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Installer allegedly used IQ7+ microinverters instead of IQ8 in New York
Unconfirmed: A Reddit user claims that their solar installer in Westchester County, New York, installed Enphase IQ7+ microinverters in 2024 instead of the 24 IQ8 units specified in their contract and approved engineering blueprints. The system has a 9.84 kW DC panel array. The author asks whether to open a dispute with American Express, which they used to pay for the installation, over breach of contract. The available text is truncated: the section on the impact is incomplete, and no response from the installer is included.
- According to the author, IQ7+ units were installed instead of 24 contracted IQ8s.
- 9.84 kW DC system installed in 2024, Westchester County, New York.
- Author weighs American Express dispute over alleged breach of contract.
🔎 Why it matters: There is no official confirmation: this is a user's account claiming that the contract and approved blueprints specified 24 IQ8 microinverters, not IQ7+, in a 9.84 kW DC system. That claim has not been independently verified.
📈 Upside: Not applicable.
📉 Risk: The claim rests only on the author's account and the blueprints they mention; without verifiable inspection or installation documents, the dispute lacks independent technical evidence.
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