<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></div><div dir="ltr"><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Yeah, I see Zonna has some XP Pros at an insanely low price. I would have a hard time selling this to a client knowing they are discontinued, however.</span><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br>Jason Szumlanski<div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Principal Solar Designer | Florida Solar Design Group</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">NABCEP Certified Solar Professional (PVIP)</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Florida State Certified Solar Contractor CVC56956</span></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Florida Certified Electrical Contractor EC13013208</font></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><img width="0" height="0" alt="" style="display: flex; visibility: hidden;" src="https://mailtrack.io/trace/mail/70a89721fb92b86539850cb656bb50fa4931a842.png?u=1613865"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Feb 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM Michael Morningstar via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">It's true. I caught wind of this over the summer and switched to Victron/Discover to stay ahead of the curve. NAZ has some smoking deals on XWpros. Tech support is still available and has actually been really good. Not sure for how much longer</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Feb 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM Kent via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
<div>
Schneider's website is still there but it shows the Conext products
as being discontinued.<br>
<br>
Word is that a couple well know online retail companies bought up
almost all the inventory except for some number of items that
Schneider held for warranty supply.<br>
<br>
Kent Osterberg<br>
Blue Mountain Solar
<p><br>
</p>
<div>On 2/14/2025 10:55 AM, Jason Szumlanski
via RE-wrenches wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote type="cite">
<div dir="auto">This is the first time I'm hearing of that. The
product line is still listed on their website.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">
<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Feb 14, 2025, 1:28 PM
Michael Morningstar via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>>
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="auto">They discontinued the Conext line. Mo more XWs</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">
<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Feb 14, 2025 at
9:45 AM Glenn via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>>
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="auto">
<div>Whoa, what did I miss? </div>
<div dir="auto">How is Schneider out of the picture?</div>
</div>
<div dir="auto">
<div><br>
</div>
<div>-Glenn</div>
</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 14, 2025 12:28,
Michael Morningstar via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>>
wrote:<br type="attribution">
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<div dir="ltr">I think I have seen or heard of
issues and failures with all of the Li batteries
at this point. Even my favorite, Discover. So
then, what is most important to me is good tech
support and customer service. Discover has been
awesome. Midnite has been great too. Discover is
releasing a 16kwhr battery very soon. Most of my
OG systems for several years have been
Schneider/Discover. With Schneider out of the
picture, I started using more Victron equipment
with Discover batteries. Now there's the Midnite
AIO and Powerlo16s. I've done several GTBB
systems and like that combo for that
application. Bill's post reminded me of the
Rosie/Barcelona. I'm wondering what the pro's
and cons are between the AIO and R/B for
off-grid. Not many choices left these days</div>
<br>
<div>
<div dir="ltr">On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Jason Szumlanski via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>>
wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">
<div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I didn't initially
realize they have the Powerflo16 outdoor
wallmount battery. I see you can get
that capacity with it now. It's
disappointing that the stackable 5kWh
Powerflo5 is limited to 80kWh (also 16
units). Most of my clients build
dedicated battery/inverter buildings and
need massive capacities to run their
properties. I am trying to wrap my head
around how a multi-inverter Midnite AIO
might be able to take advantage of
multiple un-paralleled battery banks to
get around this limitation. I'm waiting
on a call from a Midnite rep to discuss
this and other questions I have.</span><br clear="all">
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<div dir="ltr">
<div dir="ltr"><br>
Jason Szumlanski
<div><span style="font-family:roboto,robotodraft,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Principal
Solar Designer | Florida Solar
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<div>
<div dir="ltr">On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at
9:00 AM Amos Post via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>>
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<div>Hi Jason,
<div><br>
</div>
<div>It looks like the limit to Midnite
PowerFlo is 257kwh.
(16.076kwh/unit*16units in parallel).
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Best,</div>
<div>Amos<br>
<div>
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<div>On Feb 12, 2025, at 5:22 PM,
Jason Szumlanski via RE-wrenches
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wrote:</div>
<br>
<div>
<div dir="ltr">
<div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Thanks for the feedback,
Lou. </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Yep, they all seem to be
borrowing the "delay and
deny" tactic from the
insurance industry. It's
an epidemic. Solar module
manufacturers are doing
this, too (I'm looking at
you, REC and Silfab, who
have given me the D&D
treatment on two clear-cut
warranty issues recently).
I will continue to give
Enphase kudos for having
readily available and
mostly competent customer
service reps and a
refreshingly liberal
warranty process,
especially if you are
experienced and know how
to work the customer
service reps correctly to
lead them to the right
answer.</span><br clear="all">
</div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Regarding the firmware
issues on inverters
and batteries, I have high
hopes for Midnite's AIO
and MNPowerflo, given
their claims that firmware
updates are tested,
simultaneous, and
seamless. This is a far
cry from Sol-Ark's new
policy of refusing to do
firmware updates unless a
technician is standing by
on-site. It sounds like
Midnite is listening, and
the rest are content with
accepting mediocrity and
pushing issues onto
installers.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">And don't get me started
about HomeGrid's pathetic
app and registration
process... That little Gen
3 WiFi antenna gives you
such high hopes, only to
end in huge
disappointment. The app
doesn't even seem to work.</span></div>
<div>
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<div dir="ltr"><br>
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<div dir="ltr">On Wed, Feb 12,
2025 at 1:08 AM Lou Russo
via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>>
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">
<div>The current trend of
manufacturers
resisting issuing RMAs
is concerning. The
amount of work they want
us to do to confirm
their problem is
staggering (Looking at
you SolarEdge). With
that said, we only have
7 systems with HomeGrid
batteries. We have had
only one issue with them
and it was firmware
related. Unfortunately
their firmware upgrade
process is a total
kludge so much so that
like Jason, I just let
them take over my laptop
and let them handle it.
It really made me
appreciate Discover's
software and firmware
update process. We have
a lot of Discover
batteries out there and
like the EG4s you can
just shut off the bad
battery and move on. In
addition, if you have a
battery module that is
"dark start low" you can
actually "charge" it
(it's more like spilling
electricity) from a good
battery in the stack by
turning off all the
loads and charging
sources (i.e. the
inverter) and all the
battery modules except
one good one and the bad
one. After you get the
low one to a decent
state of charge you can
fire everything up and
put a good balance
charge on the entire
stack. I have found
their support to be
great as well. They also
just took their remote
battery monitoring out
of beta so now you can
see battery info
directly online. Which
is nice. I am a big fan
of having
redundant monitoring so
we can "trust but
verify" the data being
reported by the various
components. I am still
bummed they ended
production of
the 42-48-6650, the
build quality was
ridiculously good. I am
little leary of
their replacement,
the 48-48-5120, but it
seems to be doing fine
in our installs. It has
only been a year or so,
so the jury is still
out. But all the same
features I described
above apply. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>
<div dir="ltr">
<div dir="ltr">
<div dir="ltr">Aloha,
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Lou Russo </div>
<div>Owner</div>
<div><a href="mailto:lou@spreesolarsystems.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">lou@spreesolarsystems.com</a></div>
<div>Office - 808
345 6762</div>
<div>Spree Solar
Systems LLC </div>
<div>CT-34322</div>
<div><br>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<br>
</div>
<br>
<div>
<div dir="ltr">On Tue, Feb
11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Jason Szumlanski via
RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>>
wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="auto">For what
it's worth, they
haven't said anything
about internet
connectivity on these
two systems I'm
dealing with right
now, and they are both
Gen 3.
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">One
site has a bunch of
firmware
discrepancies, and
this is the site
with one module that
has all cells low
voltage. Not sure if
it's even
recoverable. It's
sitting at 39V.</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">The
other site has all
the same firmware.
This is the one I
went to today. One
of 16 modules (2
full stacks) has one
of 15 cells
internally that is
low voltage. To me,
that's a clear
warranty swap
situation, but
customer service
wasn't having it.
Disassemble the
battery and charge
it? That's not a
solution. It has
been escalated. We
will see what
happens. </div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">Clearly
we should be able to
take these back to
the shop for
diagnostics at a
minimum and get them
RMA'd. Requiring the
purchase of a
Windows laptop and a
battery charger is
not ideal for sure. </div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">The
only good thing I
can say is customer
service took over my
PC today remotely
and ran diagnostics
after installing the
required software
(which isn't a fast
process). I was
expecting them to
say, "yep it's toast
and we're sending
you a new one,
valued customer."</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">No
such luck. </div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">Jason</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
</div>
<br>
<div>
<div dir="ltr">On Tue,
Feb 11, 2025,
6:48 PM Tyrone Houck
via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>>
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">
<div>Yep. And the
10 year warranty
is only good if
connected to the
internet.
Firmware update
of every module
is crucial or
else there will
likely be
imbalances. You
may be able to
address it as 1
and shut of the
others and
charge it
through the bus
but if it's cell
voltage is too
low it may be an
rma situation. I
have had similar
issues
especially with
gen 2. Zero
issues yet with
any gen 3
modules but the
internet thing
really struck a
nerve as they
only just
recently got
their internet
monitoring
functional..
having to go
back to every
site is a
serious pain
just to ensure
what should be a
basic warranty.
Best of luck and
feel free to
contact me
offsite if you
have any other
questions I
might be able
to help with.</div>
<div dir="auto">Tyrone
Houck</div>
<div dir="auto">Oregon
Solarworks LLC </div>
<div dir="auto">CCB
#204937 LRT #076</div>
<div dir="auto">541-787-1366 </div>
<div dir="auto"><a href="mailto:tyrone@oregonsolarworks.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">tyrone@oregonsolarworks.com</a></div>
<div><br>
</div>
</div>
<br>
<div>
<div dir="ltr">On
Tue, Feb 11,
2025, 3:36 PM
Jason Szumlanski
via RE-wrenches
<<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>>
wrote:<br>
</div>
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<div dir="auto">Hi
Wrenches,
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">I
am regretting
some HomeGrid
Stack'd
off-grid
installations
right now.
There is a
major flaw in
the way these
function in an
error state.
For those of
you that don't
know, these
48V batteries
are stacked
with a single
BMS on top,
covering up to
8 batteries
below. Each
battery module
has a circuit
breaker and
dip switches
to identify
the battery
communication
number and
location in
the stack.
Each BMS can
be paralleled
to additional
stacks with
communication
cabling. </div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">The
issue is when
one battery
module goes
into an error
state. What
will happen is
that battery
stack's BMS
will recognize
the error, and
then shut down
the whole
stack. This
cascades to
the other
stacks and the
system shuts
down - fails
to deliver 48V
at the output
terminals on
the BMS of any
stack.</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
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<div dir="auto">That
is annoying,
but what's
even more
problematic is
you can't just
shut off the
offending
battery to
bypass it. You
need to
physically
change all of
the dip
switches to
bypass it and
then reprogram
the BMS to
re-recognize
the new module
count (after
taking it out
of parallel).
This is all
very time
consuming and
requires the
inverter
system to be
shut down.
Even if a
battery is not
in an error
state, you
can't just
turn it off.
The whole
system goes
haywire. </div>
<div dir="auto"> </div>
<div dir="auto">Once
you have it
bypassed, you
can hook up a
RS-232 cable
(Mac users
need not
apply) and use
their software
to gather
diagnostics.
Customer
service will
then want to
do additional
diagnostics
with the
battery in the
stock, but
that is not
reasonable in
and off-grid
system where
uptime is
critical. One
of the faulty
modules I am
dealing with
was diagnosed
as one of 15
cells with low
voltage. The
"solution" is
to take it out
of the stack
and charge it
to 100% with
an external
charger. </div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">By
the time I'm
done with all
of the
diagnostic
nonsense, I
can almost pay
for a new
battery with
the lost
labor. Isn't
the whole idea
for this not
to happen with
balancing done
automatically?
It was
suggested to
me that it
didn't get
charged to
100% often
enough, and
that is why it
happened. That
isn't an
acceptable
reason for
failure in an
off-grid
system. </div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">I
hate to say
this, but EG4
has a far
better 5kWh
solution in
this respect.
Each module
has it's own
BMS. When one
fails, you can
simply turn
off the
circuit
breaker and
everything
else continues
to work. In
fact, a fault
in one BMS
doesn't take
out the whole
stack or
stacks of
battery
modules. </div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">Back
to HomeGrid.
When this
happens, in my
mind this is
an automatic
RMA. They
should be
replacing
these, no
questions
asked.
Especially at
almost twice
the price of
EG4. They
actually want
me to
disassemble
the case of
the battery
and charge it
with an
external
charger (which
I don't have)
directly from
the terminals
that are
internal to
the battery
case. Totally
unacceptable.
Whatever is
inside that
case is their
problem in my
opinion. </div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">I
am not selling
anymore
HomeGrid until
I get
satisfactory
resolution to
these issues.
EG4 isn't
perfect, but I
have actually
had pretty
good success
installing
some that I
sold and quite
a few that
consumers
purchased
directly. And
at almost half
the price,
it's easier to
eat the cost
of a battery
here and there
for customer
satisfaction.</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">Anyone
have similar
issues with
HomeGrid?</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">Jason
Szumlanski </div>
<div dir="auto">Florida
Solar Design
Group</div>
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