<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Patrick<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I would add that the NEMA 6 rating is for dust/water intrusion, not corrosion resistance. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I don’t know what the metallurgy of the Enphase was/is or the HIQ.</div><div class="">But I would not make the assumption that whats bad/good for one is the same for any other.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">jay</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Peltz power</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 11, 2016, at 9:29 AM, Patrick Shortell <<a href="mailto:pshortell6@gmail.com" class="">pshortell6@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">Hi Chris,<br class=""></div>My experience with microinverters rated NEMA 6 in a salt environment was an absolute disaster. I have a 50KW ground mount, Enphase M210's, Sanyo 220's and within three years more than half failed.<br class=""></div>The system is approx a 1/2 mile from the Ocean and about 300 Yards from a bay and is also on an island.<br class=""></div>We removed the microinverters and installed SMA string inverters.<br class=""></div>We have similiar installations in the immediate area and the SMA product has held up for 12 years.<br class=""></div>My microinverter experiment ended badly and as an electrician for over thirty years, the enphase product was the only product I ever saw with a NEMA 6 rating.<br class=""></div>My Opinion, you cant beat an SMA product in this environment.<br class=""></div>Pat<br class=""></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 11:39 AM, Christopher Warfel <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:cwarfel@entech-engineering.com" target="_blank" class="">cwarfel@entech-engineering.com</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">We are designing a 480Vac, 3 phase system for a school on an island. The system will be outdoors, about 1/2 from the ocean shore. Corrosion via salt is a real problem. We submitted some pictures to Solar Pro for an article they are writing. HIQ are NEMA 6. I have no experience with them, and was wondering if anyone did. Thank you, Chris<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888" class=""><br class="">
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