Re: [RE-wrenches] Mac compatibility with Modsine

2010-10-09 Thread Allan Sindelar
Carl, Macs have always worked on mod-sine, meaning the SW- and SW+-series Trace/Xantrex, the only genuine mod-sine inverters I know of. On mod-square wave, like DRs and Us, older Macs were incompatible ('90s and earlier) but more recent ones have generally worked O

Re: [RE-wrenches] Mac compatibility with Modsine

2010-10-09 Thread Dan Fink
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

Re: [RE-wrenches] Mac compatibility with Modsine

2010-10-09 Thread boB Gudgel
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 Hansen&Sun elect. My Mac Book Pro (from early 2009) worked off of a c

Re: [RE-wrenches] Enphase v. string inverter

2010-10-09 Thread jay peltz
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

[RE-wrenches] Enphase v. string inverter

2010-10-09 Thread Marco Mangelsdorf
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 sin

[RE-wrenches] Mac compatibility with Modsine

2010-10-09 Thread Carl Hansen
Greetings, Does anyone know if newer Macintosh computers are still incompatible with Modsine inverters, and how about Mac loptops ? Thanks, Carl Hansen Hansen&Sun elect. ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Addre