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 13 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 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 2026-08-14. Evidence.
Australian warranty decision
1 product record
Read the Australian warranty as a claim pathway: the headline term is separate from remedy, labour, freight, site work, transfer and registration conditions.
Hoymiles HIT L G3 20 kW · Inverter
Australian evidence checked 2026-08-14.
Covered6 sources
Australian warranty scope: Australia; the current governing Residential Storage Inverter warranty expressly names all three accepted HIT L G3 AU models for 10 years, subject to its installation, channel, claim and exchange conditions.
Structured claim terms: Recorded.
- Term
- 10 yr productStated in the structured comparison
- Product remedy
- ConditionalHoymiles may exchange an eligible unit for the same type or an equivalent or superior replacement. If Hoymiles chooses authorised on-site repair, it covers materials, labour and removal and replacement of the affected part or device.
- Labour
- Not coveredThe policy is expressly a product-replacement warranty. Installation, commissioning and ordinary installer labour are excluded unless Hoymiles elects and authorises on-site repair.
- Freight
- Not coveredFor an approved exchange, Hoymiles ships the replacement to the specified customer or installer location and covers collection and return freight where return is required. Other transport and access costs remain excluded.
- Removal and reinstallation
- Not coveredOrdinary 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
- ConditionalTransfer is allowed only while the product remains at its original installation location, with previous-owner authorisation sent to Hoymiles.
- Registration and conditions
- Not statedThe end user contacts the installer first. A claim requires product model, serial number, failure code and comment, original invoice, system details, prior claim records where applicable and an RMA.
Sources & references · checked 2026-08-14
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
- Sourced valuesData card →
- Warranty summary10-year product warranty →
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- Archived copy of the primary sourcePDF ↗
- Rated AC power (kW)Manufacturer ↗
- Monitoring & smart featuresManufacturer ↗
- Financial strength & warranty backingManufacturer ↗
- Firmware & security disclosureManufacturer ↗
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.
- Core scorecard evidence checked
- AU market evidence checked
- Australian certification source identity verified
- Series benchmark evidence checked
- 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.
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Our reading
HIT L G3 scores 77, placing 3 of 25 in the Value & Volume class against a class average of 72.1. Its strongest scoring dimension is design & flexibility (96), running 14.3 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.