I was an early adopter of the first M190 microinverters made by Enphase back in 2009. They came with a 15 year warranty that is running out in 4 years and I'm getting anxious. These first generation units are beginning to fail often - the 8th one to fail was this week. This is out of a total of 29 devices of that generation. I have installed some newer ones since, and replaced the failed ones with the newer models under warranty. Fortunately they make it easy as an installer to order a replacement via their web portal.
This one is on the top row, so my friend and I can access it from the roof ridge and from a ladder. It takes us less than an hour once I get the replacement part, but it's a chore that is getting old. The price I am paying for being an enthusiastic early adopter!
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| Latest failed microinverter as of 3/2020 |
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| 8 failures so far |
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Hello Guy - Many thanks for being an early adopter of Enphase. I absolutely understand your predicament. A member of our team will be reaching out to you shortly regarding our upgrade program. Thanks, JD Dillon VP of Marketing (Enphase Energy)
ReplyDeleteI can't afford to "upgrade", but would be happy if Enphase would extend the warranty to 20 years for us early adopters!
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