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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I'm sooo glad I didn't sell the
customer this inverter. I checked, and the E panel for an
Outback inverter is the same size, so I think we're going to keep
the E-Panel all wired into everything else, and just swap the door
(and inverter) out.<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">R.Ray Walters
CTO, Solarray, Inc
Nabcep Certified PV Installer,
Licensed Master Electrician
Solar Design Engineer
303 505-8760</pre>
On 5/1/2013 3:24 PM, Jonathan Hill wrote:<br>
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I gotta agree with Bobbo on this one. What a hunk of garbage! It
has about a 50% failure rate in my experience. I guess that means
you've got a 50-50 chance of not having a problem though!<br>
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<div>On Apr 30, 2013, at 4:54 PM, Bob-O Schultze <<a
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<blockquote type="cite">The TR is a classic example of what I
call 3C. Cheap Chinese Crap. If Xantrex had any ethics at all
they would have killed that line and refunded everyone's dough
years ago.<br>
Bob-O<br>
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On Apr 30, 2013, at 3:44 PM, Kent Osterberg wrote:<br>
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Ray,<br>
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I've got a customer that has the same problem with a dual TR
inverter system. When we first complained, Xantrex promised
they were working on a fix. That never materialized and now
the TR is out of production. It's a lousy product and customer
service has been the same. A few months ago, I was asked to
participate in a survey regarding Xantrex products and
service. My responses must have got someone's attention
because I got a follow-up call about the survey. There never
has been a follow-up to correct this customer's problem
inverter.<br>
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Kent Osterberg<br>
Blue Mountain Solar, Inc.<br>
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t: 541-568-4882<br>
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On 4/30/2013 3:19 PM, Ray Walters wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite">Hi Folks:<br>
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I just finished up another ugly rewire project for a
customer that had another"installer" put in a Xantrex TR
inverter.<br>
We fixed numerous wiring issues, including neutral bonded to
ground in 7 different places!<br>
The issue we're having now though, is that the TR inverter
output voltage fluctuates when running CF lighting, and the
refrigerator.<br>
You can literally see the lights cycling brighter and
dimmer, and hear the compressor on the fridge running up and
down in frequency. Xantrex/ Schneider Tech support said
that:<br>
A) The TR doesn't do well with CF lighting, and that we
should switch to all incandescent........ hmmmm.<br>
B) We should set the search watts to zero (which I already
did)<br>
C) We need to increase the loads on the TR, as it doesn't
regulate output voltage and frequency very well at lower
loads........ 2nd big hmmmmm.<br>
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I knew there was a reason I quit installing Xantrex
inverters about 5 years ago, but I couldn't recall the
details. Now its all coming back to my feeble, aging brain.
So aside from switching out the inverter , (which I just
installed on a beautiful Midnite E-Panel) does anybody have
any cures for our ills? How would LED lighting behave?
Should I throw a capacitor across the output? or perhaps I
should just retire early and sail around the Caribbean? (I
can afford a canoe/ no sail......)<br>
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As always, thanks in advance for this wonderful technical
(and emotional) support group,<br>
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