SMA Solar Technology AG Troubleshooting
Technical Description SI5048-TB-TEN110340 201
20.7 Failure Categories
The Sunny Island distinguishes between 5 different levels of failures, each requiring different user
interaction.
Level Description Display on
the
Sunny Island
Meaning
1 Warning Warning Warning, device continues to run. There is an explicit
information on the Home Screen that a warning was
recorded.
2 Malfunction 1 Malfunction Failure that can only be detected during operation.
Device switches off. Device can be restarted
immediately (autostart).
3 Malfunction 2 Malfunction Failure that can also be detected in standby mode.
Device switches off. The device can only be restarted
(autostart) once the system detects that the failure has
ended.
4 Failure Failure Device fault. Device switches off. User interaction
required (failure removal, confirmation, manual
restart).
5 Device defect Defect Device is defect. Device switches off and does not
switch on again. Permanent disable. Device must be
replaced.