Keeping a solar energy system fully operational is essential to ensure its efficiency, durability and return on investment. With this in mind, ASSETSOL has developed a practical and accessible guide, with simple instructions that any consumer can follow, even without technical knowledge.
The material brings together best practices for conservation and optimization, such as proper cleaning, periodic inspections, performance monitoring and protection against electrical discharges. In addition, the guide highlights the importance of staying up to date with innovations in the sector and the need to hire qualified professionals for regular maintenance.
Check out the tips below:
Regular cleaning
Keep solar panels clean to ensure maximum efficiency. Remove dirt, dust and debris that may block sunlight, and remember: modules are extremely sensitive equipment internally, so you should never step on their surface, because even if there is no easily visible damage, microcracks detectable only with laboratory equipment can be caused, directly compromising the ability to generate energy from the panel that was stepped on at some point.
Periodic inspection
Perform regular inspections to check for visible damage to panels, cables, and inverters. Even if there is no defect, there may be a problem. Damage to cables and connectors, for example, can keep your system running, but with the quality and quantity of usable energy for consumption extremely compromised, causing your savings to be less than expected.
Performance monitoring
Use monitoring systems to track energy production and quickly identify any problems. Inverter manufacturers’ platforms provide a very complete and practically real-time overview, creating graphs that can be followed over different time periods.
Checking for possible shading
Check for trees or structures that could create shade over the solar panels and do what is necessary to minimize this. Over time and through the seasons, the amount of shade cast changes, which can directly compromise the ability of your rooftop panels to convert solar energy into electricity.
Inverter check
Monitor the status of the inverter, as it is crucial for converting the generated energy into usable electricity. In most cases, inverters have LED lights that show operating status, or a display screen that also indicates operating status, alerts and alarms.
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Proper management of energy bills
Monitor everything that is being charged on your energy bills on a monthly basis. Check whether compensation is being paid correctly and whether the amounts charged by the energy provider make sense based on your solar energy generation and your consumption cycle history.
Protection against electrical discharges
Install surge protection devices to protect the system from voltage spikes, which can come from atmospheric discharges (the famous lightning strikes), or also from the power companies' own maneuvers.
Component update
Consider upgrading inverters or other components as technology evolves to improve efficiency, as well as safety and protection devices such as circuit breakers, connection terminals and terminals.
Education and information
Stay informed about best practices and innovations in the solar energy field to maximize the use of your system. Following these practices can help ensure that your solar system operates much more efficiently in the long run.
Professional maintenance
Hire qualified professionals to perform maintenance, repairs and monitoring of your system, ensuring that everything is working correctly.
Good Practice Guide
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11a. Keep an eye on the government, ANEEL and in distributors, because they are always looking for ways to increase the rates on the energy you generate, consume and deliver the excess for them to store, BUT they charge you fees when you ask for it back at night or during periods without sunlight.