<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Interesting timing on this Skybox subject. Over the last few weeks I’ve been getting requests for help from a local individual that has been experiencing a lot of problems with his integration of Skyboxes and a Fortress Evault. I am too overwhelmed with my own work to jump right in but still trying to help him out in a limited manner as I feel bad for his situation. Sounds like the two main issues he’s experiencing are lack of success updating firmware in the Skyboxes and related miscommunication with SOC between the components and the charge being terminated once the batteries only reach 30% SOC.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Is it worth the effort of believing once a successful firmware update is completed that the associated problems will be remedied or would those of you experiencing Skybox problems recommend swapping out the inverters before any additional labor expenses are wasted? Seems like he is willing to go for the latter but I’d rather not doom a decent product to e-waste if it’s not necessary. I always avoided the Skybox myself due to their high idle consumption so other than an afternoon training I have no experience with this particular Outback offering.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Enjoy your weekend, Nick</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 11, 2022, at 9:47 AM, Rich Nicol via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" class="">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Same disastrous experience here as well with the Skyboxes.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">We installed three – I now own them as I replaced them at my expense with another competing product.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Worse solar product I dealt with in the last 15 years.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>RE-wrenches [<a href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Eric Smiley via RE-wrenches<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, August 11, 2022 12:40 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>RE-wrenches<br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Eric Smiley<br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [RE-wrenches] GT inverter for SWWP turbine<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Skybox is discontinued and tech support is limited. There are still significant software issues with them that make them unreliable for battery back-up. We are in the process of replacing the 3 Skyboxes we wish we had never installed.<br clear="all" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 105, 100); border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in;" class=""><span id="cid:~WRD000.jpg"><~WRD000.jpg></span></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 105, 100);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.4rem; letter-spacing: 0.04rem; font-weight: lighter !important;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 105, 100);" class="">Eric Smiley,</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 105, 100);" class=""> Project Manager<br class=""><a href="mailto:eric@vecoop.ca" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 168, 133);" class="">eric@vecoop.ca</span></a><br class=""><a href="tel:+12507036004" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(36, 105, 100);" class="">T: 250.703.6004</span></a><br class=""><a href="tel:+18883860116" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(36, 105, 100);" class="">T: 888.386.0116</span></a><br class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://viridianenergy.ca/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 168, 133);" class="">VIRIDIANENERGY.CA</span></a></span></strong><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.4rem; letter-spacing: 0.04rem; font-weight: lighter !important;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><a href="https://viridianenergy.ca/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span id="cid:~WRD000.jpg"><~WRD000.jpg></span></span></a></span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 105, 100);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">On Wed, 10 Aug 2022 at 20:00, Maverick Brown via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><blockquote style="border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 1pt; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 0in 0in 0in 6pt; margin-left: 4.8pt; margin-right: 0in;" class="" type="cite"><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Jay</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Have you (or any Wrench willing to share) installed SkyBox? If so, can you share your experience good or bad? <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Can you compare it to Sol-Ark? I’ve installed a half-dozen Sol-Arks but no SkyBox yet. I think I have a customer where SkyBox would be a good fit, but not enough personal data. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Thanks in advance. <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Maverick Brown<br class="">Off-Grid Solar Commander since 2006<br class=""><b class="">Maverick Solar Enterprises, Inc.</b><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""> • Solar Commander Remote Power</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""> • SunFlow Systems Cathodic Protection <br class=""></span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:maverick@mavericksolar.com" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">maverick@mavericksolar.com</a><br class="">512-460-9825<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>