[RE-wrenches] Solar Edge Experience?

[Erika Weliczko]

No trunk cable is bonus. Working with regular PV cable is easier on stocking materials. 
Safe working voltage is real bonus and makes testing during installation reasonable. 

Strings over 12 is bonus. Sometimes, 16, 18+ makes sense physically. Now it can make sense electrically. With different solar exposures. 

Still needing to use metal conduit inside is sometimes a hassle, but MC cable makes it doable. 

No way to test communication with optimizer until DC voltage is applied. This means if you have a DOA optimizer that reads correct voltage, you are removing modules to get to an optimizer. That is a drag. Support is pretty good. 

The new 7kw inverter matched to 40a OCP to max out residential 200A panel backfed breaker sounds good. 



Erika Weliczko
REpower Solutions
cell: 216.402.4458

On May 5, 2014, at 11:56 AM, August Goers <august at luminalt.com> wrote:

> 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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