{"id":22607,"date":"2018-07-25T09:09:21","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T22:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=22607"},"modified":"2019-12-27T19:18:11","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T08:48:11","slug":"poor-solar-panel-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/poor-solar-panel-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Poor Solar Panel Performance? Be Sure To Check Both Energy and Power."},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you suspect your solar power system has poor performance – here’s what you need to check.<\/p><\/div>\n

Although I personally can’t think of anything in life more exciting than getting a new solar power system installed, I sincerely hope you can – otherwise you’d be as weird as me.\u00a0 Having said that, even those who score 10 out of 10 on the Voight-Kampff normal human test<\/span><\/a> should feel excited when they get their first solar system.\u00a0 Unfortunately, this excitement sometimes gives way to confusion and heartbreak if they erroneously come to the conclusion that their new solar panels are not performing as well as they should.<\/p>\n

It’s not unusual<\/a> for people with new systems to think they have a problem. They know how many kilowatts of solar panels<\/a> they have and then realise that the instantaneous power their system is producing (in kilowatts) is lower even though the skies are clear and the sun is shining.<\/p>\n

For the most part, solar panel and solar inverter<\/a> capacities are maximums that are rarely reached.\u00a0 There are a variety of factors that impede your system from reaching its full capacity.\u00a0 Even on a sunny day, a number of these dirty1<\/a><\/sup> factors can be hard at work preventing your system from ever performing at max power.<\/p>\n