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A couple of years ago I made the decision to take my home office off the grid and start powering it with a small solar power generation/storage system.
Simply put, I grew weary of not being able to work during the outages that frequently shut down the power grid in my rural neighborhood.
I procured the parts necessary to build that first solar setup and I was so impressed with the results that I decided to take my entire home (mostly) off-grid, one step at a time. [Read more…]
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Important update: I installed this inverter a little over a year ago and all was well until early last week.
All of a sudden the inverter started beeping and shutting down at random times. A quick check revealed that the fan had stopped operating, causing the unit to over-heat.
This was quite unexpected because, as I mentioned in the initial review, the device had always remained cool to the touch and the fan rarely turned on at all during normal operation.
Long story short, this device developed a serious issue shortly after the warranty had expired. For that reason, I can no longer recommend it since it failed even though it was never forced to operate under a heavy load.
My original review continues below… [Read more…]