Re: [RE-wrenches] outback fx service work

[Roy Butler]

Todd, You can do it on the wall but it tends to lead to a bout of heavy drinking afterwards. Although I have to say that after doing it on the wall 6 or 7 times, you get quite good at it. You got great advice....take it off the wall and do not forget your grounded wrist strap! Roy Butler NABCEP Certified Small Wind Installer® NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer® NYSERDA eligible PV & wind installer Four Winds Renewable Energy, LLC 8902 Route 46, Arkport, NY 14807 607-324-9747 www.four-winds-energy.com Join us at the 9th Annual Small Wind Conference A Gathering of Installers, Manufacturers, Dealers, & Distributors June 18 and 19, 2013 in Stevens Point, Wisconsin www.smallwindconference.com Although no trees were killed in the sending of this message, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. On 6/12/2013 6:58 PM, Bob-O Schultze wrote: Todd, For sure take it off the wall and listen to the other Wrench responses as well. Good advice. When I took an OB Service Tech class back when the FX first came out they warned us that while it was "possible" to do it while mounted, it was a bad idea. While the circuit boards are in rails to keep them in alignment, it's a loose fit and it's very hard to get the case back on without mucho grief. This isn't the first bad tech advice I've heard of from OB recently. I just got some of that yesterday. Basically, the guy didn't know the answer to my question and just made shit up. Not good. Bob-O On Jun 12, 2013, at 3:16 PM, Todd Cory wrote: wrenches, i have a customer with a failed air (xmfr) temp sensor inside their gvfx3648. when ordering a replacement, i was bitching about having to unwire the unit and remove it from the wall (60 pounds is heavier than it used to be) to accomplish the repair... the tech said most people do these projects with the unit still mounted. i have previously heard this was a huge hassle as the boards do not easily line up when the unit is not flat on its back. whats the wrench experience? take it off the wall, or do the repair with it still mounted? thanks, todd _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change email address & 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: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change email address & 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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