The Enphase Home Energy Solution brings you solar, storage, and powerful monitoring software, all from one company. It’s built to work together, with continuous, seamless communication, for a fully integrated system that’s far more than solar – it’s truly a smart home.
Solar panels may be on top, but it’s the inverter that does all the real work. Choosing the right inverter technology is the most critical decision you’ll make when going solar. Enphase micro inverters are the most advanced inverter technology on the market, which means higher production, greater reliability, and unmatched warranty and safety.
The solar panels on your roof absorb daylight in the form of direct current (DC) power. A microinverter, tucked beneath each panel, converts that DC power to alternating current (AC). This is the form of electricity that can be used in your home.
The Envoy is the brains of the system. It gathers information from each microinverter and delivers it to Enlighten software. It also communicates in the other direction, letting us know of any issues with your system and delivering remote updates.
MyEnlighten is your window into your home energy. It turns Envoy’s data into an easy to use interface that lets you track your system’s production and see your home energy usage.
Enphase microinverters are proven to produce more energy than other technologies.
Because they function independently, microinverters are inherently more reliable:
there’s no single point of failure in a microinverter system. Plus, we’re obsessive about quality, and our products reflect that.
Microinverters are safer than other inverter technologies.
In addition to the greater energy savings from higher production, Enphase microinverters are just a better long-term investment.
Maybe your roof isn’t shaded, so you think microinverters aren’t for you. Well, think again.
First, every system experiences some shading at some point during the day from cloud cover and Enphase tolerates shading better than others.
Second, shading is only a part of the story. Think dirt, leaves, scratches, snow, panel degradation..
Third, even if you keep your panels spotlessly clean, wear and tear won’t happen uniformly, and temperature differences occur naturally. No matter what, you’ll deal with panels operating at different levels of efficiency (an occurrence known as module mismatch). And if you’ve got microinverters, you’ll maximise your production in spite of it.
Added benefits of using an authorised Enphase installer. The Enphase System is flexible, so you can design a system to fit today’s budget and energy needs, and expand it later as your needs evolve. Want to add more panels, or a solar battery? With microinverters, it’s not a problem.
Enphase microinverters integrate seamlessly with the rest of the Enphase Home Energy Solution, one system that combines energy production, monitoring, and storage to make your home energy simpler and smarter than ever.
Yes you can.
The micro inverters will work just fine without an Envoy but you will not be able to monitor the system, warranty issues could arise and under G98 regulations a Envoy must be installed to all grid tied systems in the UK
If you have a WPS button on your router then it could not be simpler.
1 – Press and hold the WPS button on your wireless router for two seconds. On many routers, the WPS button flashes at this point.
2 – Return to the Envoy. Press and hold the Envoy WPS button below the phone icon for 5 seconds. WPS mode will not be enabled if the button is held for less than 5 seconds. When WPS mode is enabled the LED next to the phone icon will flash green.
If the connection is successful, within two minutes the top LED with the cloud icon will light up solid green.
If it lights up solid green then you’re back online.
Your system now needs to re-sync its data, which can take anywhere from an hour to a few days depending on how long your system was offline.
What to do if the connection was not successful.
If the top LED does not light up solid green, the connection may have timed out before you completed steps 1 and 2 above. Walk through both steps again, trying to complete all steps within a two-minute window.
If you are unable to re-establish a wi-fi connection using the steps above, try to establish a connection using Manual Network Setup. See the video, right, for simple to follow instructions.
Enphase microinverters are used in over 100 countries around the world. From Australia to Alaska and everywhere in between.
This means that they operate in very cold, very hot and very humid climates — without fail.
How does Enphase achieve this?
Enphase really puts their microinverters through the most rigorous tests. Every micro generation is put through 1,000,000 (yes, that’s 1 million) power-on hours of testing before it is released. This testing includes cycling microinverters from -40°C to 85°C over 1,000 times in specialised test centre.
They are exposed to heat and dampness for hours on end, and they even get dropped from a hight of 2 meters multiple times. Once Enphase has established the microinverters survive all that, and don’t drop any of their performance, they go into production.
But Enphase doesn’t stop there.
Each day microinverters are taken from the production line and tested at Enphase labs in California and New Zealand. This rigorous, continuous testing ensures that Enphase microinverters stand the test of time.
The Electric Power Research Institute agrees – string inverters fail at greater rates than microinverters.
String inverters have to be replaced at least once throughout the life of a system. In fact, string inverters are responsible for 50% of all solar lifecycle maintenance costs.
You have just found one.
We have installed a couple of hundred Enphase microinverter systems with complete success.
Andy is also an investor in Enphase stock. He bought in early 2019 at $10 and it is now trading at over $160 (as of July 2021).
Has LIght Group Holdings Limited (AKA The Solar People) been instrumental in this price rise? You might say that, I could not possibly comment. 🙂
Solar panels work throughout the year, come rain or shine.
But solar panels do produce less energy in winter due to shorter days, lower sun in the sky and the good old British weather.
Solar panels will produce electricity in most daylight conditions but the stronger the light the more power.
Panels also tend to make more power on colder clear blue sky days than hotter. Einstein did the physics on this and he seems to be right about most things.
It is not just the panel that is needed to create electricity for the home. You also need an inverter. The inverter changes the DC current to AC which our homes need. The better the inverter, the more power. Enphase micro inverters excel at producing SAFE AC voltage and with their patented Burst Technology, more power in low light due to their very low start up voltage.
I know that customers will research Enphase and I guarantee you that they will come to the conclusion that Enphase really is the only system to install. Nothing comes close. Andrew Duffin, Director.
I’d like to thank you and your colleagues for the excellent solar panel and battery backup system you’ve installed in my house. From the initial call by Matthew, your sales representative, who clearly explained all options and the benefits without any pressurised selling, to the installation team and following backup process. The system is performing better than advised. I have been impressed by the courtesy and professionalism of all involved. I will not hesitate to recommend your company to anyone who might be considering solar panels. Kevin Stringer. Wakefield
