I think you would make a huge mistake to not use an all Outback or Schneider system! No mixing because the web portals are excellent from a monitoring sense. Much of my income is from monitoring so as they say, I'm a fan!
Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar "we go where powerlines don't" http://members.sti.net/offgridsolar/ e-mail offgridso...@sti.net text 209 813 0060 Dave Howie MichaelsonDave > I am changing out an off-grid AC coupled SMA SB3000TL inverter tied to a > dual stack VFX3648 system with a Mate (original - not Mate3) and an FNDC, > making into a DC coupled array. It was set up as AC coupled originally > because of the distance the array was from the system (about 500 feet) and > high voltagecharge controllers were not available at the time. Now that > there are several options, we want to change it because the charging setup > is less than adequate. My first choice is to use an Outback FM100, only > because it keeps all the equipment tied together, although I'm not a big > fan of Outback these days. What are folks experience with the FM100? And > apparently it needs a Mate3 (not the Mate) in order to program and read > it, > true? Otherwise I will probably go with either a Midnite 250 SL or a > Schneider XW80-600. > TIA, > Howie Michaelson > Sun Catcher > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar "we go where powerlines don't" http://members.sti.net/offgridsolar/ e-mail offgridso...@sti.net text 209 813 0060 _______________________________________________ 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
