I just installed a Magnum system with control and the customer was impressed with the ease of operation. They have nothing to compare against, but they seem very pleased.
The comment about the IPhone not needing a manual is great! Jesse Sent from my iPhone On Oct 18, 2011, at 9:11 AM, "Larry Crutcher, Starlight Solar Power Systems"<[email protected]> wrote: > I second the vote for Magnum Energy remotes. When combined with the BMK > battery monitor and AGS, there is simply nothing better on the market as far > as function and ease of use. The new ME-ARC offers very advanced control for > off grid or grid connected systems. And Made in USA makes me a huge fan. > > In our early years we only sold Outback for off grid use. Although reliable, > the configuration, programing and customer use has created much frustration > and cost. When your customer is 6 hours drive into Mexico, I want things to > be easy for the customer to understand. After the FM controllers were > released, we had several failures that soured my opinion on Outback. It would > of helped if they covered my cost but no compensation was given. Now we only > install Magnum products for off grid systems and high end mobile installs. > I'm not "disssing" Outback as I think they are much better than the any of > the other Made in China products. > > Larry Crutcher > Starlight Solar Power Systems > > > > > On Oct 18, 2011, at 3:16 AM, PRP wrote: > >> Magnum with the standard control. >> Have yet to have a end user mess it up that can't be fixed with a phone call. >> >> In fact with over 8 systems out there only one customer that has had any >> problems at all. >> >> -- >> Pine Ridge Products LLC >> 1646 East Highwood Rd >> Belt, MT 59412 >> >> www.pineridgeproducts.com >> www.chinookturbines.com >> >> On Monday, October 17, 2011 at 10:23 -Oct 17, William Miller wrote: >> >>> Mark: >>> >>> The XW SCP is no picnic either. Are there any off-grid inverters with a >>> decent user control panel? >>> >>> William > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
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