system output honesty [RE-wrenches]

[Jerry Caldwell]

--- Steve Bell <sebpv at stelle.net> wrote:
it is important for
> dealers to explain to
> their potential grid-tie customers that the typical
> "net" power delivered to
> the grid is only about 65-70% (at best) of the
> "rated" output of the solar
> array.

Steve, I agree that this is a very important issue. 
This mis-educates consumers and gives false
expectations.  I have gotten leads and referals, some
from people on this list, where the original wrench
multiplied the peak DC rating of the array times 5
full sun hours/day and gave that figure as the
expected system output.

It can be a little challenging to re-educate these
folks once they've been told differently by an
"expert".

Jerry Caldwell

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