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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:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>SMA’s 240 and Enphase both use (or used) electrolytic capacitors, and the most recent optimizers advertise that they use thin film instead. Does anyone know if that is the fly in the ointment? If so surely it would be common knowledge among designers and the mistake would be corrected in for example, in the IQ 6. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Bill Dorsett<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Manhattan, KS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><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>Chris Schaefer<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 14, 2017 12:00 PM<br><b>To:</b> RE-wrenches<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] No more Enphase<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Chris,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Took me a while to jump but this season we went to AP systems. About 33% less $ plus its two modules per inverter, thus cuts down the install labor and time. The only issue is a base 10 year warranty. Can pay for 20. I'm hoping enough of us installers complain and they'll bump it up to 25 to match the modules.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Christopher<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Chris Schaefer’s<br></span><a href="http://www.solarandwindfx.com/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.5pt;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=200 height=40 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://www.solarandwindfx.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Solar-Wind-FX-Logo.png"></span></a><br><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tel/Fax 585-229-2083 or Cell 585-748-1870 <br></span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>5115 South Hill Road ~ Canandaigua New York 14424<br><a href="http://www.solarandwindfx.com/" target="_blank">www.solarandwindfx.com</a> ~ E-mail: </span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="mailto:chris@solarandwindfx.com" target="_blank">chris@solarandwindfx.com</a></span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=200 height=56 id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://solarandwindfx.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/certs.jpg"></span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Thomas Jefferson, the author of our great Constitution, once said, "democracy" will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 10:48 AM, Chris Daum <<a href="mailto:chris@oasismontana.com" target="_blank">chris@oasismontana.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=m9003779137585677936375284514-14072017><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Fellow Wrenches:</span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=m9003779137585677936375284514-14072017><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>To make a long story short, we are done with Enphase. They've refused to reimburse us for labor after replacing a faulty inverter. So, what micro-inverters are you using successfully, and how is the tech support behind it?</span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=m9003779137585677936375284514-14072017><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Feel free to contact me offlist.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=m9003779137585677936375284514-14072017><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Best,</span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Chris Daum<br>Oasis Montana Inc.<br><a href="tel:(406)%20777-4309" target="_blank">406-777-4309</a><span class=m9003779137585677936375284514-14072017> or 4321</span><br>406-777-<span class=m9003779137585677936375284514-14072017>4309</span> fax<br><a href="http://www.oasismontana.com" target="_blank">www.oasismontana.com</a><span class=m9003779137585677936375284514-14072017> </span><br> </span> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><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-wrenchesorg" target="_blank">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" target="_blank">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" target="_blank">www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm</a><br><br>Check out or update participant bios:<br><a href="http://www.members.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">www.members.re-wrenches.org</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Chris Schaefer’s<br></span><a href="http://www.solarandwindfx.com" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.5pt;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=200 height=40 id="_x0000_i1027" src="http://www.solarandwindfx.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Solar-Wind-FX-Logo.png"></span></a><br><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tel/Fax 585-229-2083 or Cell 585-748-1870 <br></span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>5115 South Hill Road ~ Canandaigua New York 14424<br><a href="http://www.solarandwindfx.com" target="_blank">www.solarandwindfx.com</a> ~ E-mail: </span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="mailto:chris@solarandwindfx.com" target="_blank">chris@solarandwindfx.com</a></span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=200 height=56 id="_x0000_i1028" src="http://solarandwindfx.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/certs.jpg"></span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Thomas Jefferson, the author of our great Constitution, once said, "democracy" will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>