gcsutton
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I'm in AZ too and just had my 2nd one of these failures. Is your inverter inside or outside?I'm on my 3rd Solar-Edge inverter. I've had Tesla solar since October 2019. Being in AZ, I think it's heat related issues
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I'm in AZ too and just had my 2nd one of these failures. Is your inverter inside or outside?I'm on my 3rd Solar-Edge inverter. I've had Tesla solar since October 2019. Being in AZ, I think it's heat related issues
It’s outside right by the circuit breaker box. I hope we don’t have to get replacements every other year.I'm in AZ too and just had my 2nd one of these failures. Is your inverter inside or outside?
Mine is inside garage so I'm hoping that's better for whatever is causing this problem.It’s outside right by the circuit breaker box. I hope we don’t have to get replacements every other year.
So about 3 weeks from opening the case with Tesla to getting a new unit installed?Tesla scheduled new inverter install on April 3rd. Happy with response times so far.
Mine was inside the garage, failed just shy of 2 years.Mine is inside garage so I'm hoping that's better for whatever is causing this problem.
Tesla installed the new inverter and we are back in business. Happy with customer service and time frameTesla scheduled new inverter install on April 3rd. Happy with response times so far.
Same here. 3 1/2 weeks from failure to back online. Much better than the 2 1/2 months it took 19 months ago when the first one failed.Tesla installed the new inverter and we are back in business. Happy with customer service and time frame
No, as that would essentially require reinstalling the entire system. (Pulling the panels up and rewiring everything to remove the SE optimizers and installing the Tesla rapid shutdown devices.)Tesla isn’t using their own inverters to replace Solaredge are they?
Didn’t think so, thanks for confirming. So sounds like Tesla and SolarEdge may have finally figured out how to do service timely.No, as that would essentially require reinstalling the entire system. (Pulling the panels up and rewiring everything to remove the SE optimizers and installing the Tesla rapid shutdown devices.)
Good chance there could be an issue with tesla not wiring properly or you are undersize. What is the capacity of your inverter and solar panels? I have a 7.6 setapp solaredge with 10.4kw system.You're going on your second and I'm on my third since October 2019. Somehow, that makes me question the reliability of these Solar Edge products even though they are a staple name in that space. Not sure if they're just using cheap capacitors, or if they have an overall flaw to their design. I would expect the inverter unit to last longer than this or to be built to better heat/voltage tolerances considering they're placed outside in sometimes very warm environments and sometimes in direct sunlight. When the warranty runs out, and these inverters being expensive to replace/install, will Solar still be cost effective if we're having to foot the bill on our own?
Inverter failures happen; nothing is perfect. Call Tesla Monday, get an appointment for a replacement, if that's what is diagnosed, and keep calling them to manage the process.Looks like my inverter failed after about just 2 years. Spike in output at dawn and then 0 power generation. Reset = 0.
Looks like these inverters are not very reliable and subject to early/frequent failures. Tesla closed until Monday. If these failures are recurrent as reported above it makes having roof top solar uneconomical.
It might change the payback time by a few weeks (mine repaced in 3 weeks), but it doesn't appreciably affect the basic economies of solar.If these failures are recurrent as reported above it makes having roof top solar uneconomical.
If it is another 90 days, what do you think your total losses will have been? ( kWh/$?)My replacement SE 10000 just went (and by just I mean 3 weeks ago but I just checked the app today). Man I wish we would be notified when they blow. Lost the first last May and now this was mid June, last time took 3 months to replace. I'm really sick of losing peak production 2 years in a row!!!
My Solar installer guaranteed production. So if it went off line they paid me lost production and SRECs.My replacement SE 10000 just went (and by just I mean 3 weeks ago but I just checked the app today). Man I wish we would be notified when they blow. Lost the first last May and now this was mid June, last time took 3 months to replace. I'm really sick of losing peak production 2 years in a row!!!