350+ installed, 5 replacements over a 2 year period (.02%). 1-190, 4-215,
0-210 (we use Sanyo on many residential systems)
accessibility built in to design is also a plus - not always possible, but
should be a factor when doing layouts.
Holt E. Kelly
Holtek Fireplace & Solar Products
500 Jewell Dr.
Waco TX. 76712
254-751-9111
www.holteksolar.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Miller" <will...@millersolar.com>
To: "RE-wrenches" <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 12:49 AM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Enphase failures
Troy:
Of the 100 or so Enphase inverters we have seen 2 fail. I have my fingers
crossed.
Wm
PS:
Xantrex GT: About 15% failure
SMA SB: About 15% failure
Fronius: 300% failure rate
wm
At 01:02 PM 7/5/2012, Troy Harvey wrote:
I'm wondering how many of you have had Enphase failures in the field.
Basically every one of our sites with M175 or M190 has seen failures. Most
of those are one their second wave of replacements. It appears these have
a linear failure rate in the field, and we have to replace 2 to 3
inverters at every site, every year.
At this point we have stopped using Enphase products because the cost of
replacement is too high. You have to disassemble a whole array just to
replace 1 or 2 inverters. In theory it gives you per-panel diagnostics,
but that is just silly considering the panels are thousands of times more
durable than the inverters.
What is your experience?
thanks,
Troy Harvey
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