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[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Drake<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, October 29, 2010
2:41 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> RE-wrenches<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [RE-wrenches] Enphase
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Enphase is looking a little shaky for the application at this
point. Does anyone know of an efficient inverter that would work out well
to AC couple with a pair of Outbacks on an 1800 Watt array. The 90% efficiency
range is what I've been seeing. The new high frequency SMA inverters look
good, but last I heard were still tied up at UL.<br>
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Drake<br>
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At 03:54 PM 10/29/2010, you wrote:<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>When I asked Enphase about AC coupling with their product a year ago
the answer was a flat NO, so at least it appears they're moving in the right
direction...<br>
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Andrew Truitt<br>
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On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Mark Frye <<a
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>Indeed an
interesting game. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>However, I am
considering Enphase for a large res retrofit which will recieve CSI funding. I
am obligated to provide my customer equipment that will be warrantied by the
manufacture for 10 years. I have to have certainty NOW that the warranty will
be honored in the application. I can not base the fulfillment of my contractual
obligations on the passing whim of the support technician of the day. My
project involves placing the Enphase below the ATS on a gen back up system, an
application which Ehphase will not warrant in writing.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>So the question
is, can I do the project at all? All you folks who are putting Enphase on the
load side of grid-tied, battery based inverters need to ask yourself the same
question. It appears that Nick already has his answer.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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[<a href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org" eudora=autourl>
mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>] On Behalf Of Nick Soleil<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> I bet if you don't push the issue,
they will cover the warranty. If the inverter is truly failed, I am
sure that you won't have an issue. But since they are so reliable, that
probably won't happen anyway. However, if you were to install them in an
''off-grid" application, you can't expect them to guarantee the
performance, which is what a 'written' guarantee implies. I bet SMA won't
provide a written guarantee that they will perform when coupled to an FX
inverter, either.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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