[RE-wrenches] How Is The M215 Doing?

[Kirk Herander]

Of about 500 M190's in the field, I have had -16- failures. I never had a
DOA, but many of the failures have been a result of moisture (water) inside
of their supposed-Nema 6 enclosure. I have about 150 M215's installed with
no problems. The M215 case is much better constructed and compared to the
pop-riveted, flimsy M190 case it would appear less likely for a seal to
become compromised.

 

Kirk Herander

VT Solar, LLC

dba Vermont Solar Engineering

NABCEPTM Certified installer Charter Member

NYSERDA-eligible Installer

VT RE Incentive Program Partner

 

From: re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org
[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Jason
Szumlanski
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 12:15 PM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] How Is The M215 Doing?

 

We are still seeing M190 failures trickling in. We have roughly an equal
number of M190's and M215's in the field, and we just had our first two M215
failures this week. Compare that to the dozens of M190's we have replaced
for our customers and those of failed competitors.

 

All signs point to the M215 being far more reliable. We have never had a DOA
unit, which we did with the M190's.

 

Jason Szumlanski

Fafco Solar

 

 

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[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Mark Frye
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 10:51 AM
To: 'RE-wrenches'
Subject: [RE-wrenches] How Is The M215 Doing?

 

Folks, 

How is the Enphase M215 doing? Is it showing marked improvements in
reliability over the previous generation units? Is the cable system going in
OK? I've worked with the M190 and M380 but not the M215?

Thanks, 
  
Mark Frye 
Berkeley Solar Electric Systems 
303 Redbud Way 
Nevada City,  CA 95959 
(530) 401-8024 
 <http://www.berkeleysolar.com> www.berkeleysolar.com  

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