How To Choose A Solar Inverter In 2022
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Published 2022-03-27
There are dozens of solar inverter brands available in Australia - how do you know which ones are good and which are, well, crap? Discover brands I recommend in 2022 and other valuable tips on inverter selection.
00:00 - Introduction - function and types
00:55 - Microinverters and optimisers
02:36 - 3-phase inverters
02:59 - Inverters and oversizing
03:50 - Recommended inverter brands in 2022
04:51 - Inverter warranties
05:23 - Adding solar batteries
06:20 - Consumption monitoring
To view solar inverter brands available in Australia I currently recommend that I would be happy to have as part of my own home solar power system, see my 'trusted inverter brand' chart, which is always kept up to date:
www.solarquotes.com.au/solar101.html#inverterchart
** You can also read more about choosing the best solar inverter for your installation situation here:
www.solarquotes.com.au/inverters/
Have a question about inverter selection? Feel free to ask in the comments section below - and don't forget to subscribe to this channel :)
All Comments (21)
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Always great content
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Nice explainations! Over here in South Africa the Deye (Fusion / Sunsynk) are the leaders, popular inverters over there are defintely high-quality. 10 year warranty is amazing.
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Another great video Finn with easy to understand summary of the key things to look out for with inverters. Keep up the great work :)
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Lol, epic thumbnail! Thanks for the update
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Great information, thanks. I was confused at one point though as 'really' in Australian English sounds very close to 'rarely' in American or British English. At first I thought you were not recommending oversizing!
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Hi there, 1st let me give you my congrats on an awesome channel and very helpful content. I am about to purchase a solar system composed of 8 SOLAR Panel HYUNDAI MS10 SHINGLED 480W PREMIUM MONO, (self use for a home) with no batterires for now and with a row of panels south facing (I live in Portugal) I need some help to decide which is the best inverter for these panels. Should I go for the GOODWE GW 5048 D-ES WI-FI or the SOLIS RHI-5K-48ES-5G or do you sugest a better solution? Thank you for your help, and keep making these awesome videos. Best regards. Nuno
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Hello, where would you place Solax inverters on the chart? I’m trying to make an inverter decision for a 10 kw on-grid system for my house. I’m in Turkey and I can get the Huawei and the Solax for about the same price. My installer is recommending Solax, apparently its after-sales support is good here. What would you recommend?
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Thanks for the videos My only thought is the gap to micro inverters is more like 50% more
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superb video! I am just curious if pure sine wave is a standard for any modern invertor by famous brands?
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Hi Finn, in WA now, all new power meters allow you to monitor consumption as well as export on a 30min cycle thru your online Synergy account. Is is still worth getting a consuption monitor? Cheers
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Many thanks Finn. 👍👍👍
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Would you have any recommendations for a 6kw wind inverter replacement?
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Which type of inverter is best to tie to the Public grid system so that I could sell excess power to them and also use battery back up. A system that will not stop if the public electrical grid goes down.
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SolarEdge inverters come with standard 12 year warranty and modest upgrade to 20 and even 25 year is offered by manufacturer. You failed to mention the different rapid shutdown issues that for many is going to push towards optimizers or micros over string as most requires module level electronics for the shutdown.
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nice video to explain how to use mirco solar inverter,thanks
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2:35 what does this optimizers really do ?
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Great video... Thanks. Might want to mention the new CEC approved inverters and batteries must be able to be remotely controlled by the power companies to limit production if and when needed.
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And is a Hybrid alway the best one 2 get ???
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Hi Finn, Good video mate, but I too thought you are saying “rarely a good option” when oversizing than really. It’s quite overt, and puts across the opposite meaning.
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Thanks for the video. Do you need 3 phase power for a system larger than 6.6 kw?