Solar Edge or 4000TL Inverter for 17 x HIT-N235SE10

[MattyKHZ]

I have just had a good quote for 17 Sanyo HIT-N235SE10 panels and a Sunny Boy 4000TL Inverter but hear good things about the Solar Edge Inverter and was wondering if I should pay £550 extra for the Solar Edge.

I have no shading and directly South facing so is the Solar Edge not worth the extra or will it perform better than the 4000TL over the lifetime of the system?

 

[SolarCity]

If you have no shading then I'd say that the Solar Edge set up is a very bad idea.

 

[MattyKHZ]

Just going off the Solar Edge info it seems to be a better inverter ie maximising performance from each individual panel and setting for most per panel where as a mismatch in same panels on a string will have a normal inverter setting everything to the lowest performing panel.

That is just how it reads to me and being a newbee I guess I know no different.

 

[Eco Deal]

If you have no shading then I'd say that the Solar Edge set up is a very bad idea.

They do perform better than SMA in my experiance with installing both!

also the portal is handy

 

[daytona600]

only problem if solaredge power mppt boxes fail in 25years of fits will need replacing as inverter has no built in mppt tracker , expensive
power boxes from tigo or national semiconductor with tl inverter if they fail inverter will still work , powerbox still need to be removed and reconnected to inverter
sma will be here for a very long time , solaredge new pv companies failing by the week