Re: [RE-wrenches] Fwd: Solar Edge Optimizer failures

2016-02-03 Thread Rebekah Hren
Hi Lena, That's really interesting, thanks for sharing. What I'm curious about is why the arc-fault detection in the SolarEdge inverter didn't detect any problem before the optimizers failed...as this sounds like an arc-faulting situation. I wonder if it has to do with where exactly the fault

[RE-wrenches] Fwd: Solar Edge Optimizer failures

2016-01-29 Thread Lena Wilensky
Thanks for the input on SolarEdge. We finally sorted the issue out. Turns out somehow we got the wrong optimizers from our distributor - the details are a bit cloudy since it was over a year ago. But the short is we had optimizers with Amphenol connectors, and "Hosiden" brand MC4 connectors on