
<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Nik,</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Look at the cyboinverter, I just picked one up to try out at my own home, the model designed to heat water in an electric heating element. They make a micro grid product as well, no batteries.<br><br>Michael D Nelson<div>MD Electric & Solar Inc.</div><div>707-684-0064 mobile</div><div>707-884-1862 office</div><div><a href="http://www.mdelectricsolar.com">www.mdelectricsolar.com</a> </div></div><div><br>On Sep 17, 2015, at 7:12 PM, <a href="mailto:toddcory@finestplanet.com">toddcory@finestplanet.com</a> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><font face="arial" size="4"><p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; word-wrap: break-word;">afaik the first example of "AC coupling" was when one of these "trace microsines" was plugged into the off grid system (sw4024?) at richard perez's home back in ~1995?</p>

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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; word-wrap: break-word;">> <br>> Yep. The OK4U was like 100 watts or 125 watts maybe ?<br>> <br>> I was the first one in the US to hook one up (I'm pretty sure ?) after<br>> Bill Ropenecker, the then<br>> CEO of Trace Engineering handed me after his trip to Europe and brought<br>> it back with him.<br>> <br>> boB<br>> <br>> <br>> On 9/17/2015 4:02 PM, Michael Welch wrote:<br>> > "OK4U," then Trace bought the rights to rebrand it as a "Trace Microsine."<br>> ><br>> > I ran one of each, and still have a couple of the Trace ones kicking around<br>> somewhere from guerilla solar days, and I don't think they came with a plug.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Nik Ponzio, Building Energy wrote at 03:31 PM 9/17/2015:<br>> ><br>> >> Question for the old timers out there: What was very early micro inverter<br>> called that was designed to plug directly into the wall? It had DC input for<br>> single solar panel and the output was a live 120V male plug.<br>> >><br>> >> On a related note, is there anything like the SMA Secure Power Supply<br>> inverters that will run off just 1 or 2 panels?<br>> >><br>> >> Thanks for any insight..<br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance<br>> ><br>> > List Address: <a href="mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a><br>> ><br>> > Change listserver email address & settings:<br>> > <a href="http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org">http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</a><br>> ><br>> > List-Archive:<br>> <a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html">http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html</a><br>> ><br>> > List rules & etiquette:<br>> > <a href="http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm">www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm</a><br>> ><br>> > Check out or update participant bios:<br>> > <a href="http://www.members.re-wrenches.org">www.members.re-wrenches.org</a><br>> ><br>> ><br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> List sponsored by Redwood Alliance<br>> <br>> List Address: <a href="mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a><br>> <br>> Change listserver email address & settings:<br>> <a href="http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org">http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</a><br>> <br>> List-Archive:<br>> <a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html">http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html</a><br>> <br>> List rules & etiquette:<br>> <a href="http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm">www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm</a><br>> <br>> Check out or update participant bios:<br>> <a href="http://www.members.re-wrenches.org">www.members.re-wrenches.org</a><br>> <br>> </p>

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