[RE-wrenches] favortie micro inverters?

[david quattro]

I used Chilicon on a couple installs, and Enphase is far better.





On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 9:05 PM greg egan via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

> Good intel.  I believe their micros are rated to -40C/F.  If they quit
> working at that temp it would be okay as long as they start back up when
> if warms up.  Normally when it's that cold the sun is pretty scarce at
> this latitude.
>
> Greg Egan
> Remote Power Inc.
> Fairbanks, AK
>
> On 9/23/2024 7:47 PM, MDElectricSolar wrote:
> > Been around forever, good tech support, the products have been improved
> and refined, easy to install, good monitoring platform. Not sure how they
> would fare in Alaskan winters though…
> >
> > Maybe an sma installed indoors?
> >
> > Michael D Nelson
> > MD Electric & Solar, Inc.
> > 707-684-0064 mobile
> > 707-884-1862 office
> > www.mdelectricsolar.com
> > www.facebook.com/mdelectricandsolar
> >
> >
> >> On Sep 23, 2024, at 8:41 PM, greg egan <greg at remotepowerinc.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Michael, thank you.  Any particular reason you like them best?
> >>
> >>
> >> Greg Egan
> >> Remote Power Inc.
> >> Fairbanks, AK
> >>
> >>> On 9/23/2024 7:29 PM, MDElectricSolar wrote:
> >>> Enphase…
> >>>
> >>> Michael D Nelson
> >>> MD Electric & Solar, Inc.
> >>> 707-684-0064 mobile
> >>> 707-884-1862 office
> >>> www.mdelectricsolar.com
> >>> www.facebook.com/mdelectricandsolar
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>> On Sep 23, 2024, at 7:30 PM, greg egan via RE-wrenches <
> re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
> >>>> Esteemed wrenches,
> >>>>
> >>>> Have a client that is grid connected (not my usual client) and
> looking to do solar without back up.  Has shading issues so I'm thinking
> micros would work best for this application, plus take care of rapid shut
> down without needing extra devices/wiring.  Problem is I have not ever
> installed micros.
> >>>>
> >>>> Any recommendations on brands /models that have been reliable? Decent
> tech support?  Customer just wants something that works and is relatively
> simple to navigate the online monitoring.  Probably 4-5 kW so not a huge
> system.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks in advance, I appreciate it!
> >>>>
> >>>> Greg Egan
> >>>> Remote Power Inc.
> >>>> Fairbanks, AK
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