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

[Andrew Perkins]

I have been selling Goodwe, seems pretty decent so far, next best thing price wise of a good ol SMA. The only issue is they have a 5kw as their smallest but its pretty decently priced. They have a built in tigo transmitter too. 


Andrew Perkins

Greenwired

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P: 707-923-2001 ext. 100

1150 #1 Evergreen Rd

Redway, CA 95560

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---- On Fri, 23 Feb 2024 04:09:30 -0800 Glenn Burt via RE-wrenches <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote ---




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------ Original message------

From: William Miller via RE-wrenches

Date: Thu, Feb 22, 2024 6:56 PM

To: RE-wrenches;

Cc: William Miller;

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




Friends:

 

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.

 

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.

 

What might you recommend for this new installation?

 

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? 

 

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.

 

I can’t use Solar Edge because I won’t want to unwire a complete array and add optimizers.

 

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.

 

Any advice is appreciated.

 

William

 

Miller Solar

17395 Oak Road, Atascadero, CA 93422

tel:805-438-5600

http://www.millersolar.com/

CA Lic. 773985

 

 





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