Why is your warranty voided if your solar power inverter is mounted in direct sunlight?

As a solar system service provider, we have encountered many mistakes that could have been avoided. It's common to see inverters mounted on the north or west wall, which is not ideal due to the harsh Australian sun. This not only causes the inverter to run hotter, but also voids the warranty. It's important to pick a good installer to avoid such mistakes and ensure maximum efficiency of your solar system.

With a three to five-year return on investment for a solar system, it's crucial to monitor the system for optimum performance. We have a fleet account that allows us to remotely diagnose error messages and notify customers proactively before they even realize there is a problem. By choosing a reliable service provider, you can avoid common mistakes and ensure the long-term efficiency of your solar system.

By servicing systems, we come across many mistakes. There's some corners that can be cut. We see inverters mounted on a north or a west wall because that's where the switchboard is. It's obviously the shortest cable run, where that's not the ideal place for the inverter. It's an electronic appliance that's going to be running hotter because of the harsh Australian sun. It usually voids the warranty by mounting in direct sunlight like that. Yeah, these are just common things, that we've noticed in the industry in our time, which is why we find I think it's very important to, you know, to pick a good installer.

So, you know, it can be anywhere from a three to five-year return on a solar system. We monitor all our systems, all our systems. We have fleet accounts where we monitor all our systems and can remotely diagnose when you call up, and we get a you know, error messages. We try to be proactive to, you know, to notify the customer when there is a problem before they've actually, the customer even knows.