Tesla Motors Club
Hello,
I'm in the initial stages of getting the layout with Tesla. I ordered the 4.08 system and then called them up to up the number of panels to 14 so that I can get a 4.76 system. They of course didn't account that for my initial layout, but are supposedly doing it now! Anyways, when I called them, the BOM for the install is a SolarEdge 3800. This is undersized and I understand they are trying to keep costs low, but I was told that I can't upsize the inverter at an additional cost. I've read articles saying it's acceptable to undersize the inverters in order to keep the cost low, since you won't hit the peak of an undersized interver the vast majority of the time. But, if the higher output inverter is only a few hundred more...
More directly, how undersized of SolarEdge inverters have people been getting? And what would be an good inverter model for a 4.76 system (SE5000?) Thanks!
I'm in the initial stages of getting the layout with Tesla. I ordered the 4.08 system and then called them up to up the number of panels to 14 so that I can get a 4.76 system. They of course didn't account that for my initial layout, but are supposedly doing it now! Anyways, when I called them, the BOM for the install is a SolarEdge 3800. This is undersized and I understand they are trying to keep costs low, but I was told that I can't upsize the inverter at an additional cost. I've read articles saying it's acceptable to undersize the inverters in order to keep the cost low, since you won't hit the peak of an undersized interver the vast majority of the time. But, if the higher output inverter is only a few hundred more...
More directly, how undersized of SolarEdge inverters have people been getting? And what would be an good inverter model for a 4.76 system (SE5000?) Thanks!