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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Many, not all, OutBack Distributors offer design and tech support as well to dealer/installers. In most cases they will be able to answer questions on a larger range of products as
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#006600">Tom Duffy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Rebekah Hren<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 08, 2015 5:44 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback customer service?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Advice I often give to students in PV classes: if you are trying to decide between two similar pieces of equipment at a similar cost (rack, inverter, modules, whatever), try calling the tech support line to ask a technical question and
see what happens. Does anyone answer and how quickly? If so does that person have a clue as to how to answer your question? If they don't know how quickly can they get you to someone who does? I know things wax and wane over time at any company, but you can
sure learn a lot about a company calling the tech support line before you spec equipment. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would just add that it's pretty amazing Midnite puts their tech support folks names, phone numbers and email addresses on their website. I don't think I've seen any other PV company do that. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 5:15 PM, Starlight Solar Power Systems <<a href="mailto:larry@starlightsolar.com" target="_blank">larry@starlightsolar.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I only had the option to leave a message and after about 1 hour on hold I did so. That was a week ago. I had not heard of calling at a specific hour. Is this something they suggest? Where did you hear of this 0700 calling time?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Dec 8, 2015, at 3:00 PM, Peter Parrish <<a href="mailto:peter.parrish@calsolareng.com" target="_blank">peter.parrish@calsolareng.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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issues, but if your want to engage him about future product development, or to get confirmation about utility issues, NEM 2.0, industry trends, etc. he is the best person at Outback Power to talk to. If you want to know more about how to program the Radian
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