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Inverters

One shady corner of the roof. Do I really need microinverters?

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littlewombatHobart · Topic starter

The neighbour's tree shades part of our roof in the morning. One quote says microinverters are essential, the other uses a string inverter and leaves that section empty. Both sound certain. I'm less certain after every phone call.

4 replies

  1. Cartoon lamb avatar for toastandtea

    toastandteaGeelong

    #1

    Have they shown you the panel layouts? Sounds like they're pricing different designs, not just different inverters.

  2. Shiba Inu avatar for Ollie M

    Ollie MDarwin

    #2

    I'd ask for annual output estimates for both layouts, with the tree's shade included. Microinverters don't make the shade disappear. What does the extra spend actually get you at this roof?

  3. Illustrated cat avatar for littlewombat

    littlewombatHobart · Topic starter

    #3
    Replying to toastandtea, #1

    You're right, the panel counts aren't even the same. I've been comparing the totals without really looking at the drawings.

  4. Pug avatar for Priya S

    Priya SBrisbane

    #4
    Replying to littlewombat, #3

    Easy to do when you're juggling PDFs. Put the layouts next to each other first. Then ask what you get for the extra spend.

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