Originally Posted by wa2ise
Anyone who owns consumer electronics nowadays knows that that would be a risky bet...


Any electrolytic capacitors in the micro-inverters will fail long before modules solar cells for sure, they are the doom of most every inverter made today except for a few, most notably AE Solaron and PVPowered inverters, several others are coming around, but as a rule most inverters will fail because of this within 10-15 years and required upgrades or complete replacement.

It should be noted that in many parts of the world the rates are well above $0.40/kWH and several EU States are above $0.50/kWH so payback there would be considerably quicker.