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Ron,<br>
The PS was a rather short-lived "entry-level" version of the SW
series from around ten years ago. We installed two of them before
deciding it wasn't a good choice for most customers. It lacked AGS
(as do pretty much all inverters these days, but that was lost from
the SW), had (I believe) a coarser waveform, and biggest issue,
lacked the 8-button control panel of the SW, so you couldn't change
settings, access meters, or equalize from a gennie without adding
the $300 SW remote. Perfectly reliable, just noisy.<br>
Allan<br>
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On 11/10/2011 6:13 PM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:boB@midnitesolar.com">boB@midnitesolar.com</a> wrote:
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On 11/10/2011 3:33 PM, Ron Young wrote:
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cite="mid:170EF649-8D90-4170-86CD-91B6588E0111@solareagle.com"
type="cite">So would these be suitable for an off-grid
application Bob? Any comments on the reliability? The proposed
set is in individual residences on a First Nations reserve and
the recipients will have zero technical knowledge for operation
of them.
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I can only comment on it if it is using a PS rather than a
Prosine. I didn't<br>
have a lot of experience with the Prosines back then. A wee bit
though.<br>
<br>
If a PS2512 or 24V PS, then I would trust it. If it works OK
now,<br>
and they'd have to test it of course first, then I bet it would be
OK<br>
for a UPS situation.<br>
<br>
Hopefully they don't have 10 year old batteries in them and these
were<br>
real products and not some kind of prototype deal, I wouldn't have
an issue with it.<br>
<br>
There won't be a warranty left on it though. I might even get a<br>
backup inverter for "just in case", as long as there was one
semi-technical<br>
person or someone nearby that knows how to twiddle knobs and<br>
a screwdriver.<br>
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boB<br>
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with the Xantrex Vesta Online units? I have just been
contacted by a client who has several of these in
storage and he wants to put them into use as off-grid
inverter systems. The only thing I've been able to
find out about them is that they seem to be UPS units.
Client has no further info or manuals. I have a pic if
anyone needs a look.
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The Vesta that I remember was a very early Xantrex,
late Trace battery box like thing with an inverter<br>
in it. The inverter would normally have been either a
Statpower Prosine or a Trace PS2512 or<br>
some other voltage. We called it the Pentasine cuz it
had 5 transformers.<br>
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I wasn't sure if the Vesta was a shipping product but I
guess they/we did ship some.<br>
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I have a couple of those that I use for shelves in the
basement. They had doors.<br>
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