<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt">I have been involved with two installs, They are working great, they have dual inputs and the broadest MPPT range of any inverter I have seen. I have had no failure problems, and I have a friend that has experience with several and he reports no problems. <br><br>They are ungrounded so you have to use PV wire exposed. Your array disconnect has to open both DC lines per input, which means a four pole disconnect if you have two parallel strings. (it takes a long time to get the 4 pole disconnects from square D, rarely stocked)<br>daryl<br><div><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr
size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Bruce <blspam@sonic.net><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thu, April 7, 2011 6:44:12 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [RE-wrenches] Power One Aurora Inverters<br></font><br>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Hi all. Does anyone have
any experience with the Power One Aurora grid-tied inverters? Any
comments on the failure rate for inverters manufactured in the
last year or two?<br>
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Thanks.</font><br>
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