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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This is a follow up. <strong>There is good news for a change!</strong> Outback tech support is back and warranties will be honored. I spoke with Anthony this morning, who has been with Outback a long time and knows his stuff. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Currently, warranties are being handled through Enersys, and the process of warranty replacement may be a bit clunky for a while. This is expected to last about 6 months. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">All record of past technical support cases have been lost in the transition of ownership. They are starting over with the data on support cases. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Best,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Drake </span></p>
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<p><em>Drake Chamberlin</em></p>
<p><em>Athens Electric LLC</em></p>
<p><em>Ohio Electrical Contractor’s License 44810</em></p>
<p><em>NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional</em></p>
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<p id="reply-intro">On 2024-05-24 18:20, Drake Chamberlin via RE-wrenches wrote:</p>
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<div class="v1pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">With the sale of Outback, their tech support seems to have disappeared. Around the time of the sale, tech support had agreed to send me a new control stack for a Radian. After a long delay, they did send it, but were quick to remind me to return the core. </span></div>
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<div class="v1pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">When the new control stack was installed, the inverter would not work. The error message was AC Out Voltage Low. I put the old one back in and returned the one they sent. There is no one to talk to, and no one answers email. </span></div>
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<div class="v1pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Do you know if the new owners are planning to honor product warranty? Is tech support coming back? </span></div>
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<div class="v1pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This is a pretty rough transition. It will likely leave a number of people in the dark. </span></div>
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<div class="v1pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Fun Times Indeed!</span></div>
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<p><em>Drake Chamberlin</em></p>
<p><em>Athens Electric LLC</em></p>
<p><em>Ohio Electrical Contractor’s License 44810</em></p>
<p><em>NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional</em></p>
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