<div dir="ltr">Drake<div>These inverters are indoor rated so dust cans still get inside and if the humidity is high and there is dirt on the boards they omit an odor now I can not say I have ever smelled corn chips but anything is possible, now to get the important info, how hard was the charge, how long was the charge, what was the ambient temperature, the environment the inverter is residing, condition of the inlet screens, is the room dusty, musty or clean and simi habitable, lastly, can criders get on top of the inverters, </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 6:57 AM <<a href="mailto:drake.chamberlin@redwoodalliance.org" target="_blank">drake.chamberlin@redwoodalliance.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">A 8048 Radian emitted a smell while charging batteries. It smelled like <br>
Fritos corn chips. The smell seemed to come out of the exhaust vent on <br>
top of the box.<br>
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Has anyone experienced this? Would you suspect electronic components <br>
frying or just some dust?<br>
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Thanks,<br>
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Drake<br>
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Drake Chamberlin<br>
Athens Electric LLC<br>
Ohio Electrical Contractor\u2019s License 44810<br>
CO Master Electrician\u2019s License 4526<br>
NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional<br>
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