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A solar inspection by a licensed electrician or accredited assessor checks safety, performance, and compliance. Useful when buying a property with existing solar, after storm damage, or when performance has dropped unexpectedly.
Your inverter's red light, fault code, or monitoring alert can mean anything from a minor communication glitch to a system fault that's losing you hundreds of dollars in generation. Here's how to diagnose common inverter warnings.
Solar inverters are usually the first part of a Perth system to wear out, well before the panels. Here's how to tell yours is failing, what your replacement options are, and how to protect your feed-in tariff when you swap it.
Your inverter brand determines which monitoring app you use. Here's what Fronius Solar.web, Sungrow iSolarCloud, Enphase MyEnlighten, and others show, plus what to watch for in Perth conditions.
Perth's long dry summers and bird activity can quietly trim solar output. Here's how much soiling actually costs you, when cleaning pays for itself, and how to do it safely.
Performance ratio (PR) is the standard metric for assessing whether a solar system is performing as expected. Here's what a healthy PR looks like for Perth systems, what causes PR to fall, and how to check your own system.
Perth's summer storm season brings hail, high winds, and lightning. Modern solar panels and inverters are built to handle typical WA weather, but knowing when to shut down, what damage to look for, and how insurance applies is important for every Perth solar owner.
Claiming on a solar panel or inverter warranty in Perth involves different processes depending on whether it's a product warranty (manufacturer) or workmanship warranty (installer). Here's what to document and who to contact.