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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-size:18.0pt;color:#1F497D'>My initial experience with Radians was not good. I had one of the 4kw modules fail three times on a 8048. Once was the result of a factory wiring error, plain as day when I went to replace it. Module 1 output was wired to module 2 terminals on the AC board and vice-versa. But the communication cables were plugged in correctly (module 1 to jack 1, 2 to jack 2). This caused master/slave programming to get all screwed up. It worked for about 3 weeks before the right combination of commands occurred and it smoked.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#1F497D'><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>Rich Nicol<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 15, 2016 8:13 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'RE-wrenches'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] battery-based inverter<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Had Radian failures and typical issues contacting Outback tech support in a reasonable amount of time. (ended up replacing boards on site, just like FX inverters, which is nice rather than sending the unit in)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Xantrex XW is massively improved after a rocky past, interconnect box is very spacious and easy to work in, and perhaps most important – tech support to assist with programming etc. has proved to be top notch and readily available when needed. All of this is counter to what our experience was historically with Xantrex but perhaps the Schneider purchase has made a positive impact?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>RIch<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"></a><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> RE-wrenches <a href="mailto:[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org]">[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org]</a> <b>On Behalf Of </b><a href="mailto:john.blittersdorf@gmail.com">john.blittersdorf@gmail.com</a><br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 14, 2016 9:36 PM<br><b>To:</b> RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] battery-based inverter<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Kirk, I agree with Peter. I have installed several Radians with good luck. I installed one SI and it worked ok but was more expensive and very time consuming to install. Did one XW and would never do it again. Never has worked right.<span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>John<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Central Vermont Solar & Wind<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><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br>Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Jan 14, 2016, at 7:37 PM, Peter Parrish <<a href="mailto:peter.parrish@calsolareng.com">peter.parrish@calsolareng.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>My 2 centavos. Stick with them. I prefer their approach over SMA.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>-<span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>Peter</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Peter T. Parrish, Ph.D.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>President, SolarGnosis</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>1107 Fair Oaks Ave.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Suite 351</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>South Pasadena, CA 91030</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>(323) 839-6108</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:petertor@pobox.com">petertor@pobox.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></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 [<a href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org">mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kirk Herander<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 14, 2016 12:39 PM<br><b>To:</b> RE-wrenches<br><b>Subject:</b> [RE-wrenches] battery-based inverter</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Hello,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Can anyone recommend a good battery-based inverter for grid-intertie? I need both generator and utility inputs, 120 or 240 output. I have experience with the OB Radian series but don’t know what else is out there. Thanks.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Kirk Herander</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Owner|Principal, VT Solar, LLC </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Celebrating our 25<sup>th</sup> Anniversary 1991-2016</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><a href="www.vermontsolarnow.com">www.vermontsolarnow.com</a></span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>dba Vermont Solar Engineering</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>NABCEP<sup>TM </sup>2003 Inaugural Certificant</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>VT RE Incentive Program Partner</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>802.863.1202</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>_______________________________________________<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: <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><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></div></body></html>