When I asked Enphase about AC coupling with their product a year ago the answer was a flat NO, so at least it appears they're moving in the right direction...
Andrew Truitt NABCEP Certified PV Installer™ (ID# 032407-66) Truitt Renewable Energy Consulting (202) 486-7507 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andrew-truitt/8/622/713 "Don't get me wrong: I love nuclear energy! It's just that I prefer fusion to fission. And it just so happens that there's an enormous fusion reactor safely banked a few million miles from us. It delivers more than we could ever use in just about 8 minutes. And it's wireless!" ~William McDonough On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Mark Frye <ma...@berkeleysolar.com> wrote: > Indeed an interesting game. > > However, I am considering Enphase for a large res retrofit which will > recieve CSI funding. I am obligated to provide my customer equipment that > will be warrantied by the manufacture for 10 years. I have to have certainty > NOW that the warranty will be honored in the application. I can not base the > fulfillment of my contractual obligations on the passing whim of the support > technician of the day. My project involves placing the Enphase below the ATS > on a gen back up system, an application which Ehphase will not warrant in > writing. > > So the question is, can I do the project at all? All you folks who are > putting Enphase on the load side of grid-tied, battery based inverters need > to ask yourself the same question. It appears that Nick already has his > answer. > > Mark Frye > Berkeley Solar Electric Systems > 303 Redbud Way > Nevada City, CA 95959 > (530) 401-8024 > *www.berkeleysolar.com* <http://www.berkeleysolar.com/> > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto: > re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] *On Behalf Of *Nick Soleil > *Sent:* Friday, October 29, 2010 12:33 PM > > *To:* RE-wrenches > *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] Enphase warranties > > I bet if you don't push the issue, they will cover the warranty. If > the inverter is truly failed, I am sure that you won't have an issue. But > since they are so reliable, that probably won't happen anyway. However, if > you were to install them in an ''off-grid" application, you can't expect > them to guarantee the performance, which is what a 'written' guarantee > implies. I bet SMA won't provide a written guarantee that they will perform > when coupled to an FX inverter, either. > > > Nick Soleil > Project Manager > Advanced Alternative Energy Solutions, LLC > PO Box 657 > Petaluma, CA 94953 > Cell: 707-321-2937 > Office: 707-789-9537 > Fax: 707-769-9037 > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Options & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > > --
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