List of Voltronic OEM Inverter brands

[wiseoljedi]

Does such a thing exist?

Maybe even a tier list of the various inverter brands which are Voltronic OEM in some way?

It seems that even the highly regarded EG4 is Voltronic to some extent.

I'm learning and trying to distinguish good Voltronic inverters from a bad Voltronic inverters.

 

[timselectric]

Voltronics is a manufacturer.
Many companies sell them (Rebranded) under their own name.

 

[timselectric]

Everything EG4 sells is rebranded.
The earlier products were Voltronics, and Megarevo.
The current products are mostly Luxpower.

 

[PeSCaLo]

MPP Solar?

 

[timselectric]

MPP Solar?

Yes

 

[Mattb4]

Some of the underlying patents are owned by Voltronic that license them to other manufacturers of solar inverters. Companies like SRNE for example does this while owning some of their own patents.

Pretty much what you have in China is several large electronic factories that output a device that is sold to whoever wants to market it. This marketer (such as EG4 or PowMr) has it labeled as being from them. The marketer often can request design options and custom firmware. It is a bit like Ford that buys a foreign car that they label and sell under the Ford name. Is it a Ford or is it a Mazda?

 

[timselectric]

Basically, unless you buy directly from a manufacturer.
What you are buying is rebranded by the seller.

 

[wiseoljedi]

Sure would be cool to find a site elsewhere or post here with a big spreadsheet compiling brand and model of the interter and who the predominant OEM (and their hardware model) is behind it!

Once a particular band, model and version of an inverter has been made the OEM for it probably wouldn't change.

 

[wiseoljedi]

Of course, companies like EG4 combine OEM hardware with their own firmware and support which can make a big difference so I'm sure you can't instantly say all inverters with a specific OEM are all good or bad just based on that alone.

 

[timselectric]

EG4 combine OEM hardware with their own firmware

Not quite.
You can get support for anything EG4 sells in the luxpower lineup, directly from luxpower. It's luxpower firmware, with some requested tweaking from EG4.