Micro inverters

[dlw]

Hi all,

Does anyone have experience with mico/string inverters

I watched an informative YouTube video recently https://youtu.be/XbsHmBbPwRk?si=nUUF7EQ4lXo3wzr4 and I have 4 new 535w panels spare and when I swap my 16 250w for 6 535w they will be spare too.

My inverters current have 2 spare mptt inputs but I can add the micro inverters directly onto them too, I think it would be best of both worlds to add low startup mico inverters which would give me some cloudy day and winter power while my normal panels do the high sun availability.

I've seen some mention on here of the hoymiles inverters and I am thinking of a 1600-4T

Cheers

D

[Joeboy]

Hi all,

Does anyone have experience with mico/string inverters

I watched an informative YouTube video recently https://youtu.be/XbsHmBbPwRk?si=nUUF7EQ4lXo3wzr4 and I have 4 new 535w panels spare and when I swap my 16 250w for 6 535w they will be spare too.

My inverters current have 2 spare mptt inputs but I can add the micro inverters directly onto them too, I think it would be best of both worlds to add low startup mico inverters which would give me some cloudy day and winter power while my normal panels do the high sun availability.

I've seen some mention on here of the hoymiles inverters and I am thinking of a 1600-4T

Cheers

D

Hi D,

Your Inverter, Is it 2 spare MC4 connections you have? I ask as generally an inverter will have at least 2 sets of mc4's to connect you DC panel strings to? That is then (the DC) power converted to AC power and fed to the home.

The Hoymiles microinverters do exactly the same thing and output AC which can be fed via a 3 pin plug directly into a home electric circuit.

Try and choose as least populated a circuit as you can as the power fed into the circuit you choose compounds along with any existing loads on that circuit.

You would be best advised to tie any micros back directly through their own dedicated circuit to your consumer unit. I have not done this but have an understanding of the loads moving on my home circuits. You may too?

[dlw]

Hi all,

Does anyone have experience with mico/string inverters

I watched an informative YouTube video recently https://youtu.be/XbsHmBbPwRk?si=nUUF7EQ4lXo3wzr4 and I have 4 new 535w panels spare and when I swap my 16 250w for 6 535w they will be spare too.

My inverters current have 2 spare mptt inputs but I can add the micro inverters directly onto them too, I think it would be best of both worlds to add low startup mico inverters which would give me some cloudy day and winter power while my normal panels do the high sun availability.

I've seen some mention on here of the hoymiles inverters and I am thinking of a 1600-4T

Cheers

D

Hi D,

Your Inverter, Is it 2 spare MC4 connections you have? I ask as generally an inverter will have at least 2 sets of mc4's to connect you DC panel strings to? That is then (the DC) power converted to AC power and fed to the home.

The Hoymiles microinverters do exactly the same thing and output AC which can be fed via a 3 pin plug directly into a home electric circuit.

Try and choose as least populated a circuit as you can as the power fed into the circuit you choose compounds along with any existing loads on that circuit.

You would be best advised to tie any micros back directly through their own dedicated circuit to your consumer unit. I have not done this but have an understanding of the loads moving on my home circuits. You may too?

Hi Joeboy,

I have 2 Sunsynk 5kw ecco's, I am using 1 mptt on each at the moment hence the 2 spare, the inverters are paralleled together and near enough act as one. The Sunsynk inverters allow for micro inverters to be added into the gen input as either load coupled or AC coupled and it can let them charge my batteries, so using micro inverters on a few panels with low startup voltage could maximise the energy produced during cloudy days and especially in winter months.