Enphase IQ8+ Microinverter
The IQ8+ is Enphase's per-module microinverter. One inverter per panel, mounted on the racking under the module, with AC output sent over a single trunk cable down the row. The benefit a string inverter can't match: a shaded panel or a failed bypass diode doesn't drag the rest of the string down, and every module reports its own production through the Enphase app.
- Type
- Module-level AC microinverter
- Mounting
- Standard solar racking
- Warranty
- 25-year Enphase
- Ac output
- 240V split-phase
- Grid forming
- Yes (with IQ System Controller 3 + IQ Battery 5P)
- Communication
- Trunk cable to IQ Combiner 5C
About this product
The IQ8+ is Enphase's per-module microinverter. One inverter per panel, mounted on the racking under the module, with AC output sent over a single trunk cable down the row. The benefit a string inverter can't match: a shaded panel or a failed bypass diode doesn't drag the rest of the string down, and every module reports its own production through the Enphase app.
Spec'd for modules in the 290W to 460W STC range, which covers most current residential panels. AC output is 240V split-phase. The IQ8 family supports grid-forming behavior when paired with an IQ System Controller 3 and IQ Battery 5P, which means the array can keep producing in a grid outage instead of shutting down with the grid.
Mounts on standard solar racking. Cabled through the IQ trunk cable system to the IQ Combiner 5C. 25-year Enphase warranty. The right choice when the install is going Enphase end-to-end, or when an existing roof has shading or mixed module orientations that defeat a string-inverter design.
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