The assessment
How it scores, by category
Market position
The data
Hybrid inverter
Manages PV, battery DC and household AC through the inverter platform.
- Product role
- The battery remains a separate product even when it belongs to the same branded platform.
- Published range
- 12–20 kW
- Phase
- Three phase
- Backup boundary
- Essential-load capability recorded
What the documents establish
Published evidence, source-reviewed non-disclosure and unresolved questions remain separate from the product score.
Warranty coverage: 10-year term
Coverage includes
Parts only · term longer than 24 of 95 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 and displayed 12-20 kW range remain inside the three exact Australian identities accepted on 14 August 2026. Scored model: HIT-20L-G3-AU · checked 2026-08-31. Evidence.
Sources & references · checked 2026-08-30
Strong evidence coverage
22 of 22 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. Hoymiles HIT-(5-20)L-G3-AU Australian datasheet and user manual, both marked REV0.5 in-document, current Australian residential storage inverter warranty, and current CER approved-inverter CSV checked 2026-08-14. First-market US and DE overlay review 2026-08-30: official regional catalogues recorded; Australian overlays and scores unchanged. Exact AU arc-safety claim review 2026-10-04: REV0.5 manual Arc Fault alarm recovered; interruption, activation and firmware boundary held. Current Rev1.0 sheet retrieval failed, not absence. All values/scores and whole-product/market dates unchanged.
- Sourced valuesData card →
- Warranty summary10-year product warranty →
Show 5 more
- Archived copy of the primary sourcePDF ↗
- Rated AC power (kW)Manufacturer ↗
- Monitoring & smart featuresManufacturer ↗
- Financial strength & warranty backingManufacturer ↗
- Firmware & security disclosureManufacturer ↗
Help strengthen this record
These are published evidence gaps, not private submissions. A source is reviewed under the same methodology whether it comes from a reader, installer or manufacturer.
- Shutdown / arc safetyNot stated in reviewed documentsThe public documents reviewed for this record do not state this value. A published or independent source is requested.Offer a source
Product record history
9 earlier entries recorded source rechecks rather than changes to the published figures, and are not listed here. Every entry remains in the evidence record.
1 change to this record · 1 product changed in this update
AU Warranty conditions
- Current text
- labour: The policy is expressly a product-replacement warranty. Installation, commissioning and ordinary installer labour are excluded unless Hoymiles elects and authorises on-site repair.; registration: Cover starts at installation or four months after Hoymiles shipment, whichever is earlier. Contact the installer first; claims require model, serial number, failure details, original invoice, system information, prior claims where applicable and an RMA. A non-defective or ineligible return may incur AUD 100 per unit plus shipping and packaging. Extension applications must be made within three years of purchase with proof of purchase and serial number.; remedy: Hoymiles chooses same-type or equivalent/superior replacement, or authorised onsite repair covering materials, labour and affected-part/device removal and replacement. Section 2 describes six-month replacement cover when less than six months remains, but also states remainder-only cover; that interaction needs clarification. Australian Consumer Law guarantees are expressly preserved.; removal reinstallation: Ordinary removal of the faulty inverter and installation or recommissioning of the replacement are excluded. They are covered only where Hoymiles itself elects authorised on-site repair.; transferability: Transfer is allowed only while the product remains at its original installation location, with previous-owner authorisation sent to Hoymiles.; transport: For an approved exchange, Hoymiles covers replacement delivery and requested faulty-unit return freight. The customer or installer must assist and reuse replacement packaging. Required returns are due within 25 working days of receiving the replacement; late or missing units may trigger invoicing to the installer/distributor. Applicable tax and other transport/access costs remain excluded.
The previous text is not reproduced here: both versions run to a full research paragraph. Both are in the JSON record linked below.
Warranty period (yrs)Monitoring & smart features+4 in JSON record
2 changes to this record · 1 product changed in this update
Shutdown / arc safety: Evidence sources
- Before
- https://www.hoymiles.com/uploadfile/1/202607/c1506d349b.pdf; https://www.hoymiles.com/uploadfile/1/202607/fac13c9c2f.pdf
- After
- https://www.hoymiles.com/au/products/HIT-5-20L-G3.html; https://www.hoymiles.com/uploadfile/1/202607/c1506d349b.pdf
Source revision
- Current text
- Hoymiles HIT-(5-20)L-G3-AU Australian datasheet and user manual, both marked REV0.5 in-document, current Australian residential storage inverter warranty, and current CER approved-inverter CSV checked 2026-08-14. First-market US and DE overlay review 2026-08-30: official regional catalogues recorded; Australian overlays and scores unchanged. Exact AU arc-safety claim review 2026-10-04: REV0.5 manual Arc Fault alarm recovered; interruption, activation and firmware boundary held. Current Rev1.0 sheet retrieval failed, not absence. All values/scores and whole-product/market dates unchanged.
The previous text is not reproduced here: both versions run to a full research paragraph. Both are in the JSON record linked below.
Primary datasheet
9 changes to this record · 12 products changed in this update
DE Evidence sources
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- https://www.hoymiles.com/de/products/HIT-5-20L-G3.html; https://www.hoymiles.com/uploadfile/1/202507/ae7cd9cf93.pdf; https://www.hoymiles.com/uploadfile/1/202607/c29fb611be.pdf; https://www.hoymiles.com/uploadfile/1/202607/fac13c9c2f.pdf
DE Certifications
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
DE Status
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- unavailable
US Evidence sources
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- https://www.hoymiles.com/au/products/HIT-5-20L-G3.html; https://www.hoymiles.com/us/; https://www.hoymiles.com/us/products/HIT-5-20L-G3.html
US Status
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- unavailable
US Certifications
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
US Support Note
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- The Hoymiles US HIT-5-20L-G3 product URL returns 404. The US home page markets HiFlow Pro plug-in microinverters and does not list HIT-20L-G3-AU. HYS/HAS LV-USG1 and a Thailand success-story HIT-20L-G3 row without the AU suffix are different identities.
Source revision
- Current text
- Hoymiles HIT-(5-20)L-G3-AU Australian datasheet and user manual, both marked REV0.5 in-document, current Australian residential storage inverter warranty, and current CER approved-inverter CSV checked 2026-08-14. First-market US and DE overlay review 2026-08-30: official regional catalogues recorded; Australian overlays and scores unchanged.
The previous text is not reproduced here: both versions run to a full research paragraph. Both are in the JSON record linked below.
Primary datasheetDE Support Note
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- Hoymiles Germany publishes HIT-(5-20)L-G3 and a German datasheet naming HIT-20L-G3 with VDE-AR-N 4105. That family does not carry the AU suffix. The scored identity is HIT-20L-G3-AU. The Australian warranty names HIT-*-G3-AU as the Australia series. HIT-20L-G3 is not transferred onto HIT-20L-G3-AU.
4 changes to this record · 73 products changed in this update
Value
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- Direct-pv hybrid inverter with 4 independent MPPTs at the scored model boundary.
Evidence sources
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- https://www.hoymiles.com/uploadfile/1/202607/fac13c9c2f.pdf
This is review.solar's publication history. It does not claim the product changed on the recorded date, and it excludes compatibility, system pairing, installation suitability and relative leaderboard prose. Open the complete JSON record.
Evidence timeline
Recorded verification events for this scorecard. These are evidence checks, not historical score snapshots.
- Series benchmark evidence checked
- Core scorecard evidence checked
- DE market evidence checked
- US market evidence checked
- AU market evidence checked
- Australian certification source identity verified
- Plain-language warranty summary checked
Australian approval history
Exact source-register changes recorded since monitoring began. These events do not change the global product score.
- The approved-product source recorded an addition. Exact source model: HIT-12L-G3-AU (AS4777-2 2020). View change record
- The approved-product source recorded an addition. Exact source model: HIT-15L-G3-AU (AS4777-2 2020). View change record
- The approved-product source recorded an addition. Exact source model: HIT-20L-G3-AU (AS4777-2 2020). View change record
A register event does not establish availability, warranty coverage, compatibility, network acceptance, or installation suitability.
Scored by Solar Analytica Research
Further reading from Findings
Stay across the benchmark.
New scorecards, score changes and market signals, published as they happen.
Our reading
HIT L G3 scores 77, placing 3 of 25 in the Value & Volume class against a class average of 72.3. Its strongest scoring dimension is design & flexibility (96), running 13.9 points above the class average on this dimension. Energy Ecosystem (58) is the dimension with the most room to move. Key specifications: 98.5% peak efficiency, 4 MPPT inputs, 10-year warranty.
Dietreich Farquharson · review.solar