<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Any updated impressions of this product? I'm starting to see an uptick in these being sold by competitors. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">

<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">One thing that would be nice is if they eliminated the gateway, allowing each inverter to connect to the Internet by Wi-Fi. This would eliminate the extra piece of hardware, and the possibility of the gateway device failing in the future. Understandably, this would probably increase the inverter price, but for small installations, it would be more cost effective I would think.</div>

<br><br><div id="WISESTAMP_SIG_gmail_session"><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="margin:0 0 8px 0"><p style="margin:0"><span style="color:#808080"><strong>Jason Szumlanski</strong><em> </em></span></p>

<p style="margin:0"><span style="color:#808080"><em>Fafco Solar</em></span><br><span style="color:#808080"><span></span></span></p><p style="margin:0"><span style="color:#808080"><em><br></em></span></p></div></div></div>

<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 1:03 PM, David Katz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dkatz@aeesolar.com" target="_blank">dkatz@aeesolar.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

<div bgcolor="white" lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal">August<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I have 9 of the PowerOne microinverters on the roof of the old AEE building, running for a few months.  They work great so far.  I like the monitoring.  It connects to the inverters by WiFi.  I don't think they are selling them yet.<u></u><u></u></p>

<p class="MsoNormal">Here is a link to the on-line monitoring. <span style="color:windowtext"><a href="https://www.auroravision.net/dash/V2/assets/plantSummary.jsf#1212906" target="_blank">https://www.auroravision.net/dash/V2/assets/plantSummary.jsf#1212906</a></span><br>

David Katz.<br><br><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>

<div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:windowtext">David Katz<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:windowtext">CTO & Founder<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:windowtext">AEE Solar Inc<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:windowtext">P: <a href="tel:707%20825-1200" value="+17078251200" target="_blank">707 825-1200</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:windowtext">F: <a href="tel:707%20825-1202" value="+17078251202" target="_blank">707 825-1202</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">

<span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="mailto:dkatz@aeesolar.com" target="_blank">dkatz@aeesolar.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.aeesolar.com" target="_blank">www.aeesolar.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:windowtext">DISCLAIMER: <br>This communication, along with any documents, files or attachments, is intended for the use of only the addressee and contains privileged and confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of any information contained in or attached to this communication is strictly prohibited.  If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail reply and destroy the original communication and its attachments without reading, printing or saving in any manner.</span><span style="color:windowtext"><u></u><u></u></span></p>

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<span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> <a href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>August Goers<br>

<b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 10, 2012 9:21 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:blspam@sonic.net" target="_blank">blspam@sonic.net</a>; RE-wrenches</span></p><div><div class="h5"><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] Power One Microinverters<u></u><u></u></div>

</div><p></p></div></div><div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Hi Bruce,</span><u></u><u></u></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I haven't received much feedback from the group yet on the Power One Microinverters. Marco was in-progress on a job with them and was going to get back to me off list after completion. </span><u></u><u></u></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I'm weary about the wireless communication because wireless always seems to break down at one point or another over the long haul. However, I should reiterate that I have no experience with this product yet. </span><u></u><u></u></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Best, August</span><u></u><u></u></p>

<div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> <a href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bruce<br>

<b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 07, 2012 2:16 PM<br><b>To:</b> RE-wrenches<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] Power One Microinverters</span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">

Hi August.  I'm curious about these inverters as well.  Have you learned anything outside of the Wrenches list about their track record?<br><br>Take care.<br><br>Bruce<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On 10/30/2012 9:08 AM, August Goers wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>

</div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Hi Wrenches -</span><u></u><u></u></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Has anyone tried out the new Power One microinverters?</span><u></u><u></u></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><a href="http://www.power-one.com/renewable-energy/products/solar/string-inverters/panel-products/aurora-micro/series-0" target="_blank">http://www.power-one.com/renewable-energy/products/solar/string-inverters/panel-products/aurora-micro/series-0</a></span><u></u><u></u></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Seems like a similar concept to Enphase M215 as far as the trunk cabling goes. However, their monitoring device called "Aurora CDD" communicates wirelessly with the microinverters compared to power line communications with Enphase. They also seem to be at a higher price point compared to Enphase although they are higher wattage at 250 and 300 Watts.</span><u></u><u></u></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Best,</span><u></u><u></u></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">August</span><u></u><u></u></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">August Goers</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Luminalt Energy Corporation</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">San Francisco, CA 94110</span><u></u><u></u></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">m: <a href="tel:415.559.1525" value="+14155591525" target="_blank">415.559.1525</a></span><u></u><u></u></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">o: <a href="tel:415.641.4000" value="+14156414000" target="_blank">415.641.4000</a></span><u></u><u></u></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><a href="mailto:august@luminalt.com" target="_blank">august@luminalt.com</a></span><u></u><u></u></p>

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