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Originally Posted by Interceptor

Hardly irrelevant, its still a cost that gets passed onto the consumer, and consider the scarcity of facilities to recycle the materials. My nearest solar panel recycling depot is ~300km away, and I know my local council doesnt send the panels they recieve there.



The solar installation at my house lasted 8 years before the inverter died, no solar installer I've spoken with will replace *just* the inverter, they all want to replace the panels too.



As I said, only 1 electricity provider in the area.

The cost of recycling isn't driving prices up for anyone. Let that go. It's not a problem at all to worry about especially given panel life and the newer wind blades are much better than Gen 1 (just like coal plants have become more efficient over the years).

Plenty of inverters you can buy second hand as well. Lot of people are selling their inverters cheap that are upgrading to Powerwall 3 given it has an inbuilt inverter.

Maybe you can upgrade to Powerwall 3 with the rebates? Many are offering free panels up to the size of the Powerwall (11kw)

A failed inverter shouldn't make you question the entire industry... But if that works for you, I'm not going to tell you how to live.