[RE-wrenches] Power One Microinverters

[Jason Szumlanski]

Any updated impressions of this product? I'm starting to see an uptick in
these being sold by competitors.

One thing that would be nice is if they eliminated the gateway, allowing
each inverter to connect to the Internet by Wi-Fi. This would eliminate the
extra piece of hardware, and the possibility of the gateway device failing
in the future. Understandably, this would probably increase the inverter
price, but for small installations, it would be more cost effective I would
think.


*Jason Szumlanski** *

*Fafco Solar*

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On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 1:03 PM, David Katz <dkatz at aeesolar.com> wrote:

> August****
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> I have 9 of the PowerOne microinverters on the roof of the old AEE
> building, running for a few months.  They work great so far.  I like the
> monitoring.  It connects to the inverters by WiFi.  I don't think they are
> selling them yet.****
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> Here is a link to the on-line monitoring.
> https://www.auroravision.net/dash/V2/assets/plantSummary.jsf#1212906
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> *From:* re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:
> re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] *On Behalf Of *August Goers
> *Sent:* Monday, December 10, 2012 9:21 AM
> *To:* blspam at sonic.net; RE-wrenches
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> *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] Power One Microinverters****
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> Hi Bruce,****
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> I haven't received much feedback from the group yet on the Power One
> Microinverters. Marco was in-progress on a job with them and was going to
> get back to me off list after completion. ****
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> I'm weary about the wireless communication because wireless always seems
> to break down at one point or another over the long haul. However, I should
> reiterate that I have no experience with this product yet. ****
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> Best, August****
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> *From:* re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:
> re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] *On Behalf Of *Bruce
> *Sent:* Friday, December 07, 2012 2:16 PM
> *To:* RE-wrenches
> *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] Power One Microinverters****
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> Hi August.  I'm curious about these inverters as well.  Have you learned
> anything outside of the Wrenches list about their track record?
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> Take care.
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> On 10/30/2012 9:08 AM, August Goers wrote:****
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> Hi Wrenches -****
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> Has anyone tried out the new Power One microinverters?****
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> http://www.power-one.com/renewable-energy/products/solar/string-inverters/panel-products/aurora-micro/series-0
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> Seems like a similar concept to Enphase M215 as far as the trunk cabling
> goes. However, their monitoring device called "Aurora CDD" communicates
> wirelessly with the microinverters compared to power line communications
> with Enphase. They also seem to be at a higher price point compared to
> Enphase although they are higher wattage at 250 and 300 Watts.****
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> Best,****
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