OnTheRoadAgain
Solar Enthusiast
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I have two OverkillSolar BMSs in my possession. Both cost me about $150 total.
This one I ordered and received about 2 months ago.......This is the one everyone seems to be getting. It indeed looked brand new on arrival.
And one I received this week.....I do not see this one anywhere else (Google Search). And it appears to be a refurbished unit.
My next step will be to contact Steve, but as he has posted, customer support is very hard to come by right now.
So I wanted to ask here before bothering Steve.
Anyone know the difference?
The one I just received "appears" to be refurbished. The first one I received was spotless and the copper bright and clean...."New" I would bet this refurb works fine, but I still have a few concerns.
My concern is that is it an older model? I cannot find one that looks like this? If so, what updates would be lacking? Is this a "newer" one ?
I've heard there have been hardware improvements on the latest version and these might not be included with this one?
I am not sure, and why I'm asking
The other is a safety concern.
The task asked of these is critical. A failure could be life threatening. Would you be ok with a refurbished unit if you paid full price for a new unit
when so much hinges on it's perfect operation?
I'm wondering if Steve is trying hard to take care of his customers in any way he can and in some cases he is having to use any and every resource to meet demand.
That is to be commended. However, the website said there would be at least a 30 day delay and so I was fully prepared for that. I got this is 4 days.
I trust Overkillsolar and I think Steve is a steller guy and does a great job.
I just want to be sure that I keep my family and myself safe by having the latest version of BMS possible.
Opinions?
This one I ordered and received about 2 months ago.......This is the one everyone seems to be getting. It indeed looked brand new on arrival.
And one I received this week.....I do not see this one anywhere else (Google Search). And it appears to be a refurbished unit.
My next step will be to contact Steve, but as he has posted, customer support is very hard to come by right now.
So I wanted to ask here before bothering Steve.
Anyone know the difference?
The one I just received "appears" to be refurbished. The first one I received was spotless and the copper bright and clean...."New" I would bet this refurb works fine, but I still have a few concerns.
My concern is that is it an older model? I cannot find one that looks like this? If so, what updates would be lacking? Is this a "newer" one ?
I've heard there have been hardware improvements on the latest version and these might not be included with this one?
I am not sure, and why I'm asking
The other is a safety concern.
The task asked of these is critical. A failure could be life threatening. Would you be ok with a refurbished unit if you paid full price for a new unit
when so much hinges on it's perfect operation?
I'm wondering if Steve is trying hard to take care of his customers in any way he can and in some cases he is having to use any and every resource to meet demand.
That is to be commended. However, the website said there would be at least a 30 day delay and so I was fully prepared for that. I got this is 4 days.
I trust Overkillsolar and I think Steve is a steller guy and does a great job.
I just want to be sure that I keep my family and myself safe by having the latest version of BMS possible.
Opinions?