[RE-wrenches] Solar Edge Experience?

[August Goers]

Hi All –



It’s interesting that I got only one response from someone who has actually
used Solar Edge. Solar Edge is claiming that they have 20% of the
residential market in the US. Anyway, sooner or later we will try a system
or two with Solar Edge and I will let the list know how it goes.



Incidentally, we have installed a lot of Power-One inverters and more
recently many with AFCI protection. We’re starting to see false arc fault
errors and it looks like this issue is going to be a big support burden
until the problem is solved.



Best,



August



Luminalt



*From:* re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:
re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] *On Behalf Of *William Dorsett
*Sent:* Tuesday, May 06, 2014 9:55 AM
*To:* 'RE-wrenches'
*Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] Solar Edge Experience?



Thanks August. Keep us posted on your results. That’s one of the great
functions of this forum.



*From:* re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org [
mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org<re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org>]
*On Behalf Of *August Goers
*Sent:* Monday, May 05, 2014 4:59 PM
*To:* RE-wrenches
*Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] Solar Edge Experience?



Hi Bill,



That was my take up until recently. However, we’ve had lots of Enphase
failures with M190s and M210s (to Enphase’s credit, no failures yet with
M215s and M250s) so I’m hesitant to put more and more micros up on the
roof. Plus, the price starts to beat micros around a system size of 4+ kW.
We’re seeing a lot of competitors offer Solar Edge in the Bay Area
including Solar City so there must be some good reasons to use them. In my
mind, reliability is of utmost importance and I don’t have any firsthand
knowledge on how the Solar Edge systems are working. I think they’ve only
been in the US for about 3 years.



Best, August



*From:* re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:
re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] *On Behalf Of *William Dorsett
*Sent:* Monday, May 05, 2014 11:36 AM
*To:* 'RE-wrenches'
*Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] Solar Edge Experience?



August, it’s hard for me to see the point if you get all those benefits
(long strings, module level tracking and monitoring, design flexibility)
for the same price with micros.



Bill Dorsett

Manhattan, KS



*From:* re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org [
mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org<re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org>]
*On Behalf Of *August Goers
*Sent:* Monday, May 05, 2014 10:57 AM
*To:* RE-wrenches
*Subject:* [RE-wrenches] Solar Edge Experience?



Hi Wrenches,



I have been watching Solar Edge for a while now and am curious if other
wrenches have been using their product and what they think about it. I’m
generally hesitant to adopt new technology until it has a good track record
but I have to admit that I’m seeing some serious benefits in the Solar Edge
system – long strings, module level tracking and monitoring, design
flexibility, etc. Can folks who have tried their product let me know what
you think and if you’ve had any failures?



http://www.solaredge.us/groups/us/inverter/single-phase-solar-inverter



Best,



August



Luminalt
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