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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: georgia; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">william miller has one he is going to send me. <br /><br />the most this unit ever sells is 1300 watts so the 2 kW limit isn't a problem, but because it is sealed the heat seems to kill off the internal fan in about 18 months... and it is a pain to replace.<br /><br />i thought outback would sell me one but the old days when they would accommodate a strange request are long gone.</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: georgia; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">thanks for the email and reminder about the control card's limits.</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: georgia; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /><br />On Wednesday, February 5, 2020 4:37pm, "Bruce Geddes" &lt;bruce4power@gmail.com&gt; said:<br /><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: georgia; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;">Hi Todd,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: georgia; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';" lang="EN-US">From:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';" lang="EN-US"> RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org] <strong>On Behalf Of </strong>toddcory@finestplanet.com<br /><strong>Sent:</strong> Thursday, 6 February 2020 6:35 a.m.<br /><strong>To:</strong> RE-wrenches<br /><strong>Subject:</strong> [RE-wrenches] weird request</span></p>
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<p class="yiv9839443861msonormal" style="margin:0;padding:0;margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; color: #1d2228;">i have customer with a sealed GFX-2024 who has long complained about the internal fan's short (1.5 year) service life. i am thinking about changing this to a vented unit but would need to buy a different top half of the fx case... one with a hole for the fan's air intake and the exhaust air slots on the top and bottom between the case's fins.</span></p>
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<p class="yiv9839443861msonormal" style="margin:0;padding:0;margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; color: #1d2228;">outback does not sell just the top half of the FX/FXR case. do any wrenches have old junk inverters they would consider parting out the top half of the case?<br /><br />if so, please contact me off list.</span></p>
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