SolarEdge focuses mainly on high quality solar inverters. Because of the orientation of the panels and the heavy shading STC values won't be reached in practice. Your voltage would get highest when you are producing maximum and consuming minimum. I asked why they don't have replacements in stock and their rep told me that each install needs a different inverter to which I cried BS, as the are programable. This is fantastic for those who want to have full visibility over their energy, production and usage. After all, you wouldnt want a system that stops working and youre left trying to contact their support in Israel. No partial shading as far as I know but not sure if theres a possibility of shading depending on the position of the panels. Disclaimer - I am in the US - south east. I can't blame SE for that one. I have about 30 sites installed and started from when they first came into Australia in 2012. Adjacent is one of the worst examples. Very disappointing. I'm going to collate some data from the various SolarEdge installers I know out there, much like you are doing for your Tigo review, as I think it's only fair to get a bigger and more diverse sample set before drawing such strong conclusions. They gain some increased eff with panel miss-match, but not with wafer shading. Hi We have had solar installed 3 years ago and have received very little savings. SolarEdge is a manufacturer of solar string inverters that can be paired with power optimizers attached to each solar module in an array. Massive kudos Mark. I received many quotations for my solar system. Keep it up. Hello, Excellent blog. I have taken photo records through the test and will be communicating to SolarEdge on the issue. I tried turning the breaker back on but no difference. If your inverter is NOT functioning: They were replaced and sent to the importer. Your SolarEdge monitoring should have all of this available if you have been given full access. In theory, I proved this to be correct in my original testing. Do some installers just have good luck? They have created a unique product in the market by giving you an all-in-one style system with full visibility. If it isn't tried and tested and still alive after 5 yrs in Queensland, stay away from it is my advice and the advice pasted on to me from the solar oldies I know and respect. SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. is a major manufacturer and provider of solar inverters, power optimiser, and solar panels.They were founded in 2006 so have been in the solar game for a while now. I'm shocked the inverter failed after less than 4 years. For example, I we may have a cloudy cool day and produce 45kwh, and the consumption shows we used 45. This morning I hear a bang around 10am and check the output, 0 watts. ? We get best service here from CARLOS and his team. Most string inverters today are connected to the internet and allow you to check if production has dropped over time. Their standard warranty is 12 years with the chance to extend to a whopping 25 years. If, on the other hand, they are saying you can go over 5700W with an inverter up to 5000W, then that makes sense. An extremely unfortunate cocktail. Actual cost. Techs are coming back out again next week so hopefully we'll be able to resolve it. I was advised that my energy distributor counts a Tesla battery as a 5kw inverter?? Studies exploring the chance of more savings, more renewable energy contribution, or a quickerpayback period on your solar investments. My personal opinion is that not only would excluding labor (from the repair) be a violation of the Competition Consumer Act 2010, but even suggesting that they can do so is also an offence. I have a 10kw AC cap back into the grid, with 5kw inverter already in place. My solar installer is saying they are limited to putting 13 panels on a single string due to the 600V string limits regs, however my understanding is they have it wrong, as the panels are not being connected in series, but rather the optimisers. Our failure rate with Enphase is very low - but we started with the M210 and never installed the more problematic M190s. An anonymous comment from a well-respected figure was pertinent: If correctly specified and chosen, and an inverters internal heat dissipation properly designed and tested, electrolytic capacitors have no problem to continue to operate for a product design life of 20-25 years. Thanks Mark for a fascinating read. We live with the systems we install, and are deeply devoted to supporting the local culture of Tucson. If a string inverter has a 1 per cent failure rate, that's fine. The tech's first response was to update the firmware ( as this is their first response to any inverter fault, does this mean their firm ware is easily corrupted?) By using our website, mobile applications, or any of our online products and services (Services), you consent that we can access, collect, store and use cookies and your IP address in accordance with our Cookies Policy. It seems like we are the only two persons in the internet with this error. The updated blog is currently with SolarEdge's lawyers after which it will be reposted on this page. In total, the sun tracking solar panel system will cost you$18,200. But they have since told me that didnt tell me that. Would I recommend SolarEdge? Recouping losses when system failed 4. Would appreciate a call if you have the time thanks Mark. Thanks Harry. I've opened numerous cases with them, just to have them all closed because, according to them, I need to update my wi-fi. Yesterday, it showed output from every panel, with the overall system production for the day being reported as 23 kWh. So july I got inverter Aug stopped working sept new inverter NOV 28 stopped working Dec 3 I noticed and here we go again. Were finally taking the plunge after years of yeah well get solar soon. There's always something to worry about - do you know what it is? Can I optimize solar panel tilt and direction? https://pvoutput.org/compare.jsp?sid=66948&sid1=66686&c=1 The two systems are not quite the same but very close. Solar Edge has either no quality control or something is drastically designed wrong. Hi Steve. i know you're located in qld and therefore not an ideal install option, but any suggestions as to what to get would greatly be appreciated. Solar Edge says that perhaps an optimizer failed or there is a wiring problem (the customer support rep says he doesn't envy my situation!). I seem to have a clear memory of SolarEdge telling me at one point that they fixed the issues with a "gen 4" manufactured in February 2017 from memory. So when the four at an angle to the sun, the six are getting full sun and vice versa. (they have had heaps of experience solving issues). According to PG&E, peak electricity rates average at around $0.34 per kWh. Please let me know your suggestion for a good inverter because depending on the installer, I have been recommended Fronius, Sungrow or SolarEdge. Unfortunately my roofs are shaded. Please see our, https://www.mcelectrical.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/mc-electrical-logo-e1576214746636.png, https://www.mcelectrical.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/screen-shot-2019-01-24-at-8.31.27-pm.jpg, (Their lawyers took exception to this point as misleading. The problem with SMA I think is the cost and complexity of consumption monitoring and rumours of reliability issues. I have just heard some bad stories from the NT about large projects, where they ended up replacing the system with a string system at their own cost. What would I be missing? Thanks, for your helpful post. We had a Solar Edge Inverter Plus PV 20 panels and Solar Edge Monitoring installed in June 2019, and in November er 2020 our Electrician installed a new circuit with a adapter plug to feed in 15 amp feed from a Emergency Generator. I know we have four panels not working out of 96, which might not be too bad, but we should have been able to identify them and do the repair on the optimisers. Its got a SolarEdge inverter, and SolarEdge have just brought out their brand new home battery. Until yesterday, the monitoring portal showed an alert and 0 kWh generation for the impacted panel. https://mcelectrical.com.au/blog/tigo-energy-solar-panel-optimisers/ If you are looking for another solar review site, try solarquotes.com.au. I can hear the inverter clicking like a relay is failing. I have a bad experience after 1 (one) day of production. But on inspection there was a code 2xC5 followed after restarting with a 3x.. and turns out transistor case fragments were laying in the bottom of the cabinet and the inverter has failed and a replacement is in process. It performed very well in the first year. Overall, we and our clients couldn't be more pleased with our decision to focus on offering SolarEdge, with LG modules and batteries. They are sending me a new inverter after it faulted 3 times and checked up on the roof for the optimizers. Get Your FREE Quote For Solar Panel Replacements! Or potentially 32x Hyundai HIE-S315RG panels, with a SolarEdge se10000h inverter. SolarEdge ticks a number of the boxes I'm looking for, especially the small size of the inverter. Well done for the courage to write and keep this online. Is it worth it? at least that is what I was told. Hi Zeus. All 3 HD wave inverters have failed, all less than 1 year old. Why did they say it's not covered by warranty? Starting from 2022, SolarEdge also manufacture solar batteries called the StorEdge battery. Now as we can see in the figure below, sun trackers give you more power during peak hours (4-9 pm). Unfortunately there isn't much information out there yet. Hi Mark. Getting the exact cost of solar trackers is very difficult because the installation process varies highly for each case. Until they can improve reliability, I will not be using them. The system production says I produced 1.1 megawatts and the comparative energy graph says 1.46 megawatts! So we would just be replacing the voltage blocking problem to a current blocking problem. Without a SolarEdge inverter your complete system is worthless. The reason why this is so good is because it gives you the data to see how your system is performing. So they sent a new board to be fitted. Sun tracking solar panels are innovations made to make the most out of each solar panel. The max output that I managed to achieve (constantly reading from the inverter screen) was 4.028kW . What should I be asking them? Chances are, if we fix your inverter your monitoring function will follow. It started out nice. Every system we install today has an in-depth level of monitoring. ( I have other inverters on the same site and they were fine and the customer was reading the inverter display which showed mains volatge at 246 volts so not a valid fault).The inverter was still working for maybe an hour a day. Incidentally, the below SolarEdge Waiver debunks any suggestion that our high optimiser failure rates are because we dont know how to design SolarEdge systems properly. SolarEdges technical support team maintain the design is compliant with their standards a split orientation with three 335w panels on the north and five others on the east yet concede afternoon shading on the east-facing panels is causing the remaining north-facing panels to underperform relative to adjacent north-facing panels that belong to a separate string. It is done by combining two parts: a solar panel and a solar tracker. I would have thought an installation with an optimiser per panel might be ideal for such a situation, but then I read your blog post! Yes, we agree that those figures dont look appealing. Its easily one of the most advanced inverters in the industry allowing you total control over your power. Infant mortality usually occursbecause of faulty components (like capacitors) and at the manufacturing process level rather than an inherent design fault. I am sure everyone has their own experiences but I wonder why my failure rate is almost zero and yours is 36%? This is much better than an internet warrior smashing the keys. We have had the second system put in just over 12 months. Im guessing Ive got about four weeks before the storms start. Thanks in advance ( NZ), Thanks Mark for your hard work and experience, it is good to be able to go to a site for info on Solar. Is there a work around? The problem is the alerts dont necessarily work. Lowering the average voltage of an optimiser would give it more room to boost and less chance to clip. An Immersion Heater Controller or a hot water diverter. Botched automatic firmware upgrade? Maybe a class action suit could be one method accompanied with some TV ads for everyone to pile on. So, here are some known issues that might arise when using a solar monitoring application. ? We need smaller lighter devices with longer warranties and innovation. I tend to believe i need to say goodbye to the 3 phase unit and split the system up into 3 different 1 phase inverters. This breaks up the panel stringing further and increases the chance of the panel staying online in heavy shade. Looking at the whole package with envoy and their software, as I look to add solar it just appears to be the premium package. Hi Jerry, Thanks for sharing! Does anybody have a solution? Of course you'll get failures. Have a read of this blog.https://www.mcelectrical.com.au/solar-panel-design-north-east-west/. Would be nice to know what broke, how they want to fix and why beforehand. I was disappointed that the inverter only lasted one day though. SolarEdge is at the eve of offering a whole new swag of technically complex products. I am aware of consumer design standards and they do not apply to 25 year lifetimes. What would you consider to be a possible solution to the above problem? Would it be possible to get in email contact with you and ask you a few specific questions that might help me make the right decision. I bolded in the sun for clarification.). Incidentally, when the 2nd fault originally manifested, I checked the Modbus E-meter (behind-the-meter) export figures against the electricity distributor's meter export figures and they tallied. Early on Solar edge replaced the Comms board once and one of two inverters on warranty. We have shading and very hot Summers and a high optimiser failure rate would be a concern. My gripe? Sounds like an install issue - but then SolarEdge have so many types of tech issues, it would be impossible to guess. Solaredge issues are a bit bigger than noise. Forget about creating a support case online as it can take weeks for a reply if you get any response at all. SolarEdge trusted us more than most installers by giving us a signed waiver. Today it has been removed and replaced with another manufacturers model. I have always felt that less is more, simplicity, when it comes to longevity and reliability. Thank you for your research and informative article. Was at 500 watts in the previous period, and normally gets to 5.5kw 1pm. Since then SolarEdge lawyers have sent me threats on two occasions about this blog. If the delay is too long, report your installer to Fairtrade. If you have additional questions, please contact. If roof space is not a limitation, I would go with E20. This customer is on a high feedin tarrif not that Solaredge care. Marc. Can you please put me in touch with Matt who commented asking if anyone has had a SE inverter explode? My system with SolarEdge HD Wave inverter and (according to the invoice) 16 SolarEdge SE P370 optimisers was installed on May 29, 2018. Excellent information , I have just ordered a Solar Edge system , having read your report I am not so sure I have made the correct decision. 2. Dividing 5kW by 140% will give you about 3.5714 kW. If it is day time and your system is not covered in snow, confirm that all of the switches are on: Red/Orange/Yellow or ERROR CODE = Call us at 802-882-8685 or send us a message. One of the better companies in Victoria is Gippsland solar. Hi Mark great article, had the sales person from SE out yesterday selling me a PV system, He forgot to mention the optimiser issue and the fact that i cant get full access to alerts etc. I am reasonably happy with everything but realize that this is still "not for everyone." For example, if you use more energy in the afternoon we might place panels to capture and optimise on the late afternoon sun (increasing your self consumption and maximising savings). This is a very complex article with no clear solutions. It just says you can use 25 if you follow all other rules. With the flexible design in mind, this means you can generate more energy. Regards, Zeus. SolarEdge Monitoring Portal User Guide 1.1 7 Figure 2: Login Window 2 Enter your user name (usually your e-mail) and password (as filled in the registration form) and click Login. As a result of that blog, Sunpower put their panels through independent LETID testing. No word from SE. HD Wave has ushered in a greater failure rate, certainly for DOA units. To step back a bit, lets look at one of the key components of any solar inverter: the Maximum Power Point Tracker (or MPPT). (SolarEdges lawyers commented on this section stating that I wrongly imply that a string of 6 or less [sic] panels is permissible in accordance with SolarEdges installation guidelines. Even with the crappy software they gave me I discovered huge glitch they had to install new firmware. 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The system is 2 strings of 12 panels (I believe) though the advanced display shows one giant string of 24. My first Solar Edge inverter failed after 11 months and have just had the new one that was replaced under warranty fail a couple of days ago after 10 months. Hi Mark, I would love to talk to you about the faulty Solaredge Inverter. Can I ask if ; 1. We live in Southern CA. Microsoft does indeed offer platform perks Sony does not, and we can imagine those perks extending to players of Activision Blizzard games if the deal goes through. Hi Mark, thanks for your review and do allow me to share my experience with you. Hi Sam, in my opinion, you would be much better with Tigo. The production of solar current fell out four days later. Inverters take the DC current that solar panels produce and invert it to AC current making the power usable in your home and on the grid. Against, with everything being under SolarEdges control it makes your life easier as the customer in terms of claiming warranty requesting support on your monitoring or visibility side of things. I was advised to go with the Solar Edge almost at the last minute due to a "supposed clipping issue" by my installer, so we went Solar Edge. my panels are place in a vary sub optimal placement but with a bigger system i can still generate enough to make it worth while. Hope you can find someone, where in the USA do you live? My install company Trinity Solar said they needed to order a new unit. Running operations- Any recent resets , re-pairing, etc. Your installer gets their own application - the SolarEdge Monitoring Platform - which provides remote monitoring and maintenance down to the level of each individual solar panel. All of a sudden, their output power drops considerably, most of the times down to half power (100 kW). Remeber we hold a 25-year warranty on these optimisers. My installer is waiting for solar edge to confirm that it is the optimiser that has failed. I do prefer using Tigo with Fronius in most situations though. Standard string inverters have two MPPTs. Thanks for sharing this information. SPAN Panel is a smart electrical panel designed to modernize your home energy system by completely replacing your existing panel. Hi Mark, If you were to choose, which one are you going to buy, sunpower e20 or x22 with enough roof space? All four have failed in under 3 years. Dear Marc! This is great for those who have a tricky roof with different angles or cuts or even shading issues. What we have found is that just about all issues with the optimisers were installer error. Your email address will not be published. I tend to avoid MLPE (power electronics) on the roof unless it is necessary because I'm concerned about reliability in 10 and 20 years. Maybe its not too late to switch to Enphase BTW: Thanks for these great blog posts. We have zero shade problems. We have only been installing , and recommending Solaredge for the perceived advantages of 1V safety, individual monitoring etc for the last 3.5 years thou we have been in the industry for nearly 40 years. I just had a 10kw solar edge inverter blow up in my face. Therefore I like to apply P404 optimizers so the upper row of 5 panels can achieve the ~380V voltage on the string. Good question. It takes an average of 2 years for my optimisers to fail. Yet again, today I'm waiting for a call back as the one promised two days ago didn't happen. What is your oppinion or knowledge about my question? What sort of system would you recommend? The inverter failures have cost me in excess of $8,000. Control your smart home devices and manage SolarEdge EV charging remotely Just had my 3rd Solar Edge HD inverter replaced in 3 years. It was shipped from Melbourne, by SolarEdge the following day and we had it replaced on site within two days. The SolarEdge inverters have been an ongoing problem since the system was installed. They said, that the P300 and P370 optimizers cannot bypass panels, that means, if there is heavy shade, than P300 and P370 optimizers suffer a huge drop, due to the inverter fixed voltage. The head electrician will try to make it to my house to personally take a look at the system so he can figure out what is going on. Some single-axis systems probably pay off, but only if you have enough panels on the axle. With SPAN, you can control and monitor every circuit in your home from a smartphone or tablet, understand how your home is sourcing, storing, and using energy in real time, and modernize your home with electrification upgrades like solar and Living in Arizona and designing solar power plants now for 10 years has only confirmed my feeling that less is more, and only companies with a deep understanding of the aging of electronics have a chance of delivering inverters to the market that will last. Designing a SolarEdge system on a residential home is far more complicated than keeping the stringing rules and using the SolarEdge design tool. I can almost guarantee that won't be checking systems for their customers, otherwise they wouldn't still be selling Solaredge. I think the reason is the Short Circuit Current (Isc). You give failure rate of 24 optimizer on 130 sites but carefully omits a very important number ( how many optimizes ? ) Once again, no labor compensation! Curious why the new Enphase IQ series or AC modules would not be the ticket to avoid Solaredge issues all together. Error code 25 popping up. This is why LG solar panels state in their warranty that panels are not covered if installed in the shade UNLESS the panels are optimised. I have a small system: 12 optimizers (P405), two panels per optimizer, two strings in parallel on an SE3500, installed in 2017. I work for one of the largest PV companies in Sweden since 8 years. Hi Lawrence. Last month I had a 4th inverter fail. When we are not so busy we will spend a day finding those issues and we will go through the process of finding failures and after that, we will spend countless hours replacing optimisers. 2- We can only oversize and an inverter by 33% of it's nominal UNLESS we have a battery. SolarEdge smashes everyone out of the park with their 12 year warranty extendable to 25 years. Its a bit more complicated than I understood in my original tests. And the isolator part has not even a sniff of truth to it. While I hope it isnt the case, if the Arrhenius equation can be applied to SolarEdge components, then my friend in Melbourne may be subject to the Pantene Promise : It wont happen overnight but it will happen. I would appreciate very much your opinion about the following. You need to select all the optimisers and zoom into day view. The nature of electricity is that it is not 100 per cent safe, but we can put measures in place to make it safer. Perhaps this problem is isolated to SunPower panels only? This is important information!! I imagine that they will be fairly rare but would like to be proved wrong. That doesnt make it right. Ok, yes that makes sense. The smart features of EV charging and full mobile monitoring makes your life a breeze. To be clear, I was not saying that. If SolarEdge identifies something which they feel was told to me in confidence, I will certainly look at whether it should be removed. I am writing this while on hold with their customer support We like Tigo much better. To explain this further, SolarEdge inverters allow you to extend your panel system later on the in the future. About film capacitors vs electrolytic capacitors, the industry, i mean, the whole industry working with dc-dc converters agree that film capacitors are the best choice for these kind of applications including high temperature applications. Suffice to say they either don't have anywhere near enough support personnel or have a huge demand for support. anel currents are fast approaching 10 amps. Jim Jenal, Run on Sun. I also suspect the full extent of failures has not been reported as a result of restricted access to monitoring and an alert system that is not fully working. 2. my N-facing panels generate less than my W-facing panels, and I can't really explain why. Right now, we know that sun trackers increase solar panel energy production by 40%. A deep dive into this realm usually leads to questions about: The list just keeps on growing! I asked him to text it to me. many times it doesnt even load. But from testing I did a while ago if the panel is optimised, the diodes will not activate until a lot more shade is on the panel. My contact: [emailprotected] @Marc: Maybe you can forward my question to Laszlo's mail? SolarEdge does not admit the optimiser failures is bad. The current one failed on a 33 degree day Can't say I'm very impressed with the reliability of these inverters My solaredge inverter went bad 6mos after installation which was may 2017. I was thinking of a Fronius to back it up, thanks in advance, Pam. I was not aware of the voltage "blocking" issue, but that is even more of a reason to avoid SE. Their use of panel optimisers and smart monitoring technology means youll be maximising your energy output for years to come. However, four of the northern panels are producing significantly less than the other ten. Each had similar statements. Our failures in Qld heat started at about 20 months, so I hope you don't have the same experience but just a bit later because of the cooler climate. I was told to contact the installer whom I do not know who he is. Ive read about poly, mono, PERC, split cells, various wattages, sizes, even colours. Users can remotely monitor their plant and review real-time generation, historical data (week, month, annual, total), energy consumption, storage battery use, etc. It was not an optimal customer experience but better than a poke in the eye! Frost & Sullivans experts present strategic insights on key trends such as genomic testing, digital operating rooms, at-home clinical trial services, and remote patient monitoring Frost & Sullivan and TERIs Sustainability 4.0 Awards 2021 Honor Companies Embedding Sustainability with Economic Value Creation Thats what they call a business liability. Your article doesn't make sense. And batteries are almost always not worth it even if you confuse the maths with VPP figures. But why do some installers claim very few failures while SolarEdge themselves admit there has been an unreasonably high failure rate. Mark, I just wanted to thank you for such a data driven review. As long-time experts in green energy, we understand how you feel entirely. I note you saying in one of the earlier posts that there is no point putting MLPE on the roof unless you really need it. Very similar experience here in the UK where temps are much lower. Having problems with my SolarEdge system (33 panels, 2 strings). Based on that reference value, adding solar trackers to your existing system adds about 40% to 100% to the total cost. After just a couple months of operation in mid winter, northern California. With SolarEdge, home is where the smart is. Tigo? As an example of Solaredge crap support: I have a customer with a 6kw inverter that was faulting out through the day. The app enables users to view real-time, online data to keep them up to speed with their solar sites performance while away from their computer, ensuring maximum solar energy harvesting. I was threatened the second time in the afternoon on the day before Easter holidays 2019. 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