{"id":844,"date":"2025-02-19T01:58:31","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T01:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/2025\/02\/19\/why-your-solar-panels-arent-producing-rated-power\/"},"modified":"2025-02-19T01:58:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T01:58:31","slug":"why-your-solar-panels-arent-producing-rated-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/2025\/02\/19\/why-your-solar-panels-arent-producing-rated-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Your Solar Panels Aren&#8217;t Producing Rated Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yhNOOIvIGVU?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Calculate Solar Cost For Your Home &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/solar_reviews\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/geni.us\/solar_reviews<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Solar panel Tilt Angle Calculator &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/z8r7\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/geni.us\/z8r7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When getting started in DIY solar it can be a bit confusing sizing your system and trying to understand how many PV panels you actually need.  I will run you through an example that will show that just adding out each panel power output might not work so well when you are trying to right-size your system.<\/p>\n<p>Chapters<br \/>0:00 Intro<br \/>0:56 What Are Standard Test Conditions (STC)<br \/>3:37 Getting The Right System Size For Your Home<br \/>4:35 Power Output Factor 1 &#8211; Panel Mounting Direction<br \/>5:08 Power Output Factor 2 &#8211;  Panel Mounting Angle<br \/>6:28 Power Output Factor 3 &#8211; Wire Gauge Sizing<br \/>7:35 Power Output Factor 4 &#8211; Dirty Panels<br \/>8:15 Power Output Factor 5 &#8211; Shading From Trees or Structures<\/p>\n<p>DISCLAIMER: This video and description contain affiliate links, which means that if you click on one of the product links, I\u2019ll receive a small commission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calculate Solar Cost For Your Home &#8211; https:\/\/geni.us\/solar_reviews Solar panel Tilt Angle Calculator &#8211; https:\/\/geni.us\/z8r7 When getting started in DIY solar it can be a bit confusing sizing your system and trying to understand how many PV panels you actually need. I will run you through an example that will show that just adding out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8553,"featured_media":845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1370,6092,6095,6093,6094],"tags":[1344,6088,6091,6089,6090],"class_list":["post-844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-solar","category-solar-panel-output","category-solar-panels-not-producing-power","category-why-solar-panels-face-south","category-why-solar-production-is-low","tag-everyday-solar","tag-solar-panel-output","tag-solar-panels-not-producing-power","tag-why-solar-panels-face-south","tag-why-solar-production-is-low"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8553"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}