How to size your solar inverter based on load requirements
A solar energy solution is the perfect way to keep ahead of the grid issues and the electricity problems that Pakistan has. For example, during summers, the rates for electricity go way up, and using energy for things like ACs and other cooling equipment feels like injustice, not to anybody but to your wallet itself. Solar energy solutions are the perfect way to get around those issues; not only do you get to use energy without any regard to bills, but the energy you don’t use can be fed into the grid, further counting towards your bill getting down. So, a solar energy solution is the way to go.
However, getting the right one is important. Because so many companies and service providers exist, getting the right one means getting a solar energy company that will properly size your solar energy solution, and more specifically, your solar inverter. Which is what we’ll be discussing today; how to size your solar inverter based on load requirements. But first, we’ll be discussing what sizing is in solar energy, and then we’ll understand how the energy requirements of the home and the output of the solar panels actually determine how your solar inverter can be sized correctly.
Lets get right into it.
Solar Inverter Sizing
When it comes to sizing, in the solar energy industry, we’re not necessarily talking about size per se. One might think that sizing means checking out just how much area the entire solar apparatus is going to take; from solar panels on the roof to the rest of the equipment in the house, that is not what solar solution sizing is all about. Instead, sizing in solar terms means calculating what the energy requirements of a household, or a commercial site are, and then matching those with the right equipment to ensure that power generation either matches or exceeds the requirements that the premises need in terms of energy.
A good example of solar energy sizing would be if the house consumes 10kW of electricity everyday. Then, complex calculations included, and factoring for days when energy usage spikes and dips altogether will give the installation team an estimate of how much energy the house consumes on an average basis. This will tell them what system to use; how many solar panels of a specific wattage, what solar inverter should be used, as well as a solar battery should the configuration demand it. All in all, it means getting the right equipment for the energy requirements of the premises, and solar inverter sizing is the same; calculating the energy requirements of the household, and then making sure that your solar inverter can handle the energy requirements and doesn’t get overworked at all.
As a rule of thumb, it is commonly understood that residential solar energy requirements aren’t all that much, whereas the energy generation required for commercial or industrial settings are way higher. As such, the solar inverter requirements for both settings are also varied; where residential solar inverters aren’t too heavy duty and have lower voltages, industrial and commercial solar inverters are designed to work well with heavy loads and intensive energy generation metrics. However, both of these inverters have the same amazing efficiency and most of the time, voltronic inverters like those from ANICSUN boast up to 99 per cent efficiency.
Sizing a Solar Inverter Based on Load Requirements
Much like how an entire solar energy solution is sized for the load requirements of the premises, be it residential or commercial, much of the process is the same for a solar inverter. The same calculations required for sizing an entire solar energy solution are followed here, except for the fact that when sizing a solar inverter, you also need to make sure that the solar panels are actually compatible with the solar inverter. Because if they are not, you might end up with an expensive piece of solar energy equipment that doesn’t work, or doesn’t work as efficiently as it should. Which means that once you have ensured that your solar inverter is good to go with the solar panels that you have bought, and is good to go with the energy requirements that the premises have, your solar energy solution can now be installed and you can now enjoy savings to the maximum.
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