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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Hi Nik:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">See Wikipedia: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_micro-inverter">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_micro-inverter</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Quote:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525;background:white">“In 1993 Mastervolt introduced their first<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid-tie_inverter" title="Grid-tie inverter"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0b0080;background:white;text-decoration:none">grid-tie inverter</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525;background:white">, the Sunmaster 130S, based on a collaborative effort between Shell Solar, Ecofys and ECN. The 130 was designed to mount directly to the back of the panel, connecting both AC and DC lines with<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compression_fitting" title="Compression fitting"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0b0080;background:white;text-decoration:none">compression fittings</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525;background:white">. In 2000, the 130 was replaced by the Soladin 120, a microinverter in the form of an<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_adapter" title="AC adapter"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0b0080;background:white;text-decoration:none">AC adapter</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525;background:white"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525;background:white">that allows panels to be connected simply by plugging them into any<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets" title="AC power plugs and sockets"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0b0080;background:white;text-decoration:none">wall socket</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525;background:white">.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525;background:white"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d;background:white">Best,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d;background:white"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d;background:white">August</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d;background:white"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d;background:white">Luminalt<sup> </sup></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><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:<a href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Nik Ponzio, Building Energy<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 17, 2015 3:31 PM<br><b>To:</b> RE-wrenches<br><b>Subject:</b> [RE-wrenches] remember the pirate solar inverter?</span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Question for the old timers out there: What was very early micro inverter called that was designed to plug directly into the wall? It had DC input for single solar panel and the output was a live 120V male plug.</p><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On a related note, is there anything like the SMA Secure Power Supply inverters that will run off just 1 or 2 panels?</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br>Thanks for any insight..</p></div></div></div></body></html>