[RE-wrenches] Enphase compatibility heads up

[William Miller]

Colleagues:

I had occasion today to use the Enphase on-line compatibility 
calculator.  My client bought some modules and M190 inverters from an E-bay 
vendor.  The exact module model number was not listed on the compatibility 
list so I was recommended by Enphase to use the calculator.

The result showed the module was compatible only with the M215 
inverter.  Further research revealed that the calculator will never 
indicate compatibility with M190s even if your module is indeed 
compatible.  The reason I was given for this is that since Enphase no 
longer makes M190s the calculator would not recommend them.

This is silly since we still encounter M190s in the field.  Be aware of 
this situation if you ever need to use the calculator.  I informed the 
customer support person of this concern and recommended that this tool be 
corrected to show all compatibilities.  I don't know if they will change 
this, but I hope so.

By the way does anyone know if the Sharp NU-US235F9 BX modules will work 
with the Enphase M190? It appears so, but I don't want to recommend 
something that does not work.

Thanks,

William




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