Finn's Hoymiles Inverters Review & Verdict
Finn Peacock has been a Chartered Electrical Engineer since 1998, and is ex-CSIRO
The first thing to ask yourself if you’re considering microinverters is – do you really need them? String inverters have come a long way in recent years, and the good ones can handle shade admirably.
But if you’re committed to microinverters, I recommend investing in Enphase gear rather than Hoymiles. While costing more than Hoymiles microinverters, Enphase has proven itself well in Australia, and Hoymiles is yet to.
They also produce hybrid inverters and home batteries.
Hoymiles Inverters: Pros & Cons
- Cheaper than Enphase microinverters
- Some models have multiple panel support
- Have been available in Australia since 2022, little feedback over that time
About Hoymiles
China's Hoymiles was founded by Bo Yang and Yi Zhao, two power electronics majors at Zhejiang University, in 2012.
Australian Contact Details
Phone: 02 9164 2050
Email: [email protected]
Website
Company Info
Hoymiles claims to be the number two microinverter supplier globally - it's assumed that claim is based on numbers shipped. Number one would be Enphase. They also claim to be number one in the world -- outside the US. No doubt they frame it that way because North Americans use a lot of Enphase microinverters.
Hoymiles boasts 4 manufacturing bases and says they have more than 2,200 employees globally. While the company has been producing microinverters and hybrid inverters for quite a few years, their Melbourne subsidiary was only founded in 2022.
Hoymiles Inverters In Australia
For the Australian market, Hoymiles has Clean Energy Council approved microinverters and hybrid inverters available.
Hoymiles Microinverters
The first Hoymiles microinverter products to be approved for use in Australia were the HME-1200-AU and HME-1500-AU. Unlike most other microinverters available in Australia, these and some other Hoymiles models can support up to four solar panels - but there are also models with just single or dual panel support.
But Hoymiles doesn't stop at 4-panel support. In June 2024, the company unveiled three new 8-in-1 microinverter models, but as of July 2026, they aren't CEC approved for use in Australia.
Part of the microinverter family of products is the Hoymiles gateway DTU-Pro-S, a gateway unit that collects information from the microinverters and transmits that to the S-Miles Cloud, which is utilised by the Hoymiles Monitoring Platform. This enables the end-user/installer to see module-level data and alerts, and carry out updates.
Since the first Hoymiles microinverter products were approved for use in Australia in July 2022, a bunch of others have been given the tick by the CEC. So, there's already a wide range available, or at least certified for use, in Australia.
Hoymiles Hybrid Inverters
While having a special focus on microinverters and related peripherals, Hoymiles also manufactures hybrid inverters.
The HYS-LV series are 3-6kW single-phase inverters with dimensions of 502 × 461× 202mm and weigh 24kg. The HYS-3.0LV has 1 MPPT, while the large capacity versions have 2. Their maximum efficiency is 97.6%. The HYS series supports self-consumption, economic and backup modes, and has IP65 protection.
The HYT series are 5-12kW three-phase hybrid inverters, all measuring 502 × 486 × 202mm and weighing 26kg. The HYT have the same modes as the HYS-LV, have a maximum efficiency of 98%, 2 MPPTs and an ingress rating of IP65.
The newer HIT-(5-20)L-G3-AU series are 5-20kW three-phase with 3-4 MPPTs. They are 539 x 696 x 232mm, weigh 41kg and have IP66 weather protection. Maximum efficiency is up ot 98.5%.
As with its microinverters, monitoring and management of Hoymiles hybrid inverters is through the S-Miles Cloud.
Warranty Information
Hoymiles microinverters are accompanied by a 12 year product warranty that - under the right circumstances - can be extended to 25 years. The DTU gateway has a warranty of 3 years. For hybrid inverters, the product warranty is 10 years.
Our initial communications with the company indicated Hoymiles was pretty keen to get its products in front of Australians and to build a good name here. If you're already using Hoymiles microinverters or hybrid inverters, let us know your thoughts on their performance so far by leaving a review.
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