What appliances can work on solar power
High quality solar inverters can be overloaded for a short period of time before they run at rated power. Feature of Overloading avoids tripping of inverter and shut down. Household loads like air conditioner , heat pumps , motors when switched on , gorge power till 30-60 seconds during which the solar inverter may trip , unless higher inverter is purchased.
Based on PathtoGreenHomes evaluation the following models, allow good overloading for the home owner…..
| Brand | Model | Backup Overload (kW) | Installer near you |
| Grid type inverter | Send Enquiry | ||
| Delta | 3.8kW M4-TL-US | 4kW | Send Enquiry |
| Delta | 30kW M30A Flex | 33kW | Send Enquiry |
| Sungrow | 5kW SG5KTL-MT | 5.5kW | Send Enquiry |
| Sungrow | 6kW SG6KTL-MT | 6.6kW | Send Enquiry |
| Hybrid type inverter | Send Enquiry | ||
| SolarEdge | 3.8kW SE3800A-US | 4.2kW | Send Enquiry |
| Delta | 5kW E6-TL-US | 5kW/ 30Sec. | Send Enquiry |
| E3/DC | 12kW S10 E 6.5 | 13.8kW | Send Enquiry |
| Growatt | 3kW MOD 3000TL3-XH | 3.3kW | Send Enquiry |
| Growatt | 5kW MOD 5000TL3-XH | 5.5kW | Send Enquiry |
| Storage type inverter | Send Enquiry | ||
| SMA | 6.0kW Storage | 7.68kW/ 60Sec. | Send Enquiry |
| SMA | 5.0kW Storage | 6.25kW/ 60Sec. | Send Enquiry |
| Tesla | 7.6kW Plus | 22kW/ 10Sec. | Send Enquiry |
| Tesla | 5kW Storage | 7.2kW/ 10Sec. | Send Enquiry |
| Sonnen | 3kW Gen3 | 6kW/ 5Sec. | Send Enquiry |
| Sonnen | 4.8kW Core | 7.2kW/ 5Sec. | Send Enquiry |
A real example :
Mark replaced his 5kW hybrid solar inverter and he is happy with his decision. His house has loads consisting of Air conditioning, water pump, washing machine, hair dryer and heaters. These loads were causing a peak household load when switched ON. The peak loads lasted for 3 seconds to 10 mins, but the inverter power was not sufficient to handle peak power. With the old hybrid inverter, Marks air conditioning, before stabilizing at 2kW, was running at 2,8kW for 3seconds. Unfortunately, the old inverter which he discarded was not allowing sufficient Overloading for even 3 seconds and shutting off to protect itself.
Grid type inverters by default are expected to allow 10% overloading for a long time.
Hybrid & retrofit inverters can be overloaded based on percentage overloading and overloading time (or protection time)
| Overload Ability | Protection Time | Installer near you |
| 1-1.05 times | Long last | Send Enquiry |
| 1.05-1.1 times | 10mins | Send Enquiry |
| 1.1-1.3 times | 60s | Send Enquiry |
| 1.3-1.4 times | 10s | Send Enquiry |
| >1.4 times | 3s | Send Enquiry |
Based on the industry standard of overloading and installer understanding of your household loads
A 5kW hybrid inverter PathtoGreenHomes recommends can be overloaded to 7kW for 3seconds
A 5kW hybrid inverter PathtoGreenHomes recommends can be overloaded to 6kW for 10mins
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