Next message: Chuck & Linda: "[world-cruising] Re: PC & other navigation (CMap ??/PC, Navionics, ENC), how to go?"
Having lived 24/7 at the mercy of an inverter for more
than 10 years, any one that has to be sent back to the
factory for every little repair is worthless.
Inverters break, not may break, they will break. It's
not cheap to ship heavy objects when you are outside
of ConUSA. You'll have paid the purchase price of the
unit in shipping in short order. 7th day air (actual
performance, outside ConUSA) will make quadruplicate
backups seem cheap. Did I mention the fun of dealing
with officials and expense of import duties?? Many of
those functionaries get very big eyes, and large
pockets, when they see a big heavy box arriving in
their country.
Look for an inverter that has modular construction so
that most malfunctions can be repaire for the cost an
airmail stamp. Before you leave, take it apart to
familiarize yourself with the internals and get a
repair manual. Be sure they have phone help that will
talk you through trouble shooting and repairs. Even
international phone rates can be cheap compared to
shipping multiple wrong and/or heavy parts around the
world.
If you are going to fear home brew electronic repair,
suggest you don't leave a marina in a major US city.
You'll deserve all the that you'd be subjecting
yourself to cruising.
Aloha
Peter O.
--- wrote:
> Mr. Pee Wee,
>
> Flaming Susan is inappropriate also. The crack
> about "electrocuting your
> child" has no place on this message board. It is
> insulting, rude and in bad
> taste.
>
> Other companies, like Outback Power, have systems
> designed for user
> serviceability. They can send you a new circuit
> board in Tahiti and you can
> repair the unit yourself.
>
> It is also true that Xantrex is a company that
> bought up all three North
> American inverter manufacturing companies and
> terminated much of the work in
> progress. I was left high and dry with a Trace
> Voyager that did not perform
> according to the published specs. Trace was working
> on a fix for the
> problem when Xantrex terminated all Voyager work at
> that point. Heart
> Interface has always been notorious for bad service.
>
>
> Maybe she should have not used so many capital
> letters, but that is her
> option and her opinion. Her message was not aimed
> at any person in this
> group. Flames are never appropriate as they lead to
> "flame wars" which make
> the group not worth reading.
>
> Jeff
>
>
> Jeffrey M. Stander
>
> s/v BEATRIX - KP44 #276 (1980)
> http://www.svbeatrix.com
> SKYPE ID: pacific_voyager
> moderator for PetersonCutter Yahoo group
> webmaster for http://www.kp44.org
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> [mailto:]
> On Behalf Of Lynn H. Ogden
> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 11:40 AM
> To:
> Subject: [world-cruising] Re: I need
> Inverter/Charger recommendations
>
> Susan wrote in part: .....never EVER BUY HEART
> INTERFACE......POOR CUSTOMER
> SERVICE TO THE EXTREME...THEY REFUSE TO SELL YOU
> PARTS OR TO GIVE A
> SCHEMATIC SO YOU CAN REPAIR IT YOUSELF.....NUFF
> SAID.
>
> It is inappropriate to bad mouth Xantrex. You would
> likely be the one that
> would sue them when you turned on your inverter and
> electrocuted your child
> after you "home repaired the unit".
>
> LO
>
>
> "A sailor travels to many lands,
> To anyplace he pleases.
> And he always remembers to wash his hands, So he
> don't catch no diseases."
>
> Pee Wee Herman
>
>
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