<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">Hi bill. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I’m just wondering how did you confirm pg&E did the surge? </div><div dir="ltr">I’d like to know for my own education </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Thx</div><div dir="ltr">Jay</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jan 31, 2026, at 10:06 AM, Bill P. Battagin via RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>Fellow SMA Lovers,</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div> I have an installation that has 10, SMA SB-1SP-US -40 and -41's PG&E thought it would be a good idea to send a surge into the service of this install so 3 off the inverters were compromised.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>1) I've gone to Ebay for replacements sometimes as SMA would not consider this a warranty issue. Anybody have a source for new or refurbished other than Ebay?</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>2) Also it would be good to know, can the bottom connection box covers with displays be swapped/interchanged between different inverters and between -40 and -41 versions?</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Thanks as always,</div><div>Bill</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div> <!--StartFragment--><pre class="moz-signature">Feather River Solar Electric
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