The assessment
How it scores, by category
Market position
The data
Solar-only string inverter
Converts PV string DC into grid-connected AC.
- Product role
- No native battery conversion path is recorded for the product.
- Published range
- 36–50 kW
- Phase
- Three phase
- Backup boundary
- No native backup recorded
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 uses the highest exact current power bin named on the V16 India sheet linked from Sungrow India's SG36/40/50CX-P2 card. Scored model: SG50CX-P2 · checked 2026-09-03. Evidence.
Sources & references · checked 2026-09-03
Strong evidence coverage
25 of 25 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.
How far the evidence reaches
- OutputManufacturer claim4 rows
- EnduranceManufacturer claim4 rows
- SafetyManufacturer claim2 rows
- Warranty & backingManufacturer claim3 rows
- FitManufacturer claim12 rows
- FootprintNot assessed for inverters
Rings, outside in: manufacturer claim, certified or regulator-listed, third-party source. The centre is review.solar's own measurement, empty for every product today. How the evidence puzzle works
Record revision. Sungrow SG36/40/50CX-P2 datasheet Version 16 (India) linked from the India SG50CX-P2 page.
- Sourced valuesData card →
- Rated AC power (kW)Manufacturer ↗
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- Warranty assuranceWarranty ↗
- Financial strength & warranty backingManufacturer ↗
- Financial strength & warranty backingManufacturer ↗
- Open protocol & API maturityManufacturer ↗
- Firmware & security disclosureManufacturer ↗
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Product record history
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Open protocol & API maturity: Evidence status
- Before
- reviewed_absence
- After
- sourced
Open protocol & API maturity: Evidence sources
- Before
- https://info-support.sungrowpower.com/application/pdf/2025/05/14/DS_20250418_SG36_40_50CX-P2_Datasheet_V16_EN（India）.pdf; https://www.sungrowpower.com/in/en/products/string-inverter/b-sg36-40-50cx-p2
- After
- https://developer-api.isolarcloud.com/; https://info-support.sungrowpower.com/cms/af994f1d-bb0d-408a-b310-6ad732402c99/GUID-25D7DF3A-AC5A-4DDE-AE7D-B02E6AE8DB3C_1_en-US_PDF%20(%E4%BA%A7%E5%93%81%E4%BF%A1%E6%81%AF%E8%AE%BE%E8%AE%A1%E9%83%A8_%E5%9F%BA%E7%A1%80%E7%89%88)_1789440969930_compressed.pdf; https://info-support.sungrowpower.com/general-material/85cf50fa-188e-4b23-8a42-606482297b41.pdf
Evidence sources
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- https://developer-api.isolarcloud.com/; https://info-support.sungrowpower.com/cms/af994f1d-bb0d-408a-b310-6ad732402c99/GUID-25D7DF3A-AC5A-4DDE-AE7D-B02E6AE8DB3C_1_en-US_PDF%20(%E4%BA%A7%E5%93%81%E4%BF%A1%E6%81%AF%E8%AE%BE%E8%AE%A1%E9%83%A8_%E5%9F%BA%E7%A1%80%E7%89%88)_1789440969930_compressed.pdf; https://info-support.sungrowpower.com/general-material/85cf50fa-188e-4b23-8a42-606482297b41.pdf
Open protocol & API maturity
- Before
- Proprietary / no documented API
- After
- Modbus TCP + cloud API
Summary
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- SG50CX-P2 has a separate entry in the published Modbus protocol. Direct RS485 access uses Modbus RTU; Ethernet Modbus TCP depends on supported communication hardware. The India-linked manual explicitly names SG50CX-P2 and documents optional WiNet-S or WiNet-S2 Ethernet and WLAN. It advises against using Ethernet and WLAN together and instructs users not to connect an RS485 data logger while the communication module is in use. The general protocol excludes iHomeManager and other communication modules from its documented route. The manual links the inverter to iSolarCloud, whose cloud monitoring API requires developer and application approval, plant authorization, connectivity and the applicable service package. Cloud monitoring does not establish a local REST API, SunSpec certification, a named live VPP or every cloud dispatch command for SG50CX-P2. Confirm the supplied module, firmware and permitted connection arrangement before connecting another controller.
Title
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- Local and cloud monitoring require the right communication setup
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Product record
kind: inverter; brand: Sungrow; name: SG50CX-P2; model: Current India-listed SG36/40/50CX-P2 family; scored model SG50CX-P2; score: 72
Primary datasheet
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Our reading
SG50CX-P2 scores 73, placing 21 of 63 in the Inverter class against a class average of 70.5. Its strongest scoring dimension is safety & compliance (95), running 16.2 points above the class average on this dimension. Energy Ecosystem (50) is the dimension with the most room to move. Key specifications: 98.5% peak efficiency, 4 MPPT inputs.
Dietreich Farquharson · review.solar