My Solar Panels Are Not Working

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My solar panels are not working.

Most inverters won t liven up unless your solar panels are generating. Check the weather while solar panels work on cloudy and rainy days their output won t match that on clear sunny days. If you see a red light flashing. If the inverter is showing an error message refer to the manual or search online to find out what it means.

If there is enough light outside for the panels to generate and the inverter screen is not showing anything then there s a good chance there s no grid supply to the inverter. Inverter red light flashing your inverter should display a blinking yellow light. Clean energy council performance not met the clean. When it s overcast your solar panels will likely operate at 10 to 25 of their rated capacity.

It s also possible that one solar panel in your pv array failed. Half of inverter problems are actually due to the solar array having a faulty panel or cable and the inverter detecting this according to bright green renewables managing director mark partridge. Zero output is a common problem and in nine out of ten cases it is due to a faulty inverter or charge controller.