My brother boB and I were the founders of MidNite. I also founded Outback. boB and I were also engineers at OutBack and Trace, boB also worked for Magnum while I was starting MidNite. For extra money while getting MidNite going, I did quite a bit of design work for my friends at Magnum also.
boB is living in Arizona and I am in Miami. MidNite Solar is still in Arlington and doing well. boB and I are working on some very cool new inverters that will require all our time. The day to day operations in Arlington are in good hands. The engineers are all very busy continuing their work on the Rosie, Hawke’s Bay, Barcelona, rapid shutdown, a RV inverter, touch screen displays and a fair amount of yet to be announced products. Some of these will be announced and available early next year. We are not sitting on our laurels at all. This stuff is very complicated and difficult for us as we are the only company making this type of equipment in the USA. That puts us at a competitive disadvantage. We do not have deep pockets like some of the larger companies so it is important that we have all our ducks in a row before asking someone like Will to test our new products. Will is a smart hug and any warts we still have would be noticed and commented on. That said, we don’t have any big issues, but we prefer to make sure the design is as perfect as we can make it. NAZs did a review on the Rosie a few months ago. They were impressed with the surge power even though they didn’t even get close to taxing its capabilities. Suffice it to say the Rosie is impressive. It has the highest surge of any inverter in its class and it only weighs 43 pounds. That is no easy feat. We have great engineers. We don’t have as many as we would like to get every feature incorporated as quick as some would like. But, everything is upgradable via Bluetooth. I think Apple is supported too. The Rosie is not grid tied. It is unclear if we will be able to make it grid tied with the same hardware, but that is the goal.
We really do appreciate your support. It is more important than you know.
Thanks,
Robin Gudgel
President,
MidNite Solar