Built
to last
With a reduced number of components and its unique thermal management, the Solarnative Power Stick is perhaps the most reliable and durable micro-inveter in the market.
Reduced component failures
The Solarnative Power Stick micro-inverter is built for unprecedented reliability. Because each component has a certain probability of failure, product failure rates are closely linked to the number of components in the product. Therefore, our goal was to reduce the component count drastically. Compared to competitors, we only use half the number of components in our micro-inverter. We are able to do so, because of our high degree of chip integration (chips are more reliable than discrete components) in two proprietary ASIC chips. Moreover, we focus on the quality of our components: whenever possible, we use highly reliable automotive qualified components of particularly high quality.
Relaxed remote access
While we are doing everything possible to avoid problems and failures, we want to make life easy for installers in the unlikely event that something goes wrong. Therefore, our system can be monitored and maintained remotely. All software settings can be configured over-the-air, and regular firmware updates ensure optimal performance.
Unique thermal management
The failure rates of most electronic components increase exponentially with a rising temperature. Vice versa, a temperature reduction of 10 °C leads to a doubling of lifetime. Knowing this correlation, we pushed the thermal design of our micro-inverter to the limits: every little feature is designed to reduce temperature inside the inverter and to facilitate the heat flow out of the device. With its characteristic linear shape and aluminum housing our inverter is designed for almost perfect heat dissipation.
Biggest possible cooling fin
By means of our proprietary high-frequency technology, we were able to miniaturize our inverter to a size that fits nicely into the mounting rails or into the frame of the PV module. Thanks to the inverter’s flat surface, the rail or frame the inverter is attached to acts as cooling fin. This helps reduce the device temperature by 20–30 °C, thereby increasing the product life time by a factor of 4–8!