Have you ever seen Unusually High Power readings reported by Enlighten Monitoring

MarcF
MarcF Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭✭
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I was checking the performance of a recently installed Grid-tied residential PV system through Enphase Enlighten Monitoring and noticed something strange.  The system consists of 10 REC TP2 290 Watt PV modules each paired with Enphase M250 micro-inverters.  Looking at the Time lapse view for Power, at one point during the day, 2 of the micro-inverters show 450+ Watts being produced, while the neighboring 8 REC290/M250s each produced around 230 Watts.  The most i have ever seen produced from a M250 micro-inverter was around 259 Watts (it was paired with a 315 Watt panel).  If they are supposed to max out around 250 Watts,  what could explain the 450+ readings? Has anyone ever noticed unusually high power readings with Enphase micro-inverters?  I suspect this is a glitch in data reporting, unless these micro-inverters can produce this amount of power briefly before clipping?
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  • MarcF
    MarcF Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭✭
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  • BB.
    BB. Super Moderators, Administrators Posts: 33,613 admin
    #3
    Reboot your local interface?

    -Bill
    Near San Francisco California: 3.5kWatt Grid Tied Solar power system+small backup genset
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  • mcgivor
    mcgivor Solar Expert Posts: 3,854 ✭✭✭✭✭✭
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    What seems odd is the system power, lower left corner is consistent with all the displayed panel outputs in the graphic, ~2.74kW, but if the two "false? " readings were substituted for the average of the others, it is consistent with the  today peak of 2.34 kW, must be a glitch, a 290 W panel could not put out 450 +W. Curiously double the average output is in the 450W neighborhood, perhaps a setting error? or as Bill suggests, reboot, the standard fix for software glitches, when nothing else works. Have no personal experience with Enphase, just some observations, FWIW.
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  • Estragon
    Estragon Registered Users Posts: 4,496 ✭✭✭✭✭
    #5
    The roughly 2x thing is kind of interesting.
    Off-grid.  
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  • cow_rancher
    cow_rancher Solar Expert Posts: 117 ✭✭✭✭
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    I would call your installer and get them replaced (the enphase converters).

    Rancher
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  • Solray
    Solray Registered Users Posts: 246 ✭✭✭
    #7
    Reboot and if it fixes the problem, see if there is a fota update you missed.
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