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Controlling your solar panels

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Controlling your solar panels

If you'd like to check that your solar panels are working properly, here's a tutorial to help you.

This tutorial is applicable for:

Difficulté : Easy
Temps nécessaire : 10 minutes
Nombre d’étapes : 4
Mise à jour : February 2025

Materials needed:

Multimeter

Tutorial steps:

Step 1: Disconnecting the solar panels

  • To work safely, please disconnect the inverter from the 230V power supply, then disconnect your solar panels.
  • Disconnect the solar panels by pressing on the MC4 connectors and pulling on the connectors.

Step 2: Visual inspection

  • Make sure that solar panel is not dirty or damaged. A dirty solar panel can lose up to 15% of production.

The solar panels can be cleaned with lukewarm water and a soft cloth. Do not use detergents. Do not scratch the surface of panel to avoid scratching the surface glass.

  • Check that every weld line connecting the cells is perfectly straight.
  • In the event of a power cut or damage to solar panel, production will be affected to a greater or lesser extent.

Step 3: Checking no-load performance

  • Position your solar panel in full sunlight.
  • Use a multimeter to check the voltage of each solar panel.
  • Configure your multimeter to measure a 20Vdc voltage.
  • Connect the Volt terminal of your multimeter to the “+” connector of the solar panel.
  • Connect the Gnd terminal on your multimeter to the “-” connector on solar panel.
  • In full sunlight and with no load, each solar panel should supply 10.7Vdc.

Step 4: Checking solar panels under load

  • Reconnect each solar panel to the inverter, and then reconnect the inverter to your 230V outlet.
  • Wait about 3 minutes for your inverter to start up.
  • Then launch your AvidsenHome application
  • On the SORIA kit home page, click on “PV puissance”.
  • The “Photovoltaic voltage” value corresponds to the voltage supplied by your solar panels. With 4 compliant solar panels, you should have a value of 34V
  • The “Photovoltaic current” value corresponds to the current produced by your solar panels. This value will depend on the positioning of your solar panels and the sun’s light output. A good exposure should be around 10A.

Example of a solar panel that is poorly connected or faulty

  • Photovoltaic voltage is incorrect
  • Photovoltaic current is correct

Incorrect exposure or low light intensity

  • Photovoltaic voltage is correct
  • Photovoltaic current is incorrect

 

It’s normal to have these values in autumn and winter.

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