[RE-wrenches] Enphase warranties

[Mark Dickson]

PV Powered. . .

 

Best regards,

 

Mark Dickson,

NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer T

 

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[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Drake
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 2:41 PM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Enphase warranties

 

Enphase is looking a little shaky for the application at this point.  Does
anyone know of an efficient inverter that would work out well to AC couple
with a pair of Outbacks on an 1800 Watt array. The 90% efficiency range is
what I've been seeing.  The new high frequency SMA inverters look good, but
last I heard were still tied up at UL.

Drake


At 03:54 PM 10/29/2010, you wrote:




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
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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 

(530) 401-8024 

www.berkeleysolar.com <http://www.berkeleysolar.com/>  

 

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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

Project Manager

Advanced Alternative Energy Solutions, LLC

PO Box 657

Petaluma, CA 94953

Cell: 707-321-2937

Office: 707-789-9537

Fax: 707-769-9037

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