afaik the first example of "AC coupling" was when one of these "trace microsines" was plugged into the off grid system (sw4024?) at richard perez's home back in ~1995? todd
On Thursday, September 17, 2015 4:54pm, "b...@midnitesolar.com" <b...@midnitesolar.com> said: > > Yep. The OK4U was like 100 watts or 125 watts maybe ? > > I was the first one in the US to hook one up (I'm pretty sure ?) after > Bill Ropenecker, the then > CEO of Trace Engineering handed me after his trip to Europe and brought > it back with him. > > boB > > > On 9/17/2015 4:02 PM, Michael Welch wrote: > > "OK4U," then Trace bought the rights to rebrand it as a "Trace Microsine." > > > > I ran one of each, and still have a couple of the Trace ones kicking around > somewhere from guerilla solar days, and I don't think they came with a plug. > > > > > > Nik Ponzio, Building Energy wrote at 03:31 PM 9/17/2015: > > > >> Question for the old timers out there: What was very early micro inverter > called that was designed to plug directly into the wall? It had DC input for > single solar panel and the output was a live 120V male plug. > >> > >> On a related note, is there anything like the SMA Secure Power Supply > inverters that will run off just 1 or 2 panels? > >> > >> Thanks for any insight.. > > _______________________________________________ > > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > > > Change listserver email address & settings: > > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html > > > > List rules & etiquette: > > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > > > Check out or update participant bios: > > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > Sent from Finest Planet WebMail.
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