How to Calculate the Best Tilt Angle for Solar Panels

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@philipgrobler7253 4 ай бұрын

Every time I see one of your videos, I am absolutely amazed at your knowledge and passion for solar power. If many more people can think and do as you do, global warming will be forgotten problem of the past. Thank you for the South African data from a guy watching from South Africa, this information is gold!!!

@mark7362 Ай бұрын

Don't be so gullible. Global warming is a scam, there's this thing called underwater volcanos, and forces in nature that are out of human's control.

@MatthewYBarbo 3 ай бұрын

This is very useful information for people to assure they're getting the most out of their solar system. Thanks for sharing. Great job!

@majorhavoc9693 2 ай бұрын

The best angle is perpendicular to the sun. Works every time!

@bobmonztr 4 ай бұрын

Bi facial south facing vertical mounted 465w panel, heavy rain dark cloud 76w, overcast 125w, overcast and snow 180w, summer sun 300w, sun and snow 569w. I get almost 2x per hour the summer #'s when the days are half as long. 3 days I can multiply those #'s by 27, my generator is neglected and abandon already. Panels clean once a year, snow never sticks panels are cooler in summer. In 80 mins I am going to build a new vertical 6 panel mount, maybe a short posted in 5 hours. For mono, poly and grid tie systems angles are best. Thanks Nick great vids as always.

@michaelgkellygreen 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the online angle calculator. Its a great help

@jhg-lm8fb 4 ай бұрын

Hej Nick. Thank you for your informative videos. Kindly be open to following considerations : 1. A kwh is more expensive in winter time than summer time in arctic areas. 2. In summer a 20kwh battery bank is fully charged at 10:00 as usage of electricity is less than in winter with solar panels at 75*. 3. Dont underestimate solar reflection from snow, this cooked my batteries first winter many years ago. 4. Think about using a split heatpump cooling panels and preheating heatpump air if the 75* panels constitutes a heat tunnel. 5. In a earlier video comparing mono/poly ypu forgot the solar angle, a poly has higher effieciency for longer time due to the horisontal angle. 6. I shouldnt post this informing non-thinkers, I allready regret this post.

@timberlandfarms 4 ай бұрын

Thank you, very helpful. Currently setting up solar for a shipping container cabin with A/C and your videos and website have helped immensely!!!!

@cleversolarpower 4 ай бұрын

Thanks, glad you like my content!

@brushbum7508 4 ай бұрын

Good Afternoon ! Thank You. TAKE CARE..

@taqarii2456 4 ай бұрын

thank you for your efforts 👍

@9s482 13 күн бұрын

Very helpful, Thanks

@cleversolarpower 12 күн бұрын

Glad it's helpful! Checkout the calculator on my website.

@kurtryan6697 Ай бұрын

One question sir, thank you for the calculator thought, it helped a lot. The tilt angle found on your calculator was for a flat roof surface? What if it was a otherwise? The angle would still apply? And that we would use braces for it?

@williamk9709 4 ай бұрын

For Cape Town, winter-time power generation is already significantly reduced due to cloud cover, so perhaps it's better to use an angle more suitable for maximum generation in winter so as to aim toward equaling the generation out throughout the seasons and not otherwise coming up short during winter.

@cleversolarpower 4 ай бұрын

PV watts (the data I use) uses historical weather data. So if this is happening every year, then it will be included.

@hacked2123 4 ай бұрын

Is there a way to see forecasted daily charts for summer, winter, yearly average if I were to deviate from the sugguested values? Thinking about using 40⁰ year round at latitude 34⁰ in order to skew my production towards heavier winter production

@cleversolarpower 4 ай бұрын

You can download monthly or hourly data from PV watts. Then do some excel magic to get average daily production.

@TINSBSolar 24 күн бұрын

Does your online calculator round up numbers? Doesn't seem to be precisely correct for my location, a very tiny and insignificant difference, just curios if you are rounding up numbers for simplicity?

@cleversolarpower 24 күн бұрын

Yes, I'm rounding numbers to the decimal. because 0.5 degree tilt is unrealistic to attain.

@TINSBSolar 24 күн бұрын

@@cleversolarpower understood, thank you