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
- 5 kW
- Phase
- Single phase
- Backup boundary
- Essential-load capability recorded
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 is anchored to the highest published rating in this exact series. Scored model: SUN-5K-SG03LP1-AU · checked 2026-06-19. Evidence.
Sources & references · checked 2026-08-06
Strong evidence coverage
26 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. Exact SG03 AU datasheet and certificate, current AU warranty library, SG04 catalogue and official company record reviewed 2026-08-02; AU hybrid inverter decision sprint II checked 2026-08-06
- Sourced valuesData card →
- Warranty summary10-year limited warranty →
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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
- Series benchmark evidence checked
- Plain-language warranty summary checked
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Our reading
SUN-5K-SG03LP1-AU scores 67, placing 24 of 25 in the Value & Volume class against a class average of 72.1. Its strongest scoring dimension is features & integration (78), running 6.9 points above the class average on this dimension. Energy Ecosystem scores 40, the lowest pillar for this product. The class average on energy ecosystem is 49. Key specifications: 97.6% peak efficiency, 2 MPPT inputs, 10-year warranty.