{"id":4345,"date":"2014-12-17T11:43:16","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T02:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=4345"},"modified":"2017-04-20T10:33:07","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T00:03:07","slug":"solarmax-inverter-bankruptcy-means-solarmax-owners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solarmax-inverter-bankruptcy-means-solarmax-owners\/","title":{"rendered":"Solarmax Inverter Bankruptcy: What it means for Solarmax owners."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4346\" style=\"width: 292px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014-12-17_12-41-46.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4346\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4346\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014-12-17_12-41-46.jpeg\" alt=\"solarmax logo\" width=\"282\" height=\"92\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4346\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Solarmax have gone bust.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Bad news for fans of Solarmax inverters as its parent company, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pv-magazine.com\/news\/details\/beitrag\/solarmax-to-file-for-insolvency_100017314\/#ixzz3M7DlZVTR\">Sputnik Engineering, has just filed for insolvency<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Solarmax are a 20 year old Swiss inverter manufacturer who made fantastic quality inverters at a great price. It seems, with hindsight, that the price was a little too great!<\/p>\n<p>If you were considering buying a Solarmax, then you should probably change brands so that your warranty is with a solvent manufacturer. Go for a big brand like SMA, Fronius, Sungrow, ABB, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/inverters\/zeversolar-review.html\">Zeversolar<\/a>, Delta, Enphase or Solarbridge (feel free to leave any big brands I&#8217;ve missed out in the comments!)<\/p>\n<p>If you already have a Solarmax on your home, then don&#8217;t panic!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Number 1 thing to understand is that Solarmax are very reliable. So you are unlikely to need to call on the warranty.<\/p>\n<p>But even good inverters can fail, so if you do need to claim on the warranty be aware that under Australian Consumer Law, your solar company\u00a0must honour the warranty, even if the manufacturer has gone broke. They will either repair or replace your inverter with an equivalent model from a different brand.<\/p>\n<p>I tried to call\u00a0the Aussie importers, &#8220;Sputnik Engineering Australia &amp; NZ PTY LTD&#8221; today, but it looks like the lines have been disconnected.<\/p>\n<p>The other sad part of this company failure is that many Solarmax inverters were designed for the easy addition of batteries, so you could have a hybrid (AKA grid connect with batteries) system. This required you to buy an extra circuit board which slotted in to the inverter. Unless another company jumps in to buy the brand and technology (quite likely), then this may not be possible going forward. But fear not &#8211; you can still go hybrid fairly easily using a technique called AC coupling. This is described in detail in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/micro-inverters-battery-backup-compatible\/\">this post<\/a>. The post talks about converting microinverters to hybrid, but the technique can be used on almost any inverter, including SolarMax inverters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bad news for fans of Solarmax inverters as its parent company, Sputnik Engineering, has just filed for insolvency. Solarmax are a 20 year old Swiss inverter manufacturer who made fantastic quality inverters at a great price. It seems, with hindsight, that the price was a little too great! 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