling as we haven't ever had
this kind of problem and for some coincidental reason we had two systems both
with long term smooth operating histories have the same issue......we
appreciated the quick, accessible, competent support from Outback tech support
but remain puzzled as to what may have triggered these odd
events......feedback appreciated!<BR><BR><BR>-- <BR>Sunny Regards,<BR>Kirpal
Khalsa<BR>NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer<BR>Renewable Energy
Systems<BR><A
href="http://www.oregonsolarworks.com">www.oregonsolarworks.com</A><BR>541-218-0201
m<BR>541-592-3958 o<BR>
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