[RFI] Solar Edge RFI Filter Installation Report

[Tony]

All:

My neighbor informed me that Solar Edge installed a newly designed RFI 
filter on his solar panel installation this week. We were hoping for the 
best, but the filter had no noticeable effect on the noise at my station 
which is still S-9 plus.

My neighbor gave me permission to sweep the solar panel cabling as well 
as the exposed A/C lines in his home and I found that the noise is 
essentially the same as it was prior to the filter installation.

I also probed the power line attached to his home and found that the RFI 
is making it's way onto the line out to the pole. This seems logical 
since the RFI is being conducted onto the A/C lines in the home whenever 
the system is active.

It's frustrating to think that this issue could have been resolved years 
ago if Solar Edge would have sent one of their systems to the ARRL lab 
for testing. I've asked many time over the years, but that never happened.

I'm glad to see Ed Hare mention that Solar Edge is about to test a new 
prototype system so their maybe light at the end of the tunnel.

Wish I had better news.

Tony -K2MO