[RE-wrenches] trace SW plus fan

2014-09-07 Thread jay peltz
Hi All, I have a client with a SW Plus with a bad fan. He wants it replaced ( I know I know, but the fan, not the unit!) as its affecting battery charging rates. I've never done the Plus and don't know what the inside looks like, and therefore what I need or how hard/easy it is to replace the f

Re: [RE-wrenches] Magnum Energy sold to tax dodger

2014-09-07 Thread Ray Walters
While I'm proud that our country has strived to protect worker's rights with Unions, OSHA, Worker's Comp, and minimum wage, the reality is that small employers like my business are faced with an ever rising hurdle to actually "create jobs". It IS much easier to buy a gadget, tool, etc., or su

Re: [RE-wrenches] Magnum Energy sold to tax dodger

2014-09-07 Thread Dan Fink
I've been real happy with Magnum over the past few years, due to a Client-friendly interface, and tech support -- though I suppose in retrospect my most urgent tech needs have been met here on this list via Magnum reps and not through normal telephone channels. I often have to drive or hike or fly

Re: [RE-wrenches] Magnum Energy sold to tax dodger

2014-09-07 Thread mark
You are absolutely correct on the root of the problem.  Punitive taxation on anyone who dares to make a profit results in lost jobs and relocation offshore.  The fools who as of late have been pushing for $15/hr for flipping burgers will be rewarded with their jobs being replaced with automated res

Re: [RE-wrenches] Magnum Energy sold to tax dodger

2014-09-07 Thread Ray Walters
Dang, I was just shifting my off grid projects over to predominantly Magnum... First Trace went to the darkside with Xantrex, then Outback started hiring "no experience necessary" tech support personnel, and now Magnum gets gobbled up. Where is an aging off grid installer to turn to? Start

Re: [RE-wrenches] Magnum Energy sold to tax dodger

2014-09-07 Thread Allan Sindelar
Sensata manufacturers Dimensions Unlimited inverters. My understanding is that they're a big player in the mobile market - not RVs, but utility and service trucks. I'm concerned that they won't understand the unique needs of the off grid market and won't follow the advice of those already at Mag

Re: [RE-wrenches] Magnum Energy sold to tax dodger

2014-09-07 Thread RE Ellison
Even stranger is that is not who they told me was buying them out, it was another inverter manufacturer. Big in the RV / Coach market. Seems like it was Dimensions or something like that. Unless they were just flipped? Every company with stockholders will become "tax dodgers", at least till we ge

Re: [RE-wrenches] Magnum Energy sold to tax dodger

2014-09-07 Thread frenergy
Bill, Interesting because at InterSolar in SF this June, they were still bragging about being made in the USA. I guess you'd want to right up until: "Another one bites the dust" (there's a song isn't there?) It's getting terribly lonely out there for a US made offgrid inverter. Bil

[RE-wrenches] Magnum Energy sold to tax dodger

2014-09-07 Thread Bill Hennessy
hey wrenches, I suppose it's old news to you West Coasters, but saw yesterday that Magnum inverters has been sold for $60 million to a Mitt Romney conglomerate that shifted to the Netherlands to avoid paying US taxes. The new owner, Sensata, touts its "integrity" and comes with a rep of moving j