[RE-wrenches] Solar Edge...continuous saga of 181/183 hardware failures...moving on to another inverter.

[Jay]

Hi Scot and others 

I’ve heard these horror stories about SE

What is the best replacement for SE at this point?

Thanks

Jay





> On Jul 23, 2020, at 5:57 AM, scot.arey at solarcentex.com wrote:
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> 
> Time has finally come to move on from SolarEdge.
>  
> Now replacing the THIRD inverter for one customer alone that has the infamous 181/183 hardware failure error code again.  First one replaced in Sept 2019. Second failure and RMA July 6th 2020, and now this third failure on that replacement inverter.
>  
> We have had 24 total RMAs at quick count and it is eating into our credibility.
>  
> Solar Edge provided a briefing to me about two months ago acknowledging that their manufacturing quality control issues bordered on a recall, but opted to stay silent and let the installers keep suffering for their materiel and design issues. I was advised that the batch of deficient inverters and their manufacture time frame meant I just needed to get through this summer…perhaps but not another summer ever like this.
>  
> No more. Au revoir, Solar Edge.
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