August, We have three of these systems installed. Production results are good. We experienced one failed power optimizer on the first system which was installed two years ago. This unit failed within two months of installation. We have found tech-support be good when we needed it. Email alerts to failure conditions are lacking.
I would agree with Erica, the ability to use PV wire for all cabling is a plus. Long strings also a plus. Cheers Carl Adams SunRock Solar On May 7, 2014, at 6:33 PM, August Goers <[email protected]> wrote: Hi All – It’s interesting that I got only one response from someone who has actually used Solar Edge. Solar Edge is claiming that they have 20% of the residential market in the US. Anyway, sooner or later we will try a system or two with Solar Edge and I will let the list know how it goes. Incidentally, we have installed a lot of Power-One inverters and more recently many with AFCI protection. We’re starting to see false arc fault errors and it looks like this issue is going to be a big support burden until the problem is solved. Best, August Luminalt From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of William Dorsett Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 9:55 AM To: 'RE-wrenches' Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Solar Edge Experience? Thanks August. Keep us posted on your results. That’s one of the great functions of this forum. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of August Goers Sent: Monday, May 05, 2014 4:59 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Solar Edge Experience? Hi Bill, That was my take up until recently. However, we’ve had lots of Enphase failures with M190s and M210s (to Enphase’s credit, no failures yet with M215s and M250s) so I’m hesitant to put more and more micros up on the roof. Plus, the price starts to beat micros around a system size of 4+ kW. We’re seeing a lot of competitors offer Solar Edge in the Bay Area including Solar City so there must be some good reasons to use them. In my mind, reliability is of utmost importance and I don’t have any firsthand knowledge on how the Solar Edge systems are working. I think they’ve only been in the US for about 3 years. Best, August From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of William Dorsett Sent: Monday, May 05, 2014 11:36 AM To: 'RE-wrenches' Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Solar Edge Experience? August, it’s hard for me to see the point if you get all those benefits (long strings, module level tracking and monitoring, design flexibility) for the same price with micros. Bill Dorsett Manhattan, KS From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of August Goers Sent: Monday, May 05, 2014 10:57 AM To: RE-wrenches Subject: [RE-wrenches] Solar Edge Experience? Hi Wrenches, I have been watching Solar Edge for a while now and am curious if other wrenches have been using their product and what they think about it. I’m generally hesitant to adopt new technology until it has a good track record but I have to admit that I’m seeing some serious benefits in the Solar Edge system – long strings, module level tracking and monitoring, design flexibility, etc. Can folks who have tried their product let me know what you think and if you’ve had any failures? http://www.solaredge.us/groups/us/inverter/single-phase-solar-inverter Best, August Luminalt _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: [email protected] Change email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
_______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: [email protected] Change email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
