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

[AE Solar]

interested to know if folks are having issues with specific models or it's
all across the board? if it's all across the board, i (like jay) would be
interested to know what people are moving on towards. especially for
smaller commercial 3phase projects.
adam


On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 11:57 AM MiJo Nels <spaceshipnelson1 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> We also, have found this to be the case. Now I feel like I'm in a bad
> marriage with them. We consistantly wait longer than we are told for
> replacement product, constantly hearing the same repetitious verbiage from
> them "just wait a little longer, we'll be able to control your coffee maker
> with your inverter soon".. or the old "Q1 Q2 Q3" promises for equipment or
> to get thru beta testing.. .. I too. . .  am "Done". . .
>
> Joe Nelson
>
> Project Manager C-46/C-10
> Sustainable Energy Group Inc., A California Corporation
>
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>
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> *From:* RE-wrenches <re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org> on behalf
> of Jay <jay.peltz at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 23, 2020 7:47:31 AM
> *To:* RE-wrenches <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] Solar Edge...continuous saga of 181/183
> hardware failures...moving on to another inverter.
>
> 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:
>
> 
>
> 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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