[RE-wrenches] Envoy-R replacement

[Nick Soleil]

Enphase sells the Envoy-S Standard which includes a 120V cord.  These can be purchased on the Enphase store at:  https://enphase.com/store/communication/gateway-s-standard

The Envoy-S Standard does not require hardwiring.
Gateway-S Standard | Enphase<https://enphase.com/store/communication/gateway-s-standard>
The Enphase Gateway-S Standard is an integral component of the Enphase Home Energy Solution, as it bridges the communication between Enphase Microinverters on the rooftop with the cloud-based Enphase monitoring software.
enphase.com



Cordially,

Nick Soleil

Enphase Energy Senior Product Manager

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Powering What’s Next™ | The Enphase Energy Management System<https://enphase.com/en-us/products-and-services/envoy>

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Be very careful with old units on eBay. They may not be usable. There was a security certificate update that was necessary to keep units communicating with Enlighten. If the unit was offline and the update was not applied, it was essentially bricked from a remote upgradeability standpoint. I can't remember how I got around that once - there was someone in engineering that I think was able to remotely recover it, but it wasn't something they necessarily are willing or want to do.

It stinks to have to upgrade people to a hardwired Envoy S or Envoy S-Metered, but ultimately its a better unit with ITK capability and a better warranty.

On that note, I'm going to be replacing quite a few very soon due to submersion issues from Hurricane Ian. I'm not even thinking of offering the Envoy-R option. Everyone has to upgrade.

Jason Szumlanski
Principal Solar Designer | Florida Solar Design Group
NABCEP Certified Solar Professional (PVIP)
Florida State Certified Solar Contractor CVC56956



On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 1:21 PM Dave Tedeyan via RE-wrenches <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org<mailto:re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>> wrote:
Hi all,

Does anyone know if you can get any old used Envoy-R (the one in the attached image) off ebay to replace a failed one? If the used one used to be associated with another site, would there be issues with installing it somewhere else?

Cheers,
Dave

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