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<p>I made a decision to go w Enphase when Solar Edge was a viable
competitor. I did not like some aspects of Solar Edge, and I am
glad I went with Enphase. I only install on this small island, 22
systems starting with M250's. Average project is 16 modules. I
have had only one microinverter failure, and it emailed me to let
me know and then ordered the replacement. The experiences do seem
installer specific. Chris<br>
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<div dir="auto">It's really interesting how different our
experiences and perspectives are on these issues. I know a close
colleague who still loves SolarEdge. We're still friends. :)
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<div dir="auto">I have also heard the XX%+ failure rate on
M-Series experience before, which I find strange. I'm not
suggesting it's not true, but it's far from my experience. The
M190 clearly had issues, but the M215 and M250 were leaps and
bounds better, and we had nowhere near that kind of failure
rate experience. And I'm in arguably one of the most grueling
environments in terms of heat and corrosive (coastal)
environments, which is one of the fears people have always had
against microinverters. Maybe the M-Series was more
susceptible to cold weather issues (freeze/thaw issues). </div>
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<div dir="auto">My home's M215 system is visibly beat up. Having
been through 4 major hurricanes in its lifespan and having
been removed and reinstalled once and used and abused for
numerous training exercises, I really would have expected it
to be a headache. But with only one microinveter failure in a
decade, I am very happy. One system is obviously not
statistically significant, but it goes to show that people
have had widely different experiences with early generation
microinverters. </div>
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<div dir="auto">I regrettably installed a Soladeck AC aggregator
on the roof with fuses and a combined feeder back to the
interconnection point, but shockingly I have only replaced one
fuse when it popped years ago. Other than that, smooth sailing
with my M215 micros. I leave the one failed unit as it is to
show clients what to expect in the monitoring system if a
microinverter fails. </div>
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8:59 PM Kirk Herander via RE-wrenches <<a
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<div dir="ltr">I will never promote, support, or use Enphase
products again. My personal decision is a result of a 50%
plus failure rate of the M series, as an early adopter.
Now I am admittedly biased, regardless of their reputation
now.
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<div>Enphase tried to make it right, and I'm still
replacing the replacements of the replacements 12 years
later, sans-labor reimbursement. Yes, the latest micros
w/adapters are still free under warranty.
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<div>We all know that through the years, every OEM has
not lived up to expectations at times, be it products
or support. </div>
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<div>For me, tolerance of some OEMs is different than
others, depending on the particular problem and
duration of it, individual OEM history, and customer
reaction,etc. </div>
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<div>What are we, as individual installers, willing to
put up with before we pull the plug on a manufacturer?
It's an individual decision. History and relationships
are right up there to support stay on board, or go.</div>
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<div>In the case of inverter RMAs, Vermont takes them
for free at recycling centers, treating them as old
electronics (ie. obsolete PC's). So we as a group
don't have a dog in every policy fight that others
may.</div>
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<div>Some OEM products & service policies are more
of a thorn than others. Obviously, No one will ever
come out with, or evolve into, perfect product or
policy to make us all happy all the time.</div>
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<div>just my 2 cents worth</div>
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7:39 PM Matt Partymiller via RE-wrenches <<a
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<div dir="auto">I'm not going to defend Solaredge
here, there are clearly better ways they could
handle account transfers but the rah-rah Enphase
conclusion is maddening. </div>
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<div dir="auto">It wasn't that long ago Enphase did
something far worse when they dropped their labor
warranty and then told basically every m-series
customer to pay them distribution prices for new
Micros that would function for more than two months
or risk spending thousands a year on labor replacing
their early junk. Basically Enphase invalidated all
their original 25 year warranties and then sold new
product with their full margin to effectively
captive customers. Meanwhile, as the installer, we
were stuck fielding the angry customer phone calls
wanting to understand how we misled them into
Enphase. I guess Enphase managed to stay in business
though....</div>
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<div><span
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I just wrote a scathing
blog post, notified my staff not to take
on new SolarEdge service clients, and
blasted out messages and DMs on social
media about this despicable new move by
SolarEdge. Imagine being one of the many
system owners impacted by solar
contractors going out of business, only to
find out that the manufacturer of your
equipment wants to charge you to have a
new willing contractor authorized to
monitor and service your system.</span><br
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<div><span
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">By contrast, Enphase
owners can have as many contractors
monitor their systems as they want, and
they can initiate it themselves and for
free, 24 hours a day without delay.</span></div>
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Jason Szumlanski
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Solar Designer | Florida Solar
Design Group</span><br
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CVC56956</span></div>
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<div><span
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">When I fill out the
online form to transfer an existing
SolarEdge system to my company for
monitoring, the site now takes me to a
payment form demanding $99 to transfer
the site monitoring. </span><br
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<div><span
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I have been told that as
of 2/17/2025, SolarEdge has a new
policy, and now changes for
transferring a site to a new
installer. </span></div>
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<div><span
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">WOW. Nobody wants to
touch their hardware around here, and
I must be the last one because
SolarEdge tech support is literally
giving customers my name when they
can't find help.</span></div>
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<div><span
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">SolarEdge is done. Dead
to me. They can find someone else to
cover their warranty obligations.</span></div>
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