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Inverter replacement cost
It asks how old the inverter is before it tells you what a new one costs, because the answer is often that you should not be buying one.
Inverter warranty terms in this catalogue run from 10 to 12 years on parts, and most inverters that fail do so inside that. Before pricing a replacement, work out whether the term has actually run out. If it has not, the part should be covered and the job is a claim rather than a purchase.
Check the warranty first
If you do have to pay for it
Your own supply price. The placeholder is not a market rate.
SolarEdge, 87 months old
Still in term
The part should be covered. Before you buy a replacement, file the claim. One thing to check first: SolarEdge attaches a condition to its full term, and an unmet one can shorten it.
Parts term
144 months
Age at today
87 months
Conditions on the term
1
Hardware and labour figures are placeholders for you to replace with your own supply price and rates. This page does not know what an inverter costs in your market and does not pretend to.
Age is measured from the start of the term, not from today
This tool measures from the installation date you give it, which is the right starting point for most inverters in the catalogue. Some brands measure from somewhere else. SolarEdge starts at the earlier of installation or four months from shipment. Sol-Ark starts at initial purchase or receipt by the end user, whichever is later.
When the answer is close to the boundary, the brand's own page is where to check what starts its clock. A month either way decides whether this is a claim or an invoice.
Being inside the term is not the whole test
Several inverter brands attach conditions to the full term. GoodWe holds 10 years only while the unit has been connected to the SEMS portal and uploading generation data. Where a condition was never met, the term you are actually claiming against may be shorter than the one on the brochure, and finding that out at the claim is the expensive way.
The panel flags the number of conditions for whichever brand you pick. Check them before you promise a homeowner a free replacement.
The part and the visit are separate questions
A covered part does not mean a free job. Most brands in this catalogue pay nothing toward labour, so the replacement can be free while the visit that installs it is entirely yours.
Work that number out separately with the truck roll calculator, and quote the visit honestly. A homeowner told the repair is free and then handed a labour invoice is a complaint, not a customer.
Claim Timer already holds these terms
One record per piece of equipment, with the serial, the nameplate photo and each brand's conditions on it. Put your next install in and the claim is built before the part fails.