<div dir="ltr">I figured I would report back. I went out to the site, and it turns out that the on/off switch relay was in fact futzing out. Sometimes it would be working just fine, but it would often get stuck in the OFF position even if no one touches the switch. I was able to temporarily bypass it by jumping the two pins together on the comm board where the ON/OFF wires connect. This invalidates that on/off switch, but at least the inverter works.<div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Dave</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 8, 2026 at 12:37 PM Glenn 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>I had one that got water inside it and one of the wires connected to the switch had corroded off. I think i cut it back and soldered it directly to a replacement switch from the dead pile.</div><div><br></div><div>-Glenn</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 8, 2026 09:54, Kirk Herander via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><br></div><div dir="auto">solaredge does not offer any labor reimbursement, If the warranted part is over five years old, effective January 1 of this year.</div><div><br><div><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Jun 8, 2026 at 9:46 AM Sam Haraldson 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 style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>I've handled nearly a hundred SE service tickets but have never encountered a faulty I/O switch before.  If I did encounter this I have a hefty stack of derelict units sitting in a pile of e-waste from which I could pull one.  Prepare the customer in advance as SE offers only a pittance of labor reimbursement, meaning they will be responsible for your labor costs.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Sam  </div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:carlito,tahoma,sans-serif"><tbody style="font-family:carlito,tahoma,sans-serif"><tr style="font-family:carlito,tahoma,sans-serif"><td style="padding:0px 10px 0px 0px;vertical-align:top;font-family:carlito,tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="https://onsiteenergyinc.com/" style="border-width:medium;border-style:none;font-family:carlito,tahoma,sans-serif" target="_blank"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/675cb4f269e8da457106c938/67acde8cf274634235411bdd_email-sig-logo-onsite-energy.png" alt="OnSite Energy" align="top" width="60" height="60" style="display: block; font-family: carlito, tahoma, sans-serif;"></a></td><td style="padding:0px;vertical-align:top;font-family:carlito,tahoma,sans-serif"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:carlito,tahoma,sans-serif"><tbody style="font-family:carlito,tahoma,sans-serif"><tr style="font-family:carlito,tahoma,sans-serif"><td style="padding:0px 10px 0px 0px;vertical-align:bottom;font-family:carlito,tahoma,sans-serif"><div style="padding:0px;font-size:12pt;font-weight:600;text-transform:uppercase;font-family:carlito,tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(81,76,160)">Sam Haraldson</div><div style="padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:carlito,tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(249,161,69)">Operations Specialist</div><div style="padding:0px;font-size:9pt;font-family:carlito,tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(81,76,160)"><br></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div>
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