ABB vs Sungrow inverter comparison - Clean Energy Reviews Forum

Hi Phuong

Goto ABB to know more.

ABB (now FIMER) and Sungrow are both really good inverter options, and in our top 5. I would be happy with either inverter on my roof, but given the UNO brand has recently moved from ABB to a new company FIMER, perhaps Sungrow is a more stable option? See our reviews below:

They are very different quotes, obviously the last one being twice the size of the first two. What are you hoping to achieve with solar? You want to produce as much power as you consume? Or fastest payback? Or something else.

Hi Marty
Thanks for your opinion. My house is 3 phase so I just want max the system by install once. The report from the quote show that the time to payback for this is about within 3 years. Is this the right price? I intend to ask the installer if I can swap to REC alpha 330w panel which is it review better than Q-cells. What do you reckon?
Thank you

@Phuongvinh

Q cells make very good solar panels. Which model were you quoted? was it the Q.peak DUO G5+ or another model. REC Alpha panels are better but they will also cost about 25% more.

How much is your average electricity bill?

Hi @nburns

A couple of things to note. I don’t think we have put JA in our top 5 favourite panels, but they do get a mention in the article.

ABB (FIMER) are in our top 5 string inverters. Also, see:

Unfortunately you don’t have a very friendly roof for solar. I’m assuming this company didn’t send someone to your house to get on the roof and measure it up. That’s what will need to happen if you want to be confident that you’ll actually receive the system that you have been quoted for. Otherwise, you’ll probably get the installer to come on the day, and they’ll realise there’s no way they’ll be able to configure the system as “designed”, and need to work around, which rarely makes for a happy outcome.

Want more information on Best Abb Inverters? Feel free to contact us.

Whilst the price quoted is pretty low, I’d be looking at paying a bit more to have an accredited designer come to the house first and actually design the system. A lot of roofs don’t really need a professional design, they are easy to fit 20 panels on. Unfortunately yours is a bit tricker. If you want 20 panels, you’ll likely need micro inverters, however if you want to pay less up front and go with a string inverter, I’d be surprised if you could get 20 panels.

Either way, I’d suggest getting a few more quotes, from companies with top reviews.

Hope that helps.

Marty

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Solar Power Brisbane

As Marty said, your roof is difficult and it is best suited to micro inverters.

Also as noted by Marty, the panels look like they only just fit in some locations, so it may be difficult to install as shown. Worst case is the installler might ‘cut corners’ to make the system fit.

However, you can actually have panels on 3 different orientations using a string inverter. For it work they have use the same number of panels on the East and West (this design uses 7 panels on East and 7 on the West so it should work ok.)

This seems like a very good price if they don’t surprise you will any additional costs on the day

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