Re: [RE-wrenches] Solaredge Storedge

2015-07-02 Thread Kirk Herander
The hype is deafening on this. I agree in the Storedge design there appears to be no way to separate out critical loads for operation during an outage, unless the homeowner manually turns off non-critical circuits. Not ideal. As for the Powerwall itself(not part of the Storedge system), they say

Re: [RE-wrenches] Solaredge Storedge

2015-07-02 Thread William Miller
Kirk: And a PR nightmare for integrators. The customer will be very disappointed that you have to charge at least several times the cost of the battery pack to make it provide back-up power. The overly rosy picture painted is a disservice to the industry. On a related note: It is 201

[RE-wrenches] AC modules O & M challenges

2015-07-02 Thread Rebecca Lundberg
Does anyone else have installations of the AUO/BenQ AC modules in the field? If not, do you have other brand installations of AC modules with SolarBridge microinverters? We have a site in MN that has modules installed in 2011, and a phase two in 2013. The overall performance is exceptional. However

Re: [RE-wrenches] AC modules O & M challenges

2015-07-02 Thread August Goers
Hi Rebecca, My experience with ACPV is all SunPower but I imagine that the SolarBridge product is similar to what is used with BenQ. We have something in the range of 500 SunPower ACPV modules installed, almost all of the gen 1 SolarBridge variety. We’ve had several problems with the ACPV superv