Sofar 3kW ME

Single Phase AC Coupled / Storage only inverter available in Whitecolor with 109 % DC overloading,86% effiiciency,5 year warranty and 9.6 kWhr built in battery capacity,this Sofar model cannot charge an Electric Vehicle (EV) and cannot communicate with a smart grid ready residential Heat Pump

Is Sofar a good inverter ?

Sofar is an inverter brand from China .Sofar has launced this model 3kW-3000SP of series ME which is of Storage Tower/ AC Coupled/ Retrofit.It means this model is designed to work with an energy storage battery but cannot connect directly to solar panels.This model has an in build battery bank of flexible Capacity kWhr for supplying energy to the household load including EV and residential Heat Pumps

IsSofar better than comparable brand ?

The round trip efficiency of this model ME including charging and discharging losses is 86.9% This 3kW model can be overloaded with loads like aircon motor etc till a maximum of 3.3 kW for period of 0 seconds which is useful to avoid inverter from tripping / switching off.

Does Sofar inverter have the latest solar inverter technology ?

By 2025 thousands of residential inverters like you together will create a stable national grid. This will result in additional income for the home owner. This series ME of Sofar cannot enable a national distributed grid while performing advanced Grid-Support Grid forming Functions as a Rooftop Distributed Energy Resource (DER) which is becoming common in developed countriesSuch smart inverters sense the grid (i.e. voltage and frequency) and respond individually in ways that help maintain grid stability rather than just shutting off like tradional solar inverters when voltage or frequency is not matching. Select the best Grid forming residential VPP inverters.

CanSofar inverter series ME charge electric vehicles using solar panels ?

A non Smart solar inverter treats all household loads equally including Electric vehicle. The real time capability of the solar inverter to deliver maximum power to the electric vehicle is called PV Optimised. This model cannot charge an Electric Vehicle (EV) in a PV optimised or forecast based manner, when solar power should feed the car and not the household loads. Select in website [pathtogreenhomes.com] (pathtogreenhomes.com) the best EV charging solar inverters with feature of PV optimization capability.

Can this inverter model ofME series work with smart grid ready residential heat pumps?

This model cannot manage smart grid ready Heat Pump. A non smart solar inverter treats all household loads including Heat pump equally. The real time capability of the solar inverter is to put insulated heat pump as the last priority as the , through excess solar power for insulated space heating or space cooling .The priority of smart inverters shoud be as follows 1st EV, 2nd household loads , 3rd battery charging and lastly heat pumps. This Sofar model cannot communicate with a smart grid ready Heat Pump nl This model of Sofar inverter seriesME is not integrated with reliable 3rd party weather forecasting services. Select in [pathtogreenhomes.com] (pathtogreenhomes.com) the best Heat pump- compatible solar inverter .

What is the warranty of Sofar solar inverter ?

The warranty of this inverter model is 5 years and the warranty of the battery is 6000 Cycles/10years Extended warranty may be seperately purchased. PathtoGreenhomes recommends solar inverter to have 12 years+ warranty to at least match product warranty of solar panels