On 11/10/2011 3:33 PM, Ron Young wrote:
So would these be suitable for an off-grid application Bob? Any
comments on the reliability? The proposed set is in individual
residences on a First Nations reserve and the recipients will have
zero technical knowledge for operation of them.
Ron Young
I can only comment on it if it is using a PS rather than a Prosine. I
didn't
have a lot of experience with the Prosines back then. A wee bit though.
If a PS2512 or 24V PS, then I would trust it. If it works OK now,
and they'd have to test it of course first, then I bet it would be OK
for a UPS situation.
Hopefully they don't have 10 year old batteries in them and these were
real products and not some kind of prototype deal, I wouldn't have an
issue with it.
There won't be a warranty left on it though. I might even get a
backup inverter for "just in case", as long as there was one semi-technical
person or someone nearby that knows how to twiddle knobs and
a screwdriver.
boB
On 2011-11-10, at 2:41 PM, [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
On 11/10/2011 1:41 PM, Ron Young wrote:
Hi all, does anyone have any experience with the Xantrex Vesta
Online units? I have just been contacted by a client who has several
of these in storage and he wants to put them into use as off-grid
inverter systems. The only thing I've been able to find out about
them is that they seem to be UPS units. Client has no further info
or manuals. I have a pic if anyone needs a look.
Best Regards,
*/Ron Young/*
The Vesta that I remember was a very early Xantrex, late Trace
battery box like thing with an inverter
in it. The inverter would normally have been either a Statpower
Prosine or a Trace PS2512 or
some other voltage. We called it the Pentasine cuz it had 5
transformers.
I wasn't sure if the Vesta was a shipping product but I guess they/we
did ship some.
I have a couple of those that I use for shelves in the basement.
They had doors.
boB
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