SunEdison panels any good?

[ziggyziggy]

I do have shade but just worried about the micros overheating and requiring constant service/replacement. I hear solaredge is more reliable and the optimizers perform similar to the micros by adjusting for shade and doesnt take out if the whole system is one panel goes?

[J.P.M.]

This company quoted me for 270W SunEdison panels with Enphase microinverters. I insisted on LG315 panels and Solaredge string inverter with optimizers instead. The combined wattage is about the same. Although the price of the LG system did jack up the price by $1000.

The single Solaredge inverter with optimizers are supposedly cheaper than microinverters per panel but the LG panels are pricier than the Sunedisons.

I hope I made the right choice.

I don't know about price, but without shade you'll be better off w/out the micros. Depending on how strident you were in your insistence of LG, might be the salesperson used that insistence to extract a premium. $1K on a $10 K job is a lot different than $1K on a $25K job.

[ButchDeal]

This company quoted me for 270W SunEdison panels with Enphase microinverters. I insisted on LG315 panels and Solaredge string inverter with optimizers instead. The combined wattage is about the same. Although the price of the LG system did jack up the price by $1000.

The single Solaredge inverter with optimizers are supposedly cheaper than microinverters per panel but the LG panels are pricier than the Sunedisons.

I hope I made the right choice.

SunEdison 270 are basic mono modules. Canadian 265 modules have higher efficiency and LG has even better.
you probably could have saved a little by going SunEd with SolarEdge. SunEdison will only offer their PPA with their modules though.

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This company quoted me for 270W SunEdison panels with Enphase microinverters. I insisted on LG315 panels and Solaredge string inverter with optimizers instead. The combined wattage is about the same. Although the price of the LG system did jack up the price by $1000.

The single Solaredge inverter with optimizers are supposedly cheaper than microinverters per panel but the LG panels are pricier than the Sunedisons.

I hope I made the right choice.