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To be clear, the system is 11 years old; I've only owned the house for 1 month. I'm just trying to figure out how it's performing. After seeing GXMNow's reply, I must be interpreting my bill incorrectly. Potomac Edison defines Kilowatt-Hours Out as the amount of energy we received from your...

Interesting. Thanks for the heads up. I'll check that out.

I have a Sunny Boy Model SB 5000US inverter for my 4.2kW system. I can only see the current production on the front LCD. SMA had an accessory called the "webbox" that would connect the inverter to the network. However, their tech support told me that's been discontinued. Short of replacing...

It looks like my luck has run out on this system. The house is rented and yesterday my property management company said the tenants reported water stains on the kitchen ceiling which is directly under these panels. I'm guessing the melting snow up there found a way in. I'm not in the area to...

We're buying a house that has a 4.2kW grid tie system installed on the roof 2 owners ago. The system is owned and not leased (I checked) and seems to be working, but I can't tell how well. It's a 4BR house and the current owner says she pays ~$100/month for electricity--AC, water heater, and...

How does your Sunny Boy transmit data to your Sunny View?

We bought our house in 2019 with a roof-mounted 4.2kW system. The system is 13 years old now and we know we are less than a couple years away from a new roof (assessment of home inspector and some roofing contractors). We lived in the house for just 2 months before renting it out for the past...

We bought a house with a 4.2kW grid tie system. It's 11 years old now. There's no web connectivity on the inverter for me to track its performance, but I can see the real time output on the small LCD. Right now at 12:30pm with fairly clear skies, it's showing 2713W output. That seems OK to...

Thanks for the tip. Reading through the NEC 2017 code now. Looks like there are several exceptions for ground mounted systems vs roof mounted (which is good for me).