[RE-wrenches] Enphase warranties

[Andrew Truitt]

When I asked Enphase about AC coupling with their product a year ago the
answer was a flat NO, so at least it appears they're moving in the right
direction...


Andrew Truitt
NABCEP Certified PV Installer™ (ID# 032407-66)
Truitt Renewable Energy Consulting
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On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Mark Frye <markf at berkeleysolar.com> wrote:

>  Indeed an interesting game.
>
> However, I am considering Enphase for a large res retrofit which will
> recieve CSI funding. I am obligated to provide my customer equipment that
> will be warrantied by the manufacture for 10 years. I have to have certainty
> NOW that the warranty will be honored in the application. I can not base the
> fulfillment of my contractual obligations on the passing whim of the support
> technician of the day. My project involves placing the Enphase below the ATS
> on a gen back up system, an application which Ehphase will not warrant in
> writing.
>
> So the question is, can I do the project at all? All you folks who are
> putting Enphase on the load side of grid-tied, battery based inverters need
> to ask yourself the same question. It appears that Nick already has his
> answer.
>
> Mark Frye
> Berkeley Solar Electric Systems
> 303 Redbud Way
> Nevada City,  CA 95959
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> *www.berkeleysolar.com* <http://www.berkeleysolar.com/>
>
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:
> re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] *On Behalf Of *Nick Soleil
> *Sent:* Friday, October 29, 2010 12:33 PM
>
> *To:* RE-wrenches
> *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] Enphase warranties
>
>      I bet if you don't push the issue, they will cover the warranty.  If
> the inverter is truly failed, I  am sure that you won't have an issue.  But
> since they are so reliable, that probably won't happen anyway.  However, if
> you were to install them in an ''off-grid" application, you can't expect
> them to guarantee the performance, which is what a 'written' guarantee
> implies.  I bet SMA won't provide a written guarantee that they will perform
> when coupled to an FX inverter, either.
>
>
> Nick Soleil
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