REC Alpha vs SunPower A series

[Marty]

Must be the US. Have you got similar quotes @Skyke101?

@Idoclin

Are SunPower panels that much better to warrant a $6,000 price premium or am I mostly paying for the name?

$6000 is such a massive premium, there is no way they are worth that much more in my opinion.

@Idoclin

Would you recommend the microinverter setup or power optimizers?

For only $500 difference, I would go with Enphase. I think you should be very happy with either option though, they are quite comparable. You can see a thread with more info here:

Micro inverters or optimizers, How do they work?

I’m trying to wrap my head around the technology, so please tell me if I’ve understood correctly. Micro-inverters work 1 per panel to make a parallel array of panels so if 1 fails the rest of the system keeps working. In theory, then, only 1 panel could be functioning and you would get at least 1 little power generated. Power optimizers, I’m not so sure how they are working. One per panel, but its still a series array? Does that mean there is a mimimum amount of power needed to pass through…