{"id":2063,"date":"2012-11-07T19:12:01","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T09:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=2063"},"modified":"2014-01-06T08:24:23","modified_gmt":"2014-01-05T22:54:23","slug":"solar-panel-direction-which-way-should-your-solar-panels-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-panel-direction-which-way-should-your-solar-panels-face\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Panel Direction: Which Way Should Your Solar Panels Face?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Should you point your solar panels North so that you get the maximum power from them?<\/p>\n<p>Not necessarily&#8230;let me explain:<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Which Direction Should Your Solar Panels Face?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ql3dyD8ylFU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>And here&#8217;s the transcript if you prefer reading:<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Hi! I\u2019m Finn Peacock, which direction should your solar panels face? Well, in an ideal world to maximize the power output of your panels, your solar panel direction should be north. But not everyone has a north facing roof or has a north facing roof that\u2019s big enough for a decent sized solar system. So a very common question I get is:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I\u2019ve only got an east or a west facing roof area, which side should I put my solar panels on?&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Well in terms of power output, in theory, because the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, you should get exactly the same amount of power whether you put them on the east or the west.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s almost always the case that you\u2019re better off put them on the west. Why is that? Because if your panels are on the west, you will generate your solar electricity later in the day.<\/p>\n<p>Now why is that a good thing? 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