Solar Inverter Comparison Chart
When comparing inverters, one of the most important things to consider is the inverter efficiency.
Unlike solar panel efficiency, which, somewhat counter intuitively, does not directly affect the amount of electricity your solar system will produce (you can read why here), solar inverter efficiency is critical to your solar system performance.
All the power from every solar panel goes through your inverter, so the amount of energy that your solar system generates is totally dependent of your inverters efficiency. The higher the inverter efficiency, the more power you’ll get and the more money you’ll save.
To help you compare inverters, I’ve created the tool on this page which uses inverter efficiency data from the California Energy Commission and applies it to inverters that are approved in Australia. The efficiencies listed in this table are known as the “Californian Efficiency” and I use these numbers because they are independently measured, which I think is a lot better than relying on the manufacturers’ own measurements, who may be a little optimistic when measuring their own inverters don’t ya think?
Please note: not every inverter available in Australia is in this list because I only use inverters that have been tested by our Californian friends!
Note: efficiency isn’t everything! Also critical is reliability. The inverter is the item most likely to fail in the first 10 years of your solar system, so my advice is always get a 10 year inverter warranty.
One of the best ways to judge an inverter’s reliability is to check out our solar inverter reviews where I’ve asked thousands of solar system owners who’ve had their system for more than 12 months how reliable their inverter has been.
Tip: Search For manufacturer e.g. "Suntech"
or first few digits of part no. e.g. "ET190"
Inverter Size To Watt
Manufacturer
Manufacturer | Model Number |
Size | Efficiency | Californian approved? |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Autarco pty ltd HiSEL-K 2000 2000W HiSEL-K 2000 Autarco pty ltd |
Autarco pty ltd | HiSEL-K 2000 | 2000 W | 96.00 | Yes |
Autarco pty ltd Sonnetek 2000 2000W Sonnetek 2000 Autarco pty ltd |
Autarco pty ltd | Sonnetek 2000 | 2000 W | 91.50 | Yes |
KLNE Sunteams 2000 2000W Sunteams 2000 KLNE |
KLNE | Sunteams 2000 | 2000 W | 96.00 | Yes |
SMA SB2500HFUS-30 2500W SB2500HFUS-30 SMA |
SMA | SB2500HFUS-30 | 2500 W | 96.50 | Yes |
Power One Aurora UNO-2.5-I-OUTD-S 2500W UNO-2.5-I-OUTD-S Power One Aurora |
Power One Aurora | UNO-2.5-I-OUTD-S | 2500 W | 96.00 | Yes |
Steca Elektronik GmbH HiSEL-K 3000 2800W HiSEL-K 3000 Steca Elektronik GmbH |
Steca Elektronik GmbH | HiSEL-K 3000 | 2800 W | 96.00 | Yes |
KLNE Sunteams 3000 2800W Sunteams 3000 KLNE |
KLNE | Sunteams 3000 | 2800 W | 96.00 | Yes |
Steca Elektronik GmbH PVI 3000 2900W PVI 3000 Steca Elektronik GmbH |
Steca Elektronik GmbH | PVI 3000 | 2900 W | 96.00 | Yes |
Solaredge SE3000 3000W SE3000 Solaredge |
Solaredge | SE3000 | 3000 W | 97.50 | Yes |
SMA SB3000HFUS-30 3000W SB3000HFUS-30 SMA |
SMA | SB3000HFUS-30 | 3000 W | 96.50 | Yes |
Powercom SLK-3000 3000W SLK-3000 Powercom |
Powercom | SLK-3000 | 3000 W | 95.50 | Yes |
Powerbox Australia GS-3000 3000W GS-3000 Powerbox Australia |
Powerbox Australia | GS-3000 | 3000 W | 95.50 | Yes |
Steca Elektronik GmbH GT 3000 3000W GT 3000 Steca Elektronik GmbH |
Steca Elektronik GmbH | GT 3000 | 3000 W | 95.50 | Yes |
Steca Elektronik GmbH SLX 3000 3000W SLX 3000 Steca Elektronik GmbH |
Steca Elektronik GmbH | SLX 3000 | 3000 W | 96.00 | Yes |
Sunny Roo Products SR3000TLI 3000W SR3000TLI Sunny Roo Products |
Sunny Roo Products | SR3000TLI | 3000 W | 95.50 | Yes |
Solaredge SE3300 3300W SE3300 Solaredge |
Solaredge | SE3300 | 3300 W | 97.50 | Yes |
Growatt Growatt3600MTL 3600W Growatt3600MTL Growatt |
Growatt | Growatt3600MTL | 3600 W | 97.00 | Yes |
KLNE Sunteams 4000 4000W Sunteams 4000 KLNE |
KLNE | Sunteams 4000 | 4000 W | 97.50 | Yes |
OPTI GT-4000 4000W GT-4000 OPTI |
OPTI | GT-4000 | 4000 W | 96.00 | Yes |
Powercom SLK-4000 4000W SLK-4000 Powercom |
Powercom | SLK-4000 | 4000 W | 96.00 | Yes |
Solaredge SE4000 4000W SE4000 Solaredge |
Solaredge | SE4000 | 4000 W | 97.50 | Yes |
Sunny Roo Products SR4000TLI 4000W SR4000TLI Sunny Roo Products |
Sunny Roo Products | SR4000TLI | 4000 W | 96.00 | Yes |
Growatt Growatt4200MTL 4200W Growatt4200MTL Growatt |
Growatt | Growatt4200MTL | 4200 W | 97.00 | Yes |
Power One Aurora PVI-4.2-OUTD-S 4200W PVI-4.2-OUTD-S Power One Aurora |
Power One Aurora | PVI-4.2-OUTD-S | 4200 W | 96.00 | Yes |
KLNE Sunteams 5000 4600W Sunteams 5000 KLNE |
KLNE | Sunteams 5000 | 4600 W | 97.50 | Yes |