System Evaluation for Inverters, Solar Panels and Batteries

Ensure that your solar installation is operating efficiently.

What We Do

Many service providers install equipment without truly understanding how the components interact. Our experience shows that the many existing systems are underperforming, unsafe or non-compliant.

Using modern equipment and extensive expertise, we will evaluate your system and advise you on how it could be improved. Our service includes the following testing:

Solar Irradiance Testing. We will measure the expected solar yield and compare it to the energy being generated. Are your solar panels clean and operating optimally?
Thermal Inspection. Thin wiring and poor connections cause valuable energy to be wasted as heat. Using a thermal camera, we will inspect your wiring to identify any poor connections.
Energy Utilisation Analysis. We will examine the statistics from your inverter to see whether the energy is being efficiently used. Is the sun still shining when your batteries are fully charged?
Electrical Inspection. We will check your existing installation, including wiring, earthing, inverter configuration and panel installation to ensure that it is safe, compliant and optimal.
Recomendations. We will make recommendations on how you could improve your system. We are happy to work with your existing installer to address issues or upgrades.
Upgrades. We have partnered with experienced engineers and installers to provide a complete service, should you not have an existing supplier.

Benefits

Powerpilot System Evaluation offers the following benefits:

  • Totally independent evaluation of your existing installation.
  • Identify problems before they get worse.
  • Ensure that your system is operating optimally.

Contact us to find out more about our system evaluations.

FAQ

Which inverters are we able to assist with?

Our team currently has extensive expertise on ATESS, Megarevo, Sunsynk, Deye and Victron inverters, as well as a range of grid-tie inverters including Solis, SMA, Solax and Deye.

Can you assist with electrical problems?

Together with our partners, we can independently assist with all areas of solar installations, including PV, batteries, wiring, earthing and inverter configuration.

Can you assist with communication problems?

Our team has extensive experience with RS485, CAN bus and Ethernet communications. We also have extensive experience with IP configuration, routing and troubleshooting. Many electrical installers come from an electrical background and do not fully understand the commumincation that is critical to any installation.

What are the most common problems?

Every installation is different, with its own unique challenges. We see that many installers have extensive electrical experience on small systems. Larger systems often have different Earthing and Neutral bonding requirements that are properly understood. CAN bus and RS485 communications also require extra attention as the system power increases, and often lack the correct termination, routing, earthing and cabling.

Can the evaluation be done remotely?

Most evaluations will include a review of the site diagrams, a site visit, and analysis of logged data. Evaluations can take a few hours for small homes, or last days or weeks depending on the complexity of the site and the problems being experienced. Intermittent problems are often more difficult to identify. We are based in Gauteng, but have conducted evaluations in Limpopo, Mpumalanga and Kwazulu-Natal.

How is it possible to make solar installations more efficient?

With the recent boom in solar installations in South Africa, many installers do not really understand the configuration and operation of the equipment that they are installing. As a result, most of the systems that we look at are not optimally configured. Modern inverters and batteries are sophisticated devices requiring expert knowledge.

Powerpilot is a proudly South African product developed by South Africans specifically for the South African market. Speak to our team of specialists about how we can optimise your solar installation.

Website: https://powerpilot.co.za

Email: info@powerpilot.co.za

Telephone: +27 87 550 1670

Cell Phone: +27 82 444 9821