Goodwe MS 10Kw inverter. First year report. DO NOT buy if you planning battery.

Good information giving about Solar panels

Im getting solar panels installed; they recommended a SolarEdge inverter. They are warranted for 12 years which is part of reason why Im happy for same. Not looking for battery for a year or so once we know what battery size to use (as moving from Peak to time of use and dont know how much additional ill need to export)

Thank you for this info, from Scandinavia. out summers could be COLD sometimes..... I have to sign up tmrw as the quotation ends. COuld you pls say what your ideas are if possible. total of LUXOR, 30 panels, 20 on garage top made out of metal sheets and 10 on the house solid tiles. Appreciate Your idea on whether to have in the basement, both battery and inverter as we have it pretty cold here. I am offered hybridinverter GOODwe GW10KN-ET PLUS16A. 3 FAS, Garanti 10yrs. DC effect 13000W, AC effect 10Kw. ups KIT when power cut occurs, 1 out put can be used to get some electricity. Battery GOODWE LYNX HOME F PLUS 6.6 H, capacity 6,6kwh.

Hello Greg, hope you are doing fine I am planning a 10 kw system for my house I am confused about choosing an on-grid inverter for the purpose I have narrowed down my options between Goodwe SDT G2 plus 10kw inverter and Sungrow SG-10RT inverter. Both of these cost the same here but as per the solar company they recommend Sungrow (it can support upto 15kw panels) mainly because they consider it to be a superior brand but also mentioned to me that Goodwe can support panel upsizing of upto 20 KW ... doesn't it mean the goodwe has better internals? I am confused please suggest what to do. Can you please share the model number of your Goodwe inverter?

Great explainer but one wrong fact. It's not illegal to export more than 5kw in Australia. I live in Tasmania and a 10kw inverter is the maximum size that can be installed on single phase without approval - though approval can be sought. All production can be exported up to 10kw in Tasmania. I'm a CEC accredited solar PV designer/installer.

Hi Greg. Just wondering if you have the Goodwe Homekit installed? Do you know if it is required for export limit controls?

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Hi Greg, there is no limit technically for single phase in Victoria anymore, My friend can export 8.5kw with his goodwe and does with his 9.6kw system. I would also say ac batteries are more like 95% round trip efficient ac-ac so losses are negligible, only issue with goodwe is that there hybrid inverters can only do 4.6kw at the moment. sux about the sunny “” state limiting you.

Great video, those Australian rules are surely and strangely different.

You could have gone 2 x 5Kw inverters and that would have solved the issue no? I’m pretty sure Goodwe can be connected to any 48v battery as long as u buy the hybrid inverter

Thanks what about Growatt inverters ????

Thank you Greg for a wonderful video. I have an existing 5kW Goodwe inverter attached to exisiting 6.6kW panels and am planning to get a Alphaess smile5 with another 6.6kW panels. I am wondering if my old system will be able to charge the new battery

Can you Export 5kw per phase , eg 15kw for 3 phase ?. Thanks

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its a grid inverter obviously you cannot charge batteries unless its a SMA or Fronius you can add a Inverter charger (they can fequency shift) otherwise buy the goodwe Hybrid inverter like

I have the same system. 13 kw panels plus 10kw goodwe inverter. Last year during summer time I've notice very high internal temperature of the inverter(75 -80 degrees). Inverter is located inside a garage (constant shade but not much airflow). Those inverters have safety feature when they reach 80 degrees. They are limiting output (mine decreased to 8.2kw roughly). I wasn't able to touch it cos it was just too hot. This year, I've added active cooling with a 3d printed bracket, and I have managed to lower the temperature by about 20 to 25 degrees.

Great information Greg. I was looking at 13Kw but may now rethink based on the battery situation :-)

you are right in terms of feed-in tariff. Scammers( electricity retailers) started earning less and less since lots of people installed solar. So the easiest way is to increase prices when the sun is not shining or shines less. Right now, the standard is 4-6 c per kilowatt exported but 34c to 38c when imported during peak hours. So basically, when my system is still producing heaps of electricity afternoon, I'm getting very little, but my neighbour who doesn't have pv Solar is getting my power at a much higher price. Retailer profit is around 760%, for doing absolutely nothing. I'm looking for some off grid solutions cos what electricity providers are doing is absolutely disgusting.

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