William, I wish I didn’t know what you are talking about. I too have encountered missing parts and have dealt with the crappy shunt. I switched to purchasing pre-wired power centers built by a company in Mount Shasta. They will accommodate my requests for small deviations from standard layout. I’m curious how many problems with inverters and boards folks see. 2016-17 saw me swapping out a lot of components. One Radian was 1/2 DOA, and another lost an inverter after a week.
Michael > On Dec 4, 2018, at 2:20 AM, cwar...@entech-engineering.com wrote: > > I have only installed two so far on the small island I live on and had none > of these problems. We have installed 4048's and I am wondering if these > problems are with 8048s or 4048s? Thank you, Chris Warfel. > > > > > On 2018-12-03 14:34, Lones Tuss wrote: > >> Hello William >> >> Sorry for the issues and troubles. I have forwarded your concerns on to the >> responsible parties. I have requested additional bolts which once I receive >> them I will send them on to you. >> >> Take Care Sir >> >> >> >> From: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org> On Behalf Of >> William Miller >> Sent: Saturday, December 1, 2018 1:47 PM >> To: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> >> Subject: [RE-wrenches] Radian orders hardware problems >> >> >> ** [EXTERNAL EMAIL] - Please report any suspicious attachments, links, or >> requests for sensitive information to the Help Desk. ** >> >> Wrenches: >> >> I am reaching out to this group to see if anyone is having the problems we >> are. At least 50% of the Radian inverters and/or GSLC cabinets we order >> arrive missing some part or piece required to install the inverter. >> Sometimes it is one or more of the bus bars to connect the main DC breaker >> to the inverter, sometimes it is one of the 8mm nuts required on these bus >> bars, and the most recent order, and on our most recent order, one of the >> inverters was missing the 8mm bolts and washers required to connect the bus >> bars to the inverter plus and minus ports. >> >> We have been having this problem for years. Has anyone else experienced >> this, or is it just me? >> >> Also, the shunts provided in the GSLC cabinets are crap. It used to be the >> shunts had a solid base. Now the bases are hollow. We use to see these >> shunt bases cracked almost 100% of the time in shipping because the long, >> cantilevered negative bus bar was entirely supported at one end by the >> shunt. Any modest bump on the GSLC cabinet broke the shunt. Now we receive >> them intact because Alpha has stopped installing the shunt prior to >> shipping. The problem persists, however, because if you put the slightest >> pressure on the negative bus bar to align the holes to install the bolts (if >> they arrive), minimal strain in the base of the shunt cracks it. See the >> photos below of the old versus new style shunt. >> >> Each of these problems slows down an install and creates frustration. This >> persistent pattern is really not acceptable. >> >> Lones, please investigate these problems and let us know if they can be >> rectified. And please, send me a set of the 8mm bolts. >> >> Thank you, >> >> William Miller >> >> <image001.jpg> >> Lic 773985 >> millersolar.com <http://www.millersolar.com/> >> 805-438-5600 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> List sponsored by Redwood Alliance >> >> List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org >> <mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> >> >> Change listserver email address & settings: >> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >> <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 >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html> >> >> List rules & etiquette: >> www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm <http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm> >> >> Check out or update participant bios: >> www.members.re-wrenches.org <http://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 >
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