How to Match Solar Panel Inverter Size to Your System Output
Save hundreds yearly by matching your solar inverter to your panel output. Boost efficiency, cut losses, and future-proof your solar investment.
An inverter that is the same size (in kW) or larger than your solar array is being under-utilised. An inverter that is paired with a solar array of up to 33% higher powery will be operating at maximum power for longer each day. 2. Regulatory requirements But why a 6.6kW array of solar panels with a 5kW inverter?
Maximise STCs: Purchasing a larger inverter might negate the savings you will receive on your STCs. A smaller inverter with maximised solar panels will attract a greater return when claiming the STCs. More efficient system: While a solar panel may be rated for 400W of solar production, the panels will not produce this 100% during daylight hours.
Over the years we have seen systems with too large or too small an inverter, which would never be able to get the best from the solar panels they're connected to, and therefore it's not as simple as “it's worked for 6 years so it must be OK” (yes, we get that line all the time).
The orientation of the solar array is also a factor in our choice of inverter size. In an array on both sides of a house where the two halves of the system are facing in opposite directions, the peak output will be much lower than if all the panels were facing in the same direction.
Save hundreds yearly by matching your solar inverter to your panel output. Boost efficiency, cut losses, and future-proof your solar investment.
This can have several causes. We look at the different possibilities below: Inverter is sized smaller (intentional undersizing) What is it? The inverter is deliberately chosen smaller than the peak power
An inverter that is the same size (in kW) or larger than your solar array is being under-utilised. An inverter that is paired with a solar array of up to 33% higher powery will be operating at
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This is probably the question that we are most frequently asked, hence the decision to write an article to explain. Surely it would be better if the inverter is rated higher than the total installed capacity of the
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