Jay, I was told by the owner and the maintenance person that there was an event where some snow that had built up on the lines, had let go during a melt and sprung up to contact other lines above. We've seen every possible type of snow here in the mid-elevation Sierras, it must have been some weird conditions that even allowed the snow to adhere to the lines in the first place......and then continue to build on that? I don't know more detail than that but PG&E is accepting responsibility for the event. Bill
From: "Jay via RE-wrenches" <[email protected]> To: "RE-wrenches" <[email protected]> Cc: "Jay" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2026 4:12:50 PM Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] SMA SB........ -41 sources, connection box cover Hi bill. I’m just wondering how did you confirm pg&E did the surge? I’d like to know for my own education Thx Jay On Jan 31, 2026, at 10:06 AM, Bill P. Battagin via RE-wrenches <[email protected]> wrote: BQ_BEGIN Fellow SMA Lovers, I have an installation that has 10, SMA SB-1SP-US -40 and -41's PG&E thought it would be a good idea to send a surge into the service of this install so 3 off the inverters were compromised. 1) I've gone to Ebay for replacements sometimes as SMA would not consider this a warranty issue. Anybody have a source for new or refurbished other than Ebay? 2) Also it would be good to know, can the bottom connection box covers with displays be swapped/interchanged between different inverters and between -40 and -41 versions? Thanks as always, Bill Feather River Solar Electric Bill Battagin, owner 4291 Nelson St. (Shipping) 5575 Genesee Rd. (USPS, UPS) Taylorsville, CA 95983 530-284-7849, 258-1641(cell) CA. C10 Lic # 681552/874049 Solar Powered since 1982 Home of the Sunny Side Up _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org List Address: [email protected] Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the other: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: http://www.members.re-wrenches.org BQ_END _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org List Address: [email protected] Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the other: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: http://www.members.re-wrenches.org
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