How much solar power should my new system produce?
A recent callout I received and a sometimes-underappreciated aspect of the solar system served as the basis for this week's blog piece. Jason called me on the phone. He had just had a brand-new 6.6 kw Solar Panel System at his home, and he was concerned that it wasn't working as well as it should. Fortunately, we identified the cause before responding to the callout. Jason and I discussed the numbers on the phone. His solar system has 6.6kW of panels and faces East and West without any shading difficulties. However, it only reaches its max output of just about…