10kW Enphase IQ8 install
Residential rooftop in Ventura with IQ Battery 10C backup. Full design through SCE interconnection in 9 weeks.
A Ventura homeowner wanted solar with whole-home backup, not a partial-circuits emergency panel. Their existing main service panel was a legacy split-bus that most installers would have insisted on swapping — a multi-thousand-dollar add and a separate permit.
We sized a 10 kW IQ8 array with an IQ Battery 10C for backup, and used the IQ Meter Collar to deliver whole-home backup without touching the load center. The Combiner 6C centralized the microinverter outputs and gave us the Envoy gateway for monitoring.
Permitted, installed, and through SCE interconnection in nine weeks from contract. Whole-home backup live without the panel swap, saving the customer about $3,200 in adjacent electrical work. System has been monitored through Enlighten since PTO with no callbacks.
Stack & notes.
System
- Array: 10 kW DC, 24 modules on a south-facing roof plane
- Microinverters: Enphase IQ8M, module-level MPPT
- Storage: IQ Battery 10C (10 kWh), Storm Guard enabled
- Combiner: IQ Combiner 6C with embedded Envoy gateway
- Whole-home backup: IQ Meter Collar (no load-center swap required)
Notes
The Meter Collar path keeps the existing split-bus panel in place, which matters for older Ventura housing stock where panel swaps cascade into a service upgrade. Most other installers won't do this configuration; we will.
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