“It truly is shitty that Deye didn’t run this geographical check at the initial installation of these inverters.”
On November 15, Deye-branded inverters across the US went dark with a message saying they are “not allowed use at Pakistan/USA/UK.” Sol-Ark has held exclusive US rights to the hardware since 2018 and has gone to court over unauthorized sales. Homeowners who paid for solar and backup power lost both over a distribution fight they never heard of. A company in China flipped a switch and American homes lost power.