[RE-wrenches] MLPE Mapping

[Kirk Herander]

We scan the barcodes with a smart phone app which automatically creates an excel file for upload(there are many apps to choose from), and number them also 1,2,3...etc with a sharpie for mounting. If scanned in the right order, the row number in the excel file with correspond with the physical number and barcode of the respective MLPE.
It's easy to remember the # sequence in which they were mounted.
I gave up on the Solaredge scanning/mapping app a long time ago. Way too clunky for me.
On 7/8/2020 1:58:40 PM, Corey Shalanski <coresolar at gmail.com> wrote:
Wrenches,

After 10+ years of MLPE (microinverters/optimizers) gaining traction in the industry, I have noticed one stubborn issue that somehow still haunts us. I think we as installers have all been there at some point: laying down the final module in an array, high fives all around, time to look at the close-out checklist that our pesky operations manager handed to us on our way out the door, and then realizing that we forgot to peel off the MLPE serial number stickers (or otherwise record them) in order to make a map...

Even when installers forget to record just one serial number, retrieving it can be difficult and time-consuming. Raise your hand if you've ever attached your cell phone/camera to an extendable pole and slid it under the array in hopes of catching that one forgotten label!

In this age of smart devices, I anxiously await the day when MLPE will be able to map themselves. But until that day comes, I am wondering if anyone has developed or knows of a tried-and-true foolproof method for capturing MLPE serial numbers?

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Corey Shalanski
Jah Light Solar
Portland, Jamaica
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