The Ultimate Guide to Solar PV Inverter Manufacturers: What
If you''ve been dipping your toes into the world of solar energy, you''ve probably realized something pretty quickly: not all solar PV inverter manufacturers are created equal.
A power inverter, inverter, or invertor is a power electronic device or circuitry that changes direct current (DC) to alternating current (AC). The resulting AC frequency obtained depends on the particular device employed. Inverters do the opposite of rectifiers which were originally large electromechanical devices converting AC to DC.
Inverter costs usually range from $1,000 to $3,000, depending on your solar energy system's total power capacity. Three of the most popular options for solar inverters are string inverters, microinverters and solar generators. Microinverters make it much easier to add more solar panels later on.
That's where solar inverters come in. Inverters are found in nearly every solar installation, from small residential systems to large utility-scale plants, typically mounted near the main service panel, in a garage or directly beneath the panels. Today, most new photovoltaic (PV) installations utilize a string inverter or a microinverter.
Hence an inverter is an inverted converter. Since early transistors were not available with sufficient voltage and current ratings for most inverter applications, it was the 1957 introduction of the thyristor or silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR) that initiated the transition to solid-state inverter circuits.
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