<div dir="ltr">Esteemed Wrenches;<div><br></div><div>We are replacing a venerable but zorched Trace U-series with a Magnum for an off-grid client. He has a "power shed" type install 100 feet from the house, and wants to be able to control and monitor the inverter from the house.</div>
<div><br></div><div style>The Magnum remote uses standard telephone cable, so no problem getting 100 feet so far as I can tell, the included cable is 50 feet and there are no distance warnings in the docs. But what about lightning? His system is in a very lightning prone area of Colorado. Everything's grounded well, but the remote itself can't be tied in as far as I can tell. We'll bury the telephone cable, but still.....are there any products out there from the days of telephone landlines (remember those?) for lightning protection? Or is this a non-issue? I'd hate to zorch the new inverter just because of a surge from the remote cable.</div>
<div><br></div><div style>I love the Magnum remote, it's why we mostly install Magnum inverters now. I can walk even a novice off-grid client through troubleshooting and (sometimes) repairing a system over a sat phone from memory, without an owners manual on hand. Smooooth. But I have not run into this outdoor wire run situation with it yet.</div>
<div><br></div><div style>Thanks in advance;</div><div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div>Dan Fink,<br>Executive Director;<br>Otherpower<br>Buckville Energy Consulting<br>Buckville Publications LLC<br>NABCEP / IREC accredited Continuing Education Providers<br>
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