<font face="arial" size="4"><p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; word-wrap: break-word;">afaik the first example of "AC coupling" was when one of these "trace microsines" was plugged into the off grid system (sw4024?) at richard perez's home back in ~1995?</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; word-wrap: break-word;">> <br />> Yep. The OK4U was like 100 watts or 125 watts maybe ?<br />> <br />> I was the first one in the US to hook one up (I'm pretty sure ?) after<br />> Bill Ropenecker, the then<br />> CEO of Trace Engineering handed me after his trip to Europe and brought<br />> it back with him.<br />> <br />> boB<br />> <br />> <br />> On 9/17/2015 4:02 PM, Michael Welch wrote:<br />> > "OK4U," then Trace bought the rights to rebrand it as a "Trace Microsine."<br />> ><br />> > I ran one of each, and still have a couple of the Trace ones kicking around<br />> somewhere from guerilla solar days, and I don't think they came with a plug.<br />> ><br />> ><br />> > Nik Ponzio, Building Energy wrote at 03:31 PM 9/17/2015:<br />> ><br />> >> Question for the old timers out there: What was very early micro inverter<br />> called that was designed to plug directly into the wall? It had DC input for<br />> single solar panel and the output was a live 120V male plug.<br />> >><br />> >> On a related note, is there anything like the SMA Secure Power Supply<br />> inverters that will run off just 1 or 2 panels?<br />> >><br />> >> Thanks for any insight..<br />> > _______________________________________________<br />> > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance<br />> ><br />> > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org<br />> ><br />> > Change listserver email address & settings:<br />> > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org<br />> ><br />> > List-Archive:<br />> http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html<br />> ><br />> > List rules & etiquette:<br />> > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm<br />> ><br />> > Check out or update participant bios:<br />> > www.members.re-wrenches.org<br />> ><br />> ><br />> <br />> _______________________________________________<br />> List sponsored by Redwood Alliance<br />> <br />> List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org<br />> <br />> Change listserver email address & settings:<br />> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org<br />> <br />> List-Archive:<br />> http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html<br />> <br />> List rules & etiquette:<br />> www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm<br />> <br />> Check out or update participant bios:<br />> www.members.re-wrenches.org<br />> <br />> </p>
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