How to use monitoring data to prove a solar warranty claim
Baseline your solar system's yield, export monitoring data you actually own, and turn a declining trend into evidence a warranty assessor will take seriously.
System Monitoring Metrics
Inverter, battery and consumption monitoring metrics used to identify underperformance.
How to prove your solar estimate was right in year one
Compare your monitoring platform's monthly production, consumption and export figures against the original solar estimate before you put a query in writing.
Where your self-consumption number is actually hiding
Self-consumption is not on your bill or your app home screen. Derive it from daily yield, export and load — and learn why a full week beats one sunny day.
How much of your solar output never reaches the meter
Inverter production and municipal meter readings are different quantities. Here is what sits between them, and how to tell a real fault from a normal gap.
Your Solar App Numbers Look Wrong During Load Shedding
Most odd solar app readings during load shedding are missing-grid artefacts, not faults. Learn which numbers still mean something and which to ignore.
Is your solar system producing the yield it was sold on?
Compare the specific yield and performance ratio on your monitoring against the modelled figure in your quote, and read the event log before you panic.
The one solar app reading worth logging every morning
In the first weeks after switch-on, one reading taken at the same time each morning builds the baseline that later proves whether your solar system has changed.
The hybrid app figure most owners never think to check
The daily battery discharge total, not the live flow arrow, shows whether a hybrid battery is cycled by design or drained by loads nobody meant to back up.
How Monitoring Data Shows When Solar Panels Need Cleaning
Stop cleaning panels on a calendar. Learn to read expected vs actual yield, per-string dips and rain resets so monitoring data decides when cleaning is needed.