Sure. But that also has to be weighed up against the risk that the device has a firmware bug which will render it inoperable. Or that a potential fault won't b

Sure. But that also has to be weighed up against the risk that the device has a firmware bug which will render it inoperable. Or that a potential fault won't be identified and the owner won't be alerted. There are risks on both sides. But, in the UK at least, there are several inverters which don't require an IP address.