I’m getting my solar system installed on a south facing house. The Tesla design has the inverters being installed on the west side of the house. Plenty of shade. The east side of the house is however where my circuit breakers and meter are.
My last Tesla install got aborted because of an panel selection error. However during their time here the installer wanted to place the inverters on the east side for ease of install. He was worried about the sunlight and heat on the inverters and said he’d call the design group before install. I recently had the install team call them and they said they were okay to install there. Warranty would still apply and it should still work.
However, the disadvantage I’ve been reading is that the inverters may be less efficient in the heat and die sooner. The advantage is there is no need to route a wire in the attic across our entire house and the west side of the house stay “clean”. I am not sure how messy all the wiring might be going into and out of the attic.
What are your thoughts on the placement of the inverters? I have no basement option and the garage is on the east side however it is a small garage and I think these boxes protrude a decent bit.
My last Tesla install got aborted because of an panel selection error. However during their time here the installer wanted to place the inverters on the east side for ease of install. He was worried about the sunlight and heat on the inverters and said he’d call the design group before install. I recently had the install team call them and they said they were okay to install there. Warranty would still apply and it should still work.
However, the disadvantage I’ve been reading is that the inverters may be less efficient in the heat and die sooner. The advantage is there is no need to route a wire in the attic across our entire house and the west side of the house stay “clean”. I am not sure how messy all the wiring might be going into and out of the attic.
What are your thoughts on the placement of the inverters? I have no basement option and the garage is on the east side however it is a small garage and I think these boxes protrude a decent bit.