New 4.8KW installation in San Diego just finished

[Bikerscum]

Planning is all good, but wait until you see the quotation from your vendor when you needed panel addition.

PS. I'm really curious to know what the performace will be with an oversized inverter.

Me too. Solaredge puts out so much conflicting information on this. They recommend overdriving the inverter 125%, it's even the default in their design software. When you derate the panels to .85 in the settings, you can use a 3.8k inverter on that system with no clipping.

On my 6k system I specified a 5k inverter. The max output of it is 5400, max input is 6200. If I only derate to.9 that's exactly 5400.

The 6k inverter is the ONLY one in their lineup that can't be over driven for some reason. I'd really like to see the insides of the 5k & 6k compared.

[J.P.M.]

Thanks for the tip. I will keep a tap on it. I just got the net metering application processed, and the city inspection also passed yesterday. So it's at least going. I paid just south of $3.5/W (before incentive) for the whole thing including Solaredge Zigbee communication gateway and client. The installer (a general electrical contractor) is quite reputable in SD, and has been in business for 25 yrs. So I'm quite happy with how things worked out.

Thanx for the reply & info. Price sounds about in the good ballpark.

I'll be interested as others are in how it performs. I'm sure you'll be fine.

Good Luck,

J.P.M.

[silversaver]

The price difference between SE5000 and SE6000 is only $30. The same roof can fit 4 more panels. So if I get another EV, I can add 4x400W=1.6KW easily without touching the inverter at all. In terms of efficiency, Solaredge's site designer 2 says that the difference is about 2KWh for the whole year (a slight advantage for the SE5000). FWIW, I like everything under utilized for longevity.

Planning is all good, but wait until you see the quotation from your vendor when you needed panel addition.

PS. I'm really curious to know what the performace will be with an oversized inverter.

[thejq]

FWIW: My inspection happened 3 days after vendor notification of completion. SDG & E authorization letter took 10 days after that and it showed up 2 days after I called them and professionally but strenuously inquired about status. I have no idea if my curiosity about progress inspired them or not, but I've seen others in my HOA wait.

BTW: How much $$'s ?

Thanks for the tip. I will keep a tap on it. I just got the net metering application processed, and the city inspection also passed yesterday. So it's at least going. I paid just south of $3.5/W (before incentive) for the whole thing including Solaredge Zigbee communication gateway and client. The installer (a general electrical contractor) is quite reputable in SD, and has been in business for 25 yrs. So I'm quite happy with how things worked out.

[thejq]

Hello,

I'm about to have much the same system installed (6k), I'm curious as to why you went with a 6k inverter for a 4.8k system?

Thanks

The price difference between SE5000 and SE6000 is only $30. The same roof can fit 4 more panels. So if I get another EV, I can add 4x400W=1.6KW easily without touching the inverter at all. In terms of efficiency, Solaredge's site designer 2 says that the difference is about 2KWh for the whole year (a slight advantage for the SE5000). FWIW, I like everything under utilized for longevity.

[J.P.M.]

Mine is a 4.8KW system consists of 16 LG300-N1C, Solaredge optimizers, SE6000A-US inverter and IronRidge mounting HW. Installation took 5 days including city inspection this morning. Here are some pictures I took on 2nd and 4th day.

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All the posts had double flashing

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Some vents were replaced with low profile ones

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Final product

Now I need to wait for SDGE to come out to do a final inspection before it can be switched on.

FWIW: My inspection happened 3 days after vendor notification of completion. SDG & E authorization letter took 10 days after that and it showed up 2 days after I called them and professionally but strenuously inquired about status. I have no idea if my curiosity about progress inspired them or not, but I've seen others in my HOA wait.

BTW: How much $$'s ?

[Bikerscum]

Hello,

I'm about to have much the same system installed (6k), I'm curious as to why you went with a 6k inverter for a 4.8k system?

Thanks

[thejq]

Mine is a 4.8KW system consists of 16 LG300-N1C, Solaredge optimizers, SE6000A-US inverter and IronRidge mounting HW. Installation took 5 days including city inspection this morning. Here are some pictures I took on 2nd and 4th day.

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All the posts had double flashing

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Some vents were replaced with low profile ones

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Final product

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Inverter and EV charger

Now I need to wait for SDGE to come out to do a final inspection before it can be switched on.