Solar Analytics Monitoring: A Complete Review

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Installing solar panels in your house is one of the best ways to minimize your energy costs and maximize your savings. However, through monitoring, you can increase those savings and this can be done using a device named Solar Analytics. Let’s take a look at why monitoring the solar power generation and electricity consumption is really important in order to save more money.

What is Solar Analytics and How Does it Work?

Solar Analytics, as mentioned earlier, is a device which monitors electricity consumption of your house as well as the solar power generated by solar panels. It uses an electric module present within the switchboard. Moreover, highly accurate sensors are present in order to measure the electricity consumption and solar power generation. A mobile app receives this data after some time through a transmitter and analyzes it using smart algorithms which are usually developed by a team of experts. These algorithms provide information regarding:

• Electricity consumption
• Total grid voltage
• Sold and bought electricity in total
• Estimated amount that you can ...
... save
• Overall performance of your solar system
• Amount of electricity that must be generated by your solar system vs What it is actually generating

These smart algorithms are also capable of detecting any kind of fault using the same data which can help you improve your solar system’s performance. With the help of satellites as well as BOM data, Solar Analytics lets you know what your system is lacking and what’s the best way to increase the efficiency of it. Moreover, grid voltage can also be measured using the same device which is helpful in knowing about why the system is under-performing even under favorable conditions.

Benefits of Solar Analytics Monitoring

Solar Analytics Monitoring is beneficial in so many ways especially for those who have installed a large number of panels on the rooftop of their houses. Some of those benefits are given below:
1. It is quite simple and easily understandable
2. It can monitor the consumption of every single power circuit.
3. Alerts you regarding any issue associated with system’s performance
4. Estimates the cost of electricity accurately

Difficulties in Monitoring Solar System’s Performance

Due to the climate change issues especially in Southern States of Australia, the performance of your solar system may vary throughout the year. This may cause the generation to be halved in winter than in summer. Besides that, solar panels’ power output reduces by almost 1% every year. Moreover, the dirt present on the top of panels may also cause them generate less electricity. So, cleaning of these panels must be done in order for them to keep working better. All these factors must be taken care of so that the system works at its best which will ultimately be beneficial for you.

Want to talk to Australia’s most trusted Solar retailer?

At AusPac Solar, we think it’s important to provide our customers with the highest quality solar installations and electrical work that come with the promise of ongoing servicing and maintenance support.

If you would like to discuss any of the points above or you are just wanting to engage with a genuine, customer-focused solar company that will deliver a solar installation at a fair and reasonable price, give our friendly team a call on 1300 197 237 or contact us here and one of our solar experts will be in touch.

My name is Michel Marsin and i work full time as a freelance writer, editor former social worker. I am passionate about writing articles on different topics.