Plug&Play replacement for 3.000 PV Inverter out of production
Elettra, official distributor for AEG low voltage products in Italy, has announced it will replace old, failed PV invertors with new inverters that have the same technical features as the original – even though the original manufacturer has stopped producing them. Moreover, the replacement inverter offers better performance.
During the boom of the Italian solar business (2010) Elettra sold about 3,000 10 kW PV10 Inverters, which are now no longer produced. These inverters, with 3 independent MPPTs, were suitable for installations with changing shadows. Over the last few years, following the shrinking of the Italian PV market , many companies reduced their investment in the PV sector, also the manufacturer of these inverters stopped production, so if an inverter fails, it has been most likely that it is discarded. But from today, that is no longer the only option. If an inverter fails, it is possible to replace it with a new one compliant with the plant’s technical features. Even better, the replacement inverter offer improved performance.
The best solution in these cases is Omron KP100L, whose technical features are the same as the PV10 with some interesting improvements: PID prevention (prevention to Potential Induced Degradation) and a high range of input voltage. The KP100L, similarly to the inverters previously distributed by Elettra, has 3MPPTs, a higher peak efficiency (97.5%), and a wider range of input voltages (225-850 V), thus allowing Plug&Play replacement without any architectural or string wiring changes, at the same time achieving higher production yield.
