SOLAR PANEL SYSTEM INSTALLATION: USE OF INVERTERS

CAN I GET A SOLAR PANEL?

One of the first things that need to be conducted after giving consideration of
installing a solar panel system into your house is an engineers inspection- in this the engineer
gets up on the roof and brings with him a solar pathfinderto which he uses to determine the
times of the day particular areas are shaded
In this the engineer goes to the four corners of the roof and points it to the south to
which a glass dome reacts and reflect anything that throws shadow on it- basically a
reflection will be present in which you can see what time of the day it is and how might that
shadow affect that spot; ultimately the purpose of this engineers inspection is to orient the
solar arrays on the south side on a 20 degree window angle.
Note: roof loading will also be conducted to make sure that the houses roof load can carry
the solar arrays above
HOW BIG OF A SOLAR PANEL SYSTEM DO I NEED?
Some of the things you might consider when you finally decided to buy a solar panel
system is the roof space you have and of course the finances. Tables provided by the solar
panel system company or even online pages will guide you to come up with an estimate that
tells you the relation of your house lot size, appliances and their voltages, and the needed or
advised KW system you should buy.
INVERTERS
Solar Panel Systems are only good for about 25 years but inverters only last for 10-15
years, so it is expected that you should have pocket money saved for the maintenance of the
whole system. Solar Arrays put out DC current- the current that are present in lithium
batteries, but a house harnesses AC- and inverters do the necessary conversion.
SOLAR INVERTERS
Solar Inverters have a couple of drawbacks when it comes to efficiency- e.g. for a
house that uses 13 panel of arrays not all the panels will provide the same amount of power
at any time- one might be working hundred watts while the other is working on providing 90
watts- since its only one inverters the minimum amount energy masks the whole system- so if
one fails you lost almost lost 1/3 of the energy production.
MICROINVERTERS
An answer to the efficiency problem provided by the solar inverters is the invention of
microinverters to which instead of stringing multiple panel together and putting them in one
inverter, microinverters are installed on every single panel this independent/