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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:black'>I doubt that Outback could change the Mate and improve it. I still find it difficult to deal with and switched to Magnum for that reason.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:black'> In my opinion the “improvements” made to the MX 60 in moving to the FM 60 were not an improvement. I have a customer with 2 identical racks and the MX60 did better every time we checked.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:black'>Just my opinion,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:black'>Bob <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>jay<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:23 PM<br><b>To:</b> RE-wrenches<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] Mate Drop and Charge Functions<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi All,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I’m with William, Its happened a number of times.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>But I doubt that outback is going to change anything with the mate 1.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>jay<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>peltz power<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Jul 12, 2015, at 9:00 AM, <a href="mailto:toddcory@finestplanet.com">toddcory@finestplanet.com</a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>i have had this happen, but only with one very elderly customer who didnt know what he was doing. he is 93 now, and has wisely hired a neighbor to maintain his system.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='word-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>having people "press buttons" who dont understand their function or correct settings is a recipe for problems. a ruined battery bank is an expensive lesson.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='word-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>in all my years of designing and building systems (mostly all off-grid) i only had one customer who was so challenged with flying the system, that after she destroyed two sets of battery banks in 5 years, she decided living off-grid was too complicated, and she moved back to town. she rented her place and the renters actually operated the system with no problem.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='word-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>the point is, some people are better at understanding and operating a battery/inverter/solar system than others. sure, the MATE could be easier, but i have never had any difficulty navigating and changing the menu settings and options. usually it is "operator/customer error".<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='word-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>todd<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='word-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='word-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a href="http://bers.re-wrenches.org">bers.re-wrenches.org</a></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>