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    Tesla Unveils New Tesla Brand Solar Inverter

    You would have to do some reading and decide for yourself but personally I would not. The solar edge is a tried and true inverter and considered the best in the industry (along with enphase). The power optimizers allow you to have panel level monitoring which will be lacking on the new Tesla...
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    Tesla Unveils New Tesla Brand Solar Inverter

    Correct, SE does not use microinverters... they use optimizers. Both microinverters and optimizers are on each panel, but a microinverter does the dc to ac at the panel and then sends wire with ac electricity to the junction box neat your main electric panel. Optomizers condition the dc energy...
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    Tesla Unveils New Tesla Brand Solar Inverter

    SE doesn't use microinverters, Enphase has microinverters. SE has power optimizers on each panel and then all the DC power goes to the single inverter on the side of the house. The optimizers allow panel-level monitoring and allow for a single panel to be affected by shade but not the whole...
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    Tesla Unveils New Tesla Brand Solar Inverter

    For their new inverter, they have something called a Mid circuit interrupter... this devise will be on the string and will allow rapid shut down. So yes, they will be using the new inverter for their new panel systems.
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    Tesla Unveils New Tesla Brand Solar Inverter

    The new inverter is interesting for sure. I am not an expert by any means but as I was informed about this by my project advisor a bit ago and have I have done a ton of reading in the meantime. This is not an optimized system... it is a normal string inverter. It seems would be most similar to...
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    Solar advice

    Thank you for these forums, I've read a lot and learned a ton. I have been considering tesla solar since getting my model 3. I have interviewed 4 other solar companies and am consistently being warned about tesla's 10-year warranty vs 25 with local companies and the lack of customer support...