[RE-wrenches] Enphase track record

[jay peltz]

HI Marco,

I've been told by EE's that 130 f is really no problem.

Think of the computer under the hood of your car:  serious vibrations,  
shocks, way hotter than 130f and they really hardly fail.

The big deal with these type of individual inverters/control units  is  
that they will show who really accurately labels their solar modules  
and who doesn't.
No more hiding.

very exciting.,

jay

peltz power



On Nov 7, 2009, at 8:32 AM, Marco Mangelsdorf wrote:

> Can anyone think of a more brutal environment for a piece of  
> electronic equipment than under a solar module which day in and day  
> out experiences the elements and temperatures of 130+ plus F?
>
> Despite any so-called accelerated life-cycle testing and estimated  
> mean time to failure probabilities, nothing takes the place of  
> actual time cooking under solar arrays.
>
> Having seen my fair share of controller and inverter manufacturers  
> come and go out of business in 30+ years in the RE field, I’ll be  
> watching with great interest the great Enphase experiment unfold.
>
> And ever heard of the word “recall”?  Swapping a central inverter or  
> two is one thing.  Imagine doing it with the X number of  
> microinverters you installed six months or two years ago…..
>
> But hey, other than my Eeyore-sounding words above, aren’t Enphase  
> inverters so cool with all that they can do?
>
> marco in Hawaii

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