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
- 5–10 kW
- Phase
- Three phase
- Backup boundary
- Whole-home 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, labour & extendable · 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. Only SH5T and SH10T are included because they are the exact models found on the current Australian approved list. Scored model: SH10T · checked 2026-08-02. Evidence.
Sources & references · checked 2026-09-02
Strong evidence coverage
24 of 24 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 claim3 rows
- EnduranceManufacturer claim4 rows
- SafetyCertified or regulator-listed1 of 2 rows beyond claim
- Warranty & backingManufacturer claim4 rows
- FitManufacturer claim11 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 correction. Sungrow SH5/10T datasheet Version 3, SH5-25T manual Version 17, Australian warranty Version 4.2 and current approved-inverter list checked 2026-08-02; AU inverter outage-reality evidence checked 2026-08-06. India existing-catalogue inverter review 2026-09-02: IN overlays recorded from manufacturer Indian catalogues; scores unchanged. Bounded 6 October 2026 backup-timing reader integration: maker-linked manual SH5_6_8_10_12_15_20_25T-UEN-Ver18-202512, exact SH10T table PDF132-133, agrees with Version 3 below-10-ms switch specification; Australian 0 ms headline qualified. Other fields and full-record/market verification dates unchanged. Correction 2026-10-08: maximum input current per MPPT corrected from 16 A to 32 A (two strings on the first MPPT), from four exact Sungrow documents.
- Sourced valuesData card →
- Warranty summary10-year product warranty →
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- Archived copy of the primary sourcePDF ↗
- Rated AC power (kW)Manufacturer ↗
- Hybrid / battery capabilityManufacturer ↗
- Grid & safety certificationManufacturer ↗
- Warranty assuranceWarranty ↗
- Manufacturing track recordManufacturer ↗
- Smart home & IoT depthManufacturer ↗
- Firmware & security disclosureManufacturer ↗
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- Semiconductor technologyNot 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
One earlier entry recorded a source recheck rather than a change to the published figure, and is not listed here. Every entry remains in the evidence record.
1 change to this record · 43 products changed in this update
Grid & safety certification: Evidence sources
- Before
- https://info-support.sungrowpower.com/application/pdf/2024/06/05/DS_20240603_SH5_10T_Datasheet_V3_EN.pdf
- After
- https://cer.gov.au/document/cec-approved-inverters-0; https://info-support.sungrowpower.com/application/pdf/2024/06/05/DS_20240603_SH5_10T_Datasheet_V3_EN.pdf
1 change to this record · 11 products changed in this update
Source revision
- Current text
- Sungrow SH5/10T datasheet Version 3, SH5-25T manual Version 17, Australian warranty Version 4.2 and current approved-inverter list checked 2026-08-02; AU inverter outage-reality evidence checked 2026-08-06. India existing-catalogue inverter review 2026-09-02: IN overlays recorded from manufacturer Indian catalogues; scores unchanged. Bounded 6 October 2026 backup-timing reader integration: maker-linked manual SH5_6_8_10_12_15_20_25T-UEN-Ver18-202512, exact SH10T table PDF132-133, agrees with Version 3 below-10-ms switch specification; Australian 0 ms headline qualified. Other fields and full-record/market verification dates unchanged. Correction 2026-10-08: maximum input current per MPPT corrected from 16 A to 32 A (two strings on the first MPPT), from four exact Sungrow documents.
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Primary datasheet
4 changes to this record · 23 products changed in this update
DE Warranty scope
- Before
- Germany; Sungrow's German service factsheet publishes ten years for inverters up to 20 kW, which includes the exact SH5T and SH10T models. The governing German warranty terms remain controlling.
- After
- Germany; Sungrow's German service factsheet (printed Version 1.0, August 2023) states ten years for all inverters up to 20 kW, starting from the end customer's purchase date, without naming models. Sungrow's German-language warranty terms (clause 2.3 table) list residential inverters (1-phase and 3-phase) at 5 years standard with a maximum extended period of 10 years and residential PCS at 10 years, and do not state which category applies to SH5T and SH10T. A German warranty document naming SH5T or SH10T is not publicly established. The governing German warranty terms remain controlling.
10 changes to this record · 8 products changed in this update
Warranty period (yrs): Evidence sources
- Before
- https://service.sungrowpower.com.au/files/Web_Files/Warranty/WD_202404_Term_Sungrow-s%20Inverters%2010-Year%20Limited%20Warraty_V4.2.pdf
- After
- https://service.sungrowpower.com.au/New%20knowledge%20base%20file/warranty/WD_202510_Term_Sungrow-s%20Inverters%2010-Year%20Limited%20Warraty_V4.32.pdf
DE Certifications
- Before
- Sungrow's exact German SH5T-SH25T manual and European product material identify VDE-AR-N 4105 among the applicable grid standards for the SH5T and SH10T family.
- After
- Sungrow's global SH5/10T datasheet (Version 3) lists VDE-AR-N 4105 and EN 50549-1 among the compliance standards for SH5T and SH10T. The German user manual (Ver13-202403) names SH5T and SH10T in its technical-data tables, but its extractable text names no VDE-AR-N 4105, EN 50549-1 or other German or European grid-code standard; the only grid standard it names is the Australian AS/NZS 4777.2:2020. A German-market certificate or conformity declaration for SH5T and SH10T is not publicly established from the documents read.
DE Warranty conditions
- Current text
- labour: Removal, installation and reinstallation labour are excluded unless a separate written service arrangement applies.; registration: Proof of purchase, product identity and performance data requested for diagnosis remain claim conditions.; remedy: Sungrow may repair or replace an accepted defective product under the governing terms.; removal reinstallation: Removal and reinstallation are not unconditionally covered.; transferability: The warranty may pass to later owners during the warranty period, including later authorised operators or tenants at the same site; a new end user who is not the purchaser must sign a warranty transfer agreement and submit it to Sungrow (clause 3.6 of Sungrow's German-language warranty terms).; transport: The claimant pays freight to Sungrow; Sungrow pays delivery of the repaired or replacement product under the reviewed terms.
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DE market evidenceDE market evidence+2 in JSON recordAU Evidence sources
- Before
- https://cleanenergycouncil.org.au/industry-programs/products-program/inverters; https://info-support.sungrowpower.com/application/pdf/2024/06/05/DS_20240603_SH5_10T_Datasheet_V3_EN.pdf; https://info-support.sungrowpower.com/application/pdf/2025/07/17/SH5-25T-EN-Ver17-202504.pdf; https://service.sungrowpower.com.au/files/Web_Files/Warranty/WD_202404_Term_Sungrow-s%20Inverters%2010-Year%20Limited%20Warraty_V4.2.pdf; https://www.sungrowpower.com/au/en/products/residential-energy-storage-system/sht-5-6-8-10-12
- After
- https://cer.gov.au/document/cec-approved-inverters-0; https://cleanenergycouncil.org.au/industry-programs/products-program/inverters; https://info-support.sungrowpower.com/application/pdf/2024/06/05/DS_20240603_SH5_10T_Datasheet_V3_EN.pdf; https://info-support.sungrowpower.com/application/pdf/2025/07/17/SH5-25T-EN-Ver17-202504.pdf; https://service.sungrowpower.com.au/New%20knowledge%20base%20file/warranty/WD_202510_Term_Sungrow-s%20Inverters%2010-Year%20Limited%20Warraty_V4.32.pdf; https://www.sungrowpower.com/au/en/products/residential-energy-storage-system/sht-5-6-8-10-12
AU Warranty scope
- Current text
- Sungrow Australia's current 10-year standard warranty terms (published file V4.32, footer V4.31_202510, October 2025) explicitly name SH5T and SH10T for a 10-year term from installation, capped at 11 years from manufacture. The standard remedy includes repair or replacement, standard freight up to a stated cap and a published service rebate rather than an unlimited promise to meet every site cost.
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Primary datasheetHybrid / battery capability+5 in JSON recordUS Support Note
- Current text
- The exact SH5T and SH10T have no United States counterpart part. Sungrow sells no residential hybrid inverter and no residential home battery in the United States under any part number. Sungrow states on its United States string inverter page that its string inverters range from 36 kW to 352 kW. The United States product catalogue read on 7 October 2026 lists string and modular inverters of 36 kW and above and utility, commercial and industrial storage and power conversion systems; its customer-type filter includes a Homeowners option, but no residential inverter or battery is listed. Sungrow's global product page for this family prints the regional availability tag EU & AU & SEA, and North America is not among the markets listed. Sungrow's United States-scoped copy of that page, which does not appear in the United States product catalogue, prints the same tag. On the California Energy Commission Solar Equipment List workbook (data unchanged since 1 October 2026), all 14 Sungrow solar-inverter entries are utility or commercial scale, the smallest being SG36CX-US at 36 kW, and none of the 19 Sungrow battery-inverter entries is an SH-series model. Sungrow USA Corporation is at 3200 Park Center Dr, Suite 850, Costa Mesa, CA 92626, hotline +1 833 747 6937. Its United States channel is a wholesale distributor list rather than an installer locator. Sungrow's page for this family tags it for Europe, Australia and South East Asia.
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Grid & safety certificationUS market evidence+6 in JSON recordUS Evidence sources
- Before
- https://solarequipment.energy.ca.gov/Home/PropertyDetails/InverterSolarList; https://www.sungrowpower.com/us/en/about-us/contact-us; https://www.sungrowpower.com/us/en/products; https://www.sungrowpower.com/us/en/products/string-inverter
- After
- https://solarequipment.energy.ca.gov/Home/DownloadtoExcel?filename=InvertersList; https://solarequipment.energy.ca.gov/Home/PropertyDetails/InverterSolarList; https://www.sungrowpower.com/en/products/residential-energy-storage-system/sht-5-6-8-10-12; https://www.sungrowpower.com/us/en/about-us/contact-us; https://www.sungrowpower.com/us/en/find-a-distributor; https://www.sungrowpower.com/us/en/products; https://www.sungrowpower.com/us/en/products/residential-energy-storage-system/sht-5-6-8-10-12; https://www.sungrowpower.com/us/en/products/string-inverter
Warranty assurance: Evidence sources
- Before
- https://service.sungrowpower.com.au/Warranty/warranty-extension; https://service.sungrowpower.com.au/files/Web_Files/Warranty/WD_202404_Term_Sungrow-s%20Inverters%2010-Year%20Limited%20Warraty_V4.2.pdf
- After
- https://service.sungrowpower.com.au/New%20knowledge%20base%20file/warranty/WD_202510_Term_Sungrow-s%20Inverters%2010-Year%20Limited%20Warraty_V4.32.pdf; https://service.sungrowpower.com.au/Warranty/warranty-extension
AU Warranty conditions
- Current text
- labour: The standard service rebate contributes to approved replacement labour but does not promise all site costs.; registration: Optional parts-only or standard-warranty extensions are governed by the separate published extension terms.; remedy: Repair or replacement at Sungrow's discretion for an approved claim.; removal reinstallation: The service rebate contributes to replacement work; full removal and reinstallation cost is not unconditional.; transferability: The remaining warranty transfers when original purchase evidence is available.; transport: Sungrow covers outbound and inbound standard ground transport up to a total of $200; costs above that cap, and the cost of any other transport mode the claimant requests, are borne by the claimant.
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Primary datasheetHybrid / battery capability+5 in JSON recordAU Certifications
- Current text
- The Australian approved-inverter list (regulator export dated 24 September 2026) names SH5T and SH10T in its Residential series with the (AS4777-2 2020) suffix, approved 14 August 2024 and expiring 14 August 2027. Certificate SGS/230890 was recorded from the list on 2 August 2026; the export carries no certificate column, so the identifier was not re-read on 7 October 2026.; The exact datasheet lists AS/NZS 4777.2:2020, IEC/EN 62109, EN 50549-1, VDE-AR-N 4105 and further national grid standards.
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Primary datasheetHybrid / battery capability+5 in JSON record
7 changes to this record · 1 product changed in this update
Source revision
- Current text
- Sungrow SH5/10T datasheet Version 3, SH5-25T manual Version 17, Australian warranty Version 4.2 and current approved-inverter list checked 2026-08-02; AU inverter outage-reality evidence checked 2026-08-06. India existing-catalogue inverter review 2026-09-02: IN overlays recorded from manufacturer Indian catalogues; scores unchanged. Bounded 6 October 2026 backup-timing reader integration: maker-linked manual SH5_6_8_10_12_15_20_25T-UEN-Ver18-202512, exact SH10T table PDF132-133, agrees with Version 3 below-10-ms switch specification; Australian 0 ms headline qualified. Other fields and full-record/market verification dates unchanged.
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Primary datasheetTitle
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- Backup switching: below 10 ms in engineering documents
Evidence sources
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- https://info-support.sungrowpower.com/application/pdf/2024/06/05/DS_20240603_SH5_10T_Datasheet_V3_EN.pdf; https://info-support.sungrowpower.com/product-materials/4b5bcbec-60ba-4253-ac75-f49aa9208878.pdf; https://www.sungrowpower.com/au/en/products/residential-energy-storage-system/sht-5-6-8-10-12
Backup / islanding: Evidence sources
- Before
- https://info-support.sungrowpower.com/application/pdf/2024/06/05/DS_20240603_SH5_10T_Datasheet_V3_EN.pdf; https://info-support.sungrowpower.com/application/pdf/2025/07/17/SH5-25T-EN-Ver17-202504.pdf
- After
- https://info-support.sungrowpower.com/application/pdf/2024/06/05/DS_20240603_SH5_10T_Datasheet_V3_EN.pdf; https://info-support.sungrowpower.com/product-materials/4b5bcbec-60ba-4253-ac75-f49aa9208878.pdf; https://www.sungrowpower.com/au/en/products/residential-energy-storage-system/sht-5-6-8-10-12
Evidence sources
- Before
- https://info-support.sungrowpower.com/application/pdf/2024/06/05/DS_20240603_SH5_10T_Datasheet_V3_EN.pdf
- After
- https://info-support.sungrowpower.com/application/pdf/2024/06/05/DS_20240603_SH5_10T_Datasheet_V3_EN.pdf; https://info-support.sungrowpower.com/product-materials/4b5bcbec-60ba-4253-ac75-f49aa9208878.pdf; https://www.sungrowpower.com/au/en/products/residential-energy-storage-system/sht-5-6-8-10-12
Summary
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- The Australian product page uses a “0 ms Disruption” headline, but the SH5T/SH10T Version 3 datasheet and the exact SH10T table in manual Ver18-202512 specify BACK-UP switch time below 10 ms. Use the engineering specification; a guaranteed zero-interruption or measured 0 ms result is not established. The scored SH10T retains 9.999 kW Australian rated AC output and 10 kW continuous off-grid output. Its 15 kW / 15 kVA off-grid peak lasts 10 seconds and requires sufficient PV and battery power. These ratings do not guarantee support for every household load or establish autonomous restart after complete battery depletion. The current manual does not establish which hardware or firmware revision is installed at a particular site.
Value
- Before
- BACK-UP switch time is below 10 ms.
- After
- BACK-UP switch time is below 10 ms in the Version 3 datasheet and exact SH10T table of manual Ver18-202512 (PDF132-133). The Australian product page’s 0 ms Disruption headline does not establish a measured or guaranteed 0 ms transfer.
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IN Status
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- unavailable
Source revision
- Current text
- Sungrow SH5/10T datasheet Version 3, SH5-25T manual Version 17, Australian warranty Version 4.2 and current approved-inverter list checked 2026-08-02; AU inverter outage-reality evidence checked 2026-08-06. India existing-catalogue inverter review 2026-09-02: IN overlays recorded from manufacturer Indian catalogues; scores unchanged.
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Primary datasheetIN Certifications
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- The exact scored model SH10T is not named on Sungrow's Indian residential storage catalogue retrieved 2026-09-02. India has no public per-model BIS register.
IN Support Note
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- The exact scored model SH10T is not named on Sungrow's Indian residential storage catalogue. India has no public per-model BIS register, so registration is not independently verified here. Absence from that catalogue is a listing fact, not a quality finding, and does not change the global score. That catalogue names MG5/6RL, MG8RL/MG10RL and MGL060. The older India PV list names SH5.0/6.0/8.0/10RT. SH10T is not among them and is not transferred. Existing AU, US or DE warranty terms are not transferred.
IN Evidence sources
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- https://ind.sungrowpower.com/ProductsHome/14/pv-system; https://www.sungrowpower.com/in/en/products/residential-energy-storage-system
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Canonical identity
- Before
- Sungrow SH5T / SH10T Hybrid 9.999 kW
- After
- Sungrow SH5T / SH10T Three-Phase 9.999 kW
4 changes to this record · 73 products changed in this update
Evidence sources
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- https://info-support.sungrowpower.com/application/pdf/2024/06/05/DS_20240603_SH5_10T_Datasheet_V3_EN.pdf
Value
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- Direct-pv hybrid inverter with 2 independent MPPTs at the scored model boundary.
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Evidence timeline
Recorded verification events for this scorecard. These are evidence checks, not historical score snapshots.
- US market evidence checked
- AU market evidence checked
- Plain-language warranty summary checked
- Core scorecard evidence checked
- IN market evidence checked
- DE market evidence checked
- Australian certification source identity verified
- Series benchmark evidence checked
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Our reading
SH5T / SH10T Three-Phase sits at the top of the Inverter class with 82 points against a class average of 70.5. Its strongest scoring dimension is design & flexibility (88), running 7.1 points above the class average on this dimension. Key specifications: 98.0% peak efficiency, 2 MPPT inputs, 10-year warranty.
Dietreich Farquharson · review.solar