William Miller wrote at 06:32 PM 3/26/2009: >Michael: > >The SW inverters were first approved for grid-tie as originally designed. >Then the CEC pulled the listing because re-testing revealed some borderline >results. It was rumored that the only competing grid-tie company at the time >blew the whistle. It was a big deal at the time with many SW projects in the >pipeline. > >Xantrex scrambled to remedy the situation and created the GTI. Many SW >inverters were removed from walls and sent to Arlington to be refitted for GTI >interfaces. An internal board was changed and the outboard interface >provided. The CSI home page has a photo of an SW inverter with a GTI: >http://www.consumerenergycenter.org/erprebate/equipment.html The list of >eligible equipment says right on it, "with GTI." So one theoretically should >not be able to obtain a utility agreement without a GTI, but we received one >about two weeks ago. go figure.
And clearly, two XWs are listed there which makes PG&E's waffling on them hard to understand. Maybe it's the generator that's got them spooked. >Please, wrenches, keep this under your hats. You may have been joking or semi-joking, but I do feel the need to remind folks that the posts on this list are available to the public. _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: [email protected] Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
