Many even had the numbers to Xantrex and before that Trace where it mostly began. Still have a Trace in the storage bin from 1982. --Dave
Dave [email protected] > <html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; > font-size:10pt;"><div>And to think there was once a time when many of us > had Chris and Robin's cell phone > numbers.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br>Dan Brown<br>Foxfire > Energy Corp.<br>Renewable Energy Systems<br>(802)-483-2564<br><a > href="http://www.Foxfire-Energy.com";>www.Foxfire-Energy.com</a><br>NABCEP > #092907-44</div><div></div><div><br><br></div> > <blockquote id="replyBlockquote" webmail="1" style="border-left: 2px solid > blue; margin-left: 8px; padding-left: 8px; font-size:10pt; color:black; > font-family:verdana;"> > <div id="wmQuoteWrapper"> > -------- Original Message --------<br> > Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] OutBack Power MATE3 to MATE3S Upgrade<br> > From: William Miller <<a > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a>><br> > Date: Thu, September 21, 2017 12:52 pm<br> > To: RE-wrenches <<a > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a>><br> > <br> > <style> > #wmQuoteWrapper /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Calibri; > panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} > #wmQuoteWrapper @font-face {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 > 4 2 4;} > #wmQuoteWrapper @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 > 4 2 4;} > #wmQuoteWrapper /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, #wmQuoteWrapper > li.MsoNormal, #wmQuoteWrapper div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; > margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New > Roman","serif";} > #wmQuoteWrapper a:link, #wmQuoteWrapper span.MsoHyperlink > {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} > #wmQuoteWrapper a:visited, #wmQuoteWrapper span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed > {mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} > #wmQuoteWrapper p.MsoAcetate, #wmQuoteWrapper li.MsoAcetate, > #wmQuoteWrapper div.MsoAcetate {mso-style-priority:99; > mso-style-link:"Balloon Text Char"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; > font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";} > #wmQuoteWrapper span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; > font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D;} > #wmQuoteWrapper span.BalloonTextChar {mso-style-name:"Balloon Text > Char"; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-link:"Balloon Text"; > font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";} > #wmQuoteWrapper .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; > font-size:10.0pt;} > #wmQuoteWrapper @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in > 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;} > #wmQuoteWrapper div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} > > </style><div class="WordSection1"><div class="MsoNormal" > style="font-size:12pt;"><span > style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Dan:</span></div><div > class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span > style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></div><div > class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span > style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I > have not yet used the 3S. I have installed a number of Mate3s with > and without FN-DC units. I have experienced a fair number of > glitches and problems with the Mate3 and Optics. I have a list of > incidents in a spreadsheet and I am intending to publish them to a web > site. It is my general belief that the Outback Mate3 and the Optics > system are not as reliable as they should be and were released > prematurely. It seems every time they release a new version a new > set of problems emerges. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" > style="font-size:12pt;"><span > style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></div><div > class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span > style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Here > is but one example that illustrates the frustration: I was encouraged by a > top level engineer to use firmware version 003.315.003. Apparently > that version was Beta and never released I experienced problems with > the display of KW being consumed and was instructed to upgrade to > .005. Afterword I noticed the Mate3 was rebooting frequently. > Then it was revealed that an auto-reboot function that I had been urged to > enable in previous versions never really worked until version .005. > I understood the reboot would only occur if the system was locked up but > apparently it reboots every 4 hours (or period it is set to) and sends a > notification. Why would one want to reboot equipment every 4 hours > unless it was locked up? I request a lot of notices from my Optics > systems (because it is unreliable) and I donât need more. Also, it > is quite lame, IMHO, to recommend using a function that does not > work. Argh!!! (Then I learned that .005 does not solve the > incorrect display of kw consumedâ¦Waiting for that to be > resolved.)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" > style="font-size:12pt;"><span > style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></div><div > class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span > style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I > have been guilty of not reading the release notes. Read them > carefully!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" > style="font-size:12pt;"><span > style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></div><div > class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span > style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I > will say I have not had any problems interfacing the FN-DC with a > Mate3. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" > style="font-size:12pt;"><span > style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></div><div > class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span > style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">In > spite of the problems with the Optics and Mate3 systems, I am desperately > in need of the functionality these systems promise. We have more and > more remote sites, more pressure to provide reliable power and better > access to broadband internet. The remote reporting and monitoring is > essential. I am sticking with Outback for the foreseeable future but > I am in constant communications with them to encourage them to fix the > many problems. We are all invested in them > succeeding.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" > style="font-size:12pt;"><span > style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></div><div > class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span > style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I > hope this information is what you were hoping for.</span></div><div > class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span > style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></div><div > class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span > style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">William</span></div><div > class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span > style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></div><div > class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span > style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></div><div > class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span > style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></div><div><div > class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span > style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><img > id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:[email protected]" > alt="Gradient Cap_mini" wbeuser="[email protected]" width="80" > height="35"><br>Lic 773985<br><a target="_blank" > href="http://www.millersolar.com/";><span > style="color:blue">millersolar.com</span></a><br>805-438-5600</span></div></div><div > class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span > style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></div><div><div > style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in > 0in"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><b><span > style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span > style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> > RE-wrenches [mailto:<a target="_blank" > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a>] > <b>On Behalf Of </b><a target="_blank" > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a><br><b>Sent:</b> > Thursday, September 21, 2017 9:24 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a target="_blank" > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a>; > RE-wrenches<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] OutBack Power MATE3 to > MATE3S Upgrade</span></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" > style="font-size:12pt;"> </div><div><div class="MsoNormal" > style="font-size:12pt;"><span > style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Umm, > anyone? anyone?</span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" > style="font-size:12pt;"><span > style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></div></div><div><div > class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span > style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><br>Dan > Brown<br>Foxfire Energy Corp.<br>Renewable Energy > Systems<br>(802)-483-2564<br><a target="_blank" > href="http://www.Foxfire-Energy.com";>www.Foxfire-Energy.com</a><br>NABCEP > #092907-44</span></div></div></div> > <hr>_______________________________________________<br> > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance<br> > <br> > List Address: <a > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a><br> > <br> > Change listserver email address & settings:<br> > <a > 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 > href="http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html";>http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html</a><br> > <br> > List rules & etiquette:<br> > <a > href="http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm";>www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm</a><br> > <br> > Check out or update participant bios:<br> > <a > href="http://www.members.re-wrenches.org";>www.members.re-wrenches.org</a><br> > <br> > > </div> > </blockquote></span></body></html>_______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: [email protected] > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar "we go where powerlines don't" http://members.sti.net/offgridsolar/ e-mail [email protected] text 209 813 0060 _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: [email protected] Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
