Freight and Packaging Instructions

Small Inverters (up to 20kg)

  1. Attach your paperwork including company order, fault description and contact details on top of the inverter.
  2. Bubble wrap the inverter, top, bottom, front, back and sides. Wrap it two sheets thick.
  3. Use a heavy-duty cardboard box.
  4. Place a bottom layer of packing fill in the box. You can use foam pellets or polystyrene sheets. Even scrunched up newspaper will work. These types of fill contain built-in air pockets that provide excellent cushioning should the freight company accidentally drop your package.
  5. Put the wrapped inverter into the box on top of your cushion layer. Fill all voids around the inverter front, back, sides, and top with more cushioning material.
  6. Fold the box lid flaps over, seal with tape and straps as appropriate. If you only use packing tape, it should wrap all the way around at least twice. This creates a very strong pseudo-strap.
  7. Finally, prepare and attach a dispatch label as follows:

    To: Solar Inverters
          30 Osprey Drive
          Urunga NSW 2455
          Australia

    Telephone: (02) 6655 3930


For Freedom 10, 20, and 25 Inverter/Chargers

As above with the following important addition:

Prior to wrapping the unit in bubble sheet, prepare a small piece of ply, MDF, or particle board large enough for the Freedom inverter to sit flat on.

Use the Freedom mounting flanges to screw the unit onto the board.

The Freedom inverter case is very vulnerable to distortion if your consignment is accidentally dropped . The board gives tremendous bracing and protection to the Freedom case and is a must if the original packaging is no longer available.

Now continue as per the "up to 20kg" instructions above.


Step by step packing instructions

For Large Inverters (over 40kg)

Under no circumstances should these units be placed loose inside a cardboard box. This is really asking for problems.

  1. As pictured above, prepare a small skid (pallet) large enough for the inverter to lay flat on.
  2. Don't use a full sized pallet, because the overall dimensions of the skid pallet will be measured and the freight company will charge at the higher cubic rate instead of the regular weight rate.
  3. A suitable skid can easily be made using ply, MDF, or particle board, and two pieces of structural pine or hardwood (75mm x 35) for the feet.
  4. Cut the board large enough for the inverter to sit flat on.
  5. Cut the two lengths of structural pine to the same width as the board.
  6. Screw the pieces of structural pine to the board, one at each end and voila!, you have a skid pallet perfect for forking on and off freight trucks.
  7. The inverter is going to be screwed down flat to the skid pallet. Ideally a simple wooden cover box should be made to go over the top of the inverter. Before fitting the cover box, attach your documents, then bubble wrap the top, front, back, and sides of the inverter. The wooden cover box is then placed over the inverter and screwed to the skid pallet.
  8. If a wooden cover box is not available, the next best thing is to use a large heavy duty cardboard box or heavy duty sheets of cardboard.
  9. If using a box, place it on the skid pallet and slit down the corners using a Stanley Knife so that the box is now flattened out . If using flat cardboard sheets, place them on the skid pallet as is.
  10. Now place the inverter onto your cardboard. Screw the inverter down onto the skid pallet. The cardboard is sandwiched between the inverter and the skid.
  11. Attach your documents to the inverter, bubble wrap the back, front, sides and top.
  12. Fold the cardboard up over the inverter and fix in place with tape and strapping.
  13. Finally, attach a dispatch label to the top of the consignment. See address to ship to above.