<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"> I bet if you don't push the issue, they will cover the warranty. If the inverter is truly failed, I am sure that you won't have an issue. But since they are so reliable, that probably won't happen anyway. However, if you were to install them in an ''off-grid" application, you can't expect them to guarantee the performance, which is what a 'written' guarantee implies. I bet SMA won't provide a written guarantee that they will perform when coupled to an FX inverter, either.<br> <br><div> </div>Nick Soleil<br>Project Manager<br>Advanced Alternative Energy Solutions, LLC<br>PO Box 657<br>Petaluma, CA 94953<br>Cell: 707-321-2937<br>Office: 707-789-9537<br>Fax: 707-769-9037<div><br></div><div style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Mark Frye <markf@berkeleysolar.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Fri, October 29, 2010 12:15:52 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [RE-wrenches] Enphase warranties<br></font><br>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><span class="406391019-29102010">Funny,</span></font></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><span class="406391019-29102010">Because I got off the phone with Ehphase customer
service the other day and they told me that they would not warranty their
inverter in any "off-grid" application. My inquiry was in the context of
putting them under the back generator with a isolation switch in a grid-tie with
back generator situation. Of course I push the question up past first tier
support to the supervisor.</span></font></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><span class="406391019-29102010">I bet that if you ask them to put it in writing they
will decline.</span></font></div>
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<div><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial" size="2">Mark Frye</font></span> <br><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial" size="2">Berkeley Solar Electric Systems</font></span>
<br><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial" size="2">303 Redbud Way</font>
<br><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial" size="2">Nevada City, CA
95959</font></span></span> <br><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial" size="2">(530)
401-8024</font></span> <br><span lang="en-us"></span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.berkeleysolar.com/"><span lang="en-us"><u><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">www.berkeleysolar.com</font></u></span></a><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial" size="2"> </font></span> </div>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org
[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Nick
Soleil<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 29, 2010 12:03 PM<br><b>To:</b>
RE-wrenches<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] Enphase
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<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hi
Drake:<br> I just spoke with Enphase customer service about
interconnecting the Enphase to a battery inverters back up load center, and they
will not void the warranty for this. They only void the warranty for
physically altering the inverters, like changing the connector types.
(OOPS, I am guilty of that one.)<br>
<div> </div>Nick Soleil<br>Project Manager<br>Advanced Alternative Energy
Solutions, LLC<br>PO Box 657<br>Petaluma, CA 94953<br>Cell:
707-321-2937<br>Office: 707-789-9537<br>Fax: 707-769-9037</div></div></div>
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