Use the silicone grease. It has saved me many a headache. Dry RJ-45 connections are always problematic after a few years if not kept in a carefully controlled climate :-/
Roy Rakobitsch NABCEP Certified Small Wind Installer® NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer® NYSERDA eligible Small Wind installer Wind/PV Design Engineer Windsine Inc. 631-514-4166 www.windsine.org On Thu, December 9, 2010 3:09 pm, Roy Butler wrote: > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> > <html> > <head> > <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" > http-equiv="Content-Type"> > </head> > <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> > I'm seeing a commonality here....2 years. Because I've also had this > issue.....2-3 years into the Mate service life.<br> > How long do those coin batteries last in the Mates and could that > even be an issue?<br> > <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Roy Butler > NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer® > NYSERDA eligible PV & wind installer > PA Sunshine Program Approved PV Installer > Four Winds Renewable Energy, LLC > 8902 Route 46 > Arkport, NY 14807 > 607-324-9747 > > <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" > href="http://www.four-winds-energy.com";>www.four-winds-energy.com</a> > > Although no trees were killed in the sending of this message, > a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. > > > </pre> > <br> > On 12/9/2010 2:56 PM, Starlight Solar, Larry Crutcher wrote: > <blockquote cite="mid:008501cb97db$3134d890$c600a...@shuttle" > type="cite"> > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; > charset=ISO-8859-1"> > <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1649" name="GENERATOR"> > <style></style> > <div> > <div><font size="2" face="Arial">Interesting. A customer from > Baja, on the Sea of Cortez has a similar problem after 2 > years trouble free. No ESD potential there. Rebooting the > remote did not help. Did Outback pant a time > bomb!!</font></div> > <div> </div> > <div><font size="2" face="Arial">Larry</font></div> > </div> > <blockquote style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; > margin-left: 5px; border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); > margin-right: 0px;"> > <div style="font: 10pt arial;">----- Original Message ----- </div> > <div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(228, 228, > 228); font: 10pt arial;"><b>From:</b> <a > moz-do-not-send="true" title="[email protected]" > href="mailto:[email protected]";>Kirpal Khalsa</a> </div> > <div style="font: 10pt arial;"><b>To:</b> <a > moz-do-not-send="true" > title="[email protected]" > href="mailto:[email protected]";>RE-wrenches</a> > </div> > <div style="font: 10pt arial;"><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December > 09, 2010 9:30 AM</div> > <div style="font: 10pt arial;"><b>Subject:</b> [RE-wrenches] > Outback Mate Controller Issues</div> > <div><br> > </div> > Good Morning All......we have recently had 2 off grid outback > systems go haywire.....both have been running perfectly for more > than 2 years.....then all of a sudden the mate stops allowing AC > inputs.....a variety of troubleshooting indicated all components > were fine.....Outback support took care to help with the > confirmation that all the components were fine......finally with > us being stumped, tech support asked us to unplug the mate from > the hub and replug it back in.....Voila! everything started > working properly again......only setting that seemed to be > changed and needed to be reset was that the chargers on the > inverters were turned off and a few button pushes later and this > was also restored......<br> > Anyone else having any similar experiences? This is puzzling > as > we haven't ever had this kind of problem and for some > coincidental reason we had two systems both with long term > smooth operating histories have the same issue......we > appreciated the quick, accessible, competent support from > Outback tech support but remain puzzled as to what may have > triggered these odd events......feedback appreciated!<br> > <br> > <br> > -- <br> > Sunny Regards,<br> > Kirpal Khalsa<br> > NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer<br> > Renewable Energy Systems<br> > <a moz-do-not-send="true" > href="http://www.oregonsolarworks.com";>www.oregonsolarworks.com</a><br> > 541-218-0201 m<br> > 541-592-3958 o<br> > <p> </p> > <hr> _______________________________________________<br> > List sponsored by Home Power magazine<br> > <br> > List Address: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a><br> > <br> > Options & settings:<br> > <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" > href="http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org";>http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</a><br> > <br> > List-Archive: > <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" > href="http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org";>http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</a><br> > <br> > List rules & etiquette:<br> > <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" > href="http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm";>www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm</a><br> > <br> > Check out participant bios:<br> > <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" > href="http://www.members.re-wrenches.org";>www.members.re-wrenches.org</a><br> > <br> > </blockquote> > <pre wrap=""> > <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a> > > Options & settings: > <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" > href="http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org";>http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</a> > > List-Archive: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" > href="http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org";>http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</a> > > List rules & etiquette: > <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" > href="http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm";>www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm</a> > > Check out participant bios: > <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" > href="http://www.members.re-wrenches.org";>www.members.re-wrenches.org</a> > > </pre> > </blockquote> > </body> > </html> > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________________ 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
