I may have mislead some with my last post. When I said Outback was much better
than any of the other Made in China products, I did not mean to imply that
Outback was made in China. Outback products are made in the US. My wording was
poor. Sorry for the confusion.
Larry Crutcher
Starlight
Larry,
Too bad that Outback (Alpha Group) is now in the process of sending all
inverter manufacturing to India.sigh
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
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.
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Pine Ridge Products LLC
1646 East Highwood Rd
Belt, MT 59412
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[mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of William
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Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 7:49 PM
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Subject: [RE-wrenches] Instruction manual / User interface rant
Friends:
I just returned home from a long drive to troubleshoot
The setup and control for the Victrons is pretty friendly, although it runs on a PC.You can get a cheap notebook for the price of the Outback remote.
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Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Instruction manual / User interface rant
From: William Miller
Comment on manuals in general -If you need to read the manual, it's just not designed friendly enough.
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From: "Jason Szumlanski" ja...@fafcosolar.com
Date: Tue, October 18, 2011 7:58
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Subject: [RE-wrenches] Instruction manual / User interface rant
From: William Miller will...@millersolar.com
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Date: Mon, October 17, 2011 7:49 pm
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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
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
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On Oct 18, 2011, at 9:11 AM,
Friends:
I just returned home from a long drive to troubleshoot a problem with an
Outback FX system. I found that the customer, in the process of using a
remote Mate to start the generator, had inadvertently turned the global
charge control setting to off. This causes a problem that is very
I am in full agreement.The Outback remote darn near needs a college degree to operate.The sensitive parameters you mentioned should be in the password protected area.Mark
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Subject: [RE-wrenches] Instruction manual / User interface rant
From: William Miller
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Subject: [RE-wrenches] Instruction manual / User interface rant
From: William Miller will...@millersolar.com
Date: Mon, October 17, 2011 7:49 pm
To: RE-wrenches re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org
Friends:
I just returned home from a long drive to troubleshoot
Ray:
I always like to get paid, but that usually doesn't work when you
volunteer. Maybe we'll get a free high lighter! Also, I just invented
this idea and no one has called yet. If they do, I'll let you know.
William
PS: I like my customers to monitor battery voltage and current
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