[RE-wrenches] Non-battery string inverter options?

[Jerry Shafer]

The new SMA is a great option multi string, name brand, will be available
soon (april) and they are taking orders now. Forward compliant.
Jerry

On Thu, Feb 22, 2024, 3:56 PM William Miller via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

> Friends:
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> Now that RSS is required on almost every installation, I am having trouble
> finding a plain old, non-battery, non-MLPE string inverter.  This is for a
> ground mount with the inverter mounted to the rack-- the only scenario I
> can imagine that does not require RSS.  I don’t need or want battery
> capability, now or in the future.  The project does not have shading issues
> and the inverter will be mounted on the array, so no version of MLPE is
> needed.
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> My usual go-to would be the legacy SMA Sunny Boy series.  I can’t dine one
> for sale and I am getting the impression these are no longer available.
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> What might you recommend for this new installation?
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> This brings up the question:  Of all the Sunny Boy installations I  have
> out there, the next time one fails, what am I going to replace it with?
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> The new Sunny Boy Smarty-Pants series is not yet shipping, it is very
> expensive and to replace a grid-connected inverter I don’t need battery
> capabilities.
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> I can’t use Solar Edge because I won’t want to unwire a complete array and
> add optimizers.
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> I am not that taken with Sol-Ark, not only because it includes the word
> Arc in its name.  I don’t need the battery capabilities, AC load center or
> any of the other complexities.
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> Any advice is appreciated.
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> William
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> Miller Solar
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> 17395 Oak Road, Atascadero, CA 93422
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> 805-438-5600
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> www.millersolar.com
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> CA Lic. 773985
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