<div dir="ltr">EG4 and most Asian Inverters do not have Conformal coating.  That goes directly against any 10 year warrant and long life.<div><br></div><div>There is a reason that old Trace inverters, OutBack inverters, and Schnider inverters, are still operating many years after the warranty has expired.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, May 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM Jay via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">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="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">I have been impressed with EG4 and the speed of improvements and new products from EG4. And I e had zero failures of batteries or inverters. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">To me having monitoring and programming built in is crucial for off grid. I guess I e had way too many people who are non technical or don’t want or don’t have internet for their devices. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">My 2 cents </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On May 11, 2025, at 7:03 AM, Maverick Brown via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">It is a very strange situation for Outback. <div><br></div><div>James Showalter purchased Outback from Entersys / Alpha and moved the operation to Commerce Texas. They have been almost a silent in the transition since very little is coming from them, except for a post or two on the Outback Forum. Simple things like paying for and updating Server Fees, certificates, domain names, etc all impact their reputation. Outbackpower.com is still owned by Enersys according to WhoIs database. It’s been a rough transition and no roadmap / feedback or direct message of intent. <div><br></div><div>On the flip side James has EG4 and Signature Solar, both have come leaps and bounds into products and support that rivals any good company. James vows to manufacture inverters and batteries in Commerce in volume this year (they have stated they are already underway). </div><div><br></div><div>Maybe they bit off more than they can chew in the time allotted by picking up Outback in addition to making EG4 and Signature as well. </div><div><br></div><div>Let me know if y’all have heard anything different. It’s a difficult time for the industry right now. </div><div><br></div><div>References:</div><div><div><div role="link" style="display:inline-block"></div></div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/n1EZS8FeuyA" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/shorts/n1EZS8FeuyA</a></div><div><br></div><div><div style="display:block"><div style="display:inline-block" role="link"><a style="border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;display:block;width:300px;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IimC23ozSDI" dir="ltr" role="button" width="300" target="_blank"><table style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:rgb(188,148,147);font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="300"><tbody><tr><td align="center"><div><maxresdefault.jpg></div></td></tr><tr><td><table bgcolor="#BC9493" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="table-layout:fixed;font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(188,148,147)"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:8px 0px"><div style="max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px;overflow:hidden"><div style="font-weight:500;font-size:12px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IimC23ozSDI" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><font color="#FFFFFF" style="color:rgba(255,255,255,0.847)">Alert!! HUGE News For The Solar Community!! EG4 Made In The USA!?!?</font></a></div><div style="font-weight:400;font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IimC23ozSDI" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><font color="#FFFFFF" style="color:rgba(255,255,255,0.55)">youtube.com</font></a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div></div><div><div><div role="link" style="display:inline-block"></div></div></div><br><div>
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