Solaredge inverter12/8/2023 Micros and power optimizers can help but involve more complexity (read more potential failures/down time). A panel's potential output lost to shading cannot be replaced or improved by micros or optimizers, only mitigated to some degree. Reality: If the irradiance on a panel is reduced by 50 % over any period - an hour, day, year, whatever - no micro or optimizer will restore the lost potential. If they are that bad, what are some good alternatives for someone with shade issues?Back up a little bit.ġ.) Be realistic about the limitations imposed by shade. Is their product that bad? I’ve mostly read good things about them. It also seems to me that - to the degree the posts reflect user's perceptions - SolarEdge equipment is not the easiest to start up and also generally make sense of with respect to day/day operation, although a lot of that may be due to user ignorance.īased on what I read here and think I might know, I'd not consider SolarEdge products as a possible choice if I were considering solar equipment either for a new application or a replacement for existing equipment. It just seems to me - and no more than an opinion based on little more than observing what folks are writing around here - that there's a lot of post traffic about problems with respect to SolarEdge equipment from failures that look and read like operational problems, with a lot of those problems and bitches at least partly a result of unnecessary complexity when it comes to configuring, starting up and operating the equipment.Įven though Solar edge does seem to enjoy a large market share just now, the quantity of the negative posts seems to me to be out of proportion to that market share. I'd also comment that a good experience with replacement doesn't say much about the equipment quality - rather maybe the lack of it - that caused the need for the replacement in the first place. It was significantly less than 5-7 days.That's good to hear, but IMO only, and only based on what I read around here, your experience seems to be among the minority of those reporting a good experience with SolarEdge. I had a great turnaround with a recent SolarEdge replacement. Solar Edge says their RMA turnaround is 5-7 business days. So, it's plausible that this really is Solar Edge's fault, but IMO if my installer was doing their job they would have figured out something was amiss in the 2nd week or so of December. FedEx tracking number confirms that, but it looks like perhaps the unit was delivered to the wrong address by FedEx. They say a case was opened, and the replacement was delivered in early December. To add some intrigue, I called SolarEdge and sat on hold for half an hour to get to tech support. Honestly, I'm less excited that it's taking a bit of time (particularly with the holidays), but rather am frustrated that a) I have to chase for followup b) they get defensive c) they point me back to my agreement and blame the manufacturerĪm I unreasonable to expect an ETA? Or that they might chase this themselves and followup? When I pushed, they got defensive, and are now suggesting it is unreasonable of me to be upset - saying they aren't the manufacturer, it's solar edge's fault, holidays, etc. Installer said they didn't have one, and blamed solar edge. With the holidays etc I expected it might take a little bit, but I hadn't heard anything since then so followed up today and asked for an ETA. My installer was quick to respond when I reached out, and I know they opened a case with SolarEdge. I just had my second failure in late November. I had an inverter failure last year that took a little bit to diagnose and replace but I think was on the order of a few weeks. I have a ~2 year old system with 3x SE-7600 inverters. Looking for a gut check on what is 'industry standard' for repairs to failed inverters.
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