Interesting, although I'd expect them to run either some custom firmware or something sat on a commercial RTOS (freeRTOS) rather than embedded linux.
I'm looking to add some extra solar on the AC side of my system - looking at Chinese microinverters from AliExpress, mainly because I'm a cheapskate. On Sun, 12 Jun 2022 at 13:06, Peter Merchant <petermerch...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I have had my 10 solar panels for about 7 1/2 years now, and they each > have individual Enphase Microinverters so they can be monitored > individually. For a few years one of them seemed to be generating about 1/3 > more power than the other panels. The hitch with this was when it reached > a certain amount the inverter switched off, and I only got electricity from > 9 panels. > > I investigated this with the Enphase company and they eventually agreed > that there was a fault and sent me a replacement microinverter. The agent > here installed it last week. Now everything seems ok, except that the > different panel only generated the same as the other 9. > > I don't know whether over the longer period I have gained or lost in > having that microinverter swapped, but losing the power generation from one > panel for most of hot summer days did irk me. > > The faulty inverter, which was a sealed unit, has been sent back to > California for investigation. I assume that there is a small linux > processor inside which is why I posted here! > https://enphase.com/en-gb/installers/microinverters > > Cheers, > > Peter > > > > -- > Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2022-07-05 20:00 > Check to whom you are replying > Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk > New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk > -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2022-07-05 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
