Note Solar Edge is not based in the US. This indicates, as far as FCC is
concerned, the 'solar optimizers' are imported through Customs as a
'component'. As such, there is no requirement for passing regulations or
requirement for an FCC sticker (Class B - home and small office). FCC
places no regulations on 'components' imported through Customs. In this
case, the FCC holds the system integrator, the installers and companies
that sell the system composed of a collection of 'components', responsible
for the EMC/RFI solution. Likely, they do nothing on sale or
installation. The sales and installers are responsible and, of course,
they do nothing.
Again, we're stuck with a paper tiger with the FCC of today.
Dave - WØLEV
On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 3:49 PM, Tom Lizak <k1tl@cox.net> wrote:
> I have mentioned this a while back about a "class action suit" to the
> scofflaws of these solar optimizers, mainly Solar Edge.
>
>
>
> What you need is a big complaint to the FCC by a good majority of the
> amateurs who are having this issue, like I am ATM. I have next door
> neighbor and one house 1/4 mile from this QTH with a horrendous birdie on
> 50.098MHz and identifies itself every 100KHz and trashes the whole 50MHz
> band with S7+ noise floor levels making the 6m band unusable !
>
>
>
> I do not detect anything on the 30m band...so far. I will be installing a
> 17m yagi shortly and wondering what kind of surprises I may find on that
> band ! ! ! !
>
>
>
> I was supposed to have a field tech from Solar Edge come over a few weeks
> ago to take some measurements on the RFI problem...he was a "no show".
>
>
>
> If these Solar Edge optimizers had FCC stickers on them, someone must have
> made some up and stuck them on the units because they should not have
> passed
> the rules and regulations on radiation emissions from a device. Maybe
> Solar
> Edge made up their own rules and regs on these pieces of garbage...I call
> it
> "piss poor engineering".
>
>
>
> If nothing is done about this now, it will get even worse and by the time
> the smoke has settled, the company will most likely be out of business by
> then.
>
>
>
> 73 y'all,
>
> Tom / K1TL...
>
>
>
>
>
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