The assessment
How it scores, by category
Market position
The data
Microinverter
Converts DC to AC at each solar module rather than at one central string inverter.
- Product role
- Storage, when used, sits elsewhere in the energy platform.
- Published range
- 0.384 kW
- Phase
- Single phase
- Backup boundary
- Not recorded
What the documents establish
Published evidence, source-reviewed non-disclosure and unresolved questions remain separate from the product score.
Warranty coverage: 25-year term
Coverage includes
Parts only · term longer than 66 of 70 scored inverters
No inverter in the fleet publishes a year-by-year performance or output guarantee the way panels and batteries do - this shows the covered term against the market-typical term and where every scored inverter’s term lands (grey dots, sized by model count), plus what the warranty actually includes.
Verification & sources
Market context
Global evidencechange in the site menu
Global benchmark. This scorecard is benchmarked globally. A global score does not imply local availability, certification, warranty coverage, or installer compatibility.
Benchmark anchor. The score is anchored to the exact Australian suffix and does not use United States electrical or warranty evidence. Scored model: IQ8HC-72-M-INT · checked 2026-08-06. Evidence.
Sources & references · checked 2026-08-06
Strong evidence coverage
23 of 26 scored criteria link directly to a published source.
Values marked estimated, derived, or not found remain visible on the audit sheet and do not carry the same evidential weight as a linked source. Coverage measures direct links, not an independent guarantee that a claim is correct.
Record revision. Australian IQ8AC/IQ8HC datasheet DSH-00004-6.0-EN-2025-08-06; IQ8HC regional identity separated on 2026-08-06; AU residential inverter operating-reality evidence checked 2026-08-06
- Sourced valuesData card →
- Warranty summary25-year product warranty →
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- Backup / islandingManufacturer ↗
Evidence timeline
Recorded verification events for this scorecard. These are evidence checks, not historical score snapshots. No change to this product record has been published since the change ledger opened on 2026-08-16.
- Australian certification source identity verified
- Core scorecard evidence checked
- AU market evidence checked
- US market evidence checked
- Series benchmark evidence checked
- Plain-language warranty summary checked
Scored by Solar Analytica Research
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Our reading
IQ8HC sits at the top of the Microinverter class with 71 points against a class average of 69.3. Its strongest scoring dimension is safety & compliance (90). Design & Flexibility (50) is the dimension with the most room to move. Key specifications: 97.4% peak efficiency, 1 MPPT inputs, 25-year warranty.