[RE-wrenches] Mac compatibility with Modsine
Greetings, Does anyone know if newer Macintosh computers are still incompatible with Modsine inverters, and how about Mac loptops ? Thanks, Carl Hansen HansenSun elect. ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
Re: [RE-wrenches] Enphase v. string inverter
HI Marco, I can speak to the last. I've got 2 enphase AC coupled to my outback offgrid system, and while I can't compare them to a standard grid system, I can say they don't come on before my MX-60 controllers do. jay peltz power On Oct 9, 2010, at 4:07 PM, Marco Mangelsdorf wrote: Does anyone know of any reports out there from a neutral, 3rd party which compares an Enphase array with an array using a string inverter with both arrays on the same unshaded surface? Some Enphase peddlers here are saying that the energy harvest from an Enphase system is going to be better since they supposedly come on sooner and stay on later in the day. One guy is actually saying that the Enphase inverters come on before the sun comes over the horizon. Maybe from the same family that claimed that a-Si modules produced power from the moonlight. Thanks, marco ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
Re: [RE-wrenches] Mac compatibility with Modsine
On 10/9/2010 3:07 PM, Carl Hansen wrote: Greetings, Does anyone know if newer Macintosh computers are still incompatible with Modsine inverters, and how about Mac loptops ? Thanks, Carl Hansen HansenSun elect. My Mac Book Pro (from early 2009) worked off of a cheap-O 12V cigarette lighter 150W Mod Sine inverter while driving to MREF from Minnesota last year (I was in the back seat) That is, until we stopped for lunch and battery voltage dropped. When we came back out of the restaurant, the inverter was dead. The battery voltage dropping is the only thing I can think of that would have killed it. I also seemed to notice that the Apple power supply got quite a bit hotter when running under this waveform. Not sure how much hotter exactly. That's one experience. boB ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
Re: [RE-wrenches] Mac compatibility with Modsine
No problems here with a Xantrex DR and MacBook charging from it. Can't help you regarding Mac desktops, never tried them on mod sine. boB, Truck Stop and China Direct Very Please And Thank You brand inverters give me the willies, since so many folks try to hard wire them in with a male AC plug off the front panel to a breaker box in remote cabins and campers and such-- because when the ground and neutral are bonded, anywhere, all bets are off on the Truck Stop variety. When they say portable inverter and there is no hard-wire 120VAC output buss, that means PORTABLE-- Plug things with 3-prong 120VAC plugs into the front panel of the inverter only. Otherwise you can get anything from a strong tingle from the outlet plate screw to a fire. At least I have not seen many male-to-male 120VAC extension cords recentlythat was back near Y2K. DAN FINK Carl Hansen wrote: Greetings, Does anyone know if newer Macintosh computers are still incompatible with Modsine inverters, and how about Mac loptops ? Thanks, Carl Hansen ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
