Osprey69
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So I am replacing my newish crappy Xantrex inverter with a Magnum CSW 2012 of the same approximate footprint. The Xantrex was mounted vertically with the panel up. So I assumed the same can be done with the Magnum. Nope. According to the owners manual I can mount in any which way except vertical with panel up. Huh? So they want me to mount it with the fans up and panel down where the fans are exposed and the panel cannot be read?
So I call Magnum and the nice person there did not have the information deeper than the owners manual as to the logic (or lack thereof) of the vertical mount. He did say folks mount them every which way, but he cannot recommend that (understandably).
Given the fans will have air flow if mounted "upside down" and these units are solid state, I do not see why it need be panel down and fans up.
Am I missing something?
Thanks in advance.
So I call Magnum and the nice person there did not have the information deeper than the owners manual as to the logic (or lack thereof) of the vertical mount. He did say folks mount them every which way, but he cannot recommend that (understandably).
Given the fans will have air flow if mounted "upside down" and these units are solid state, I do not see why it need be panel down and fans up.
Am I missing something?
Thanks in advance.