I have a weather station on my roof about 25 ft from my solar array. I've had it longer than the array ... but have known it also reports and records Solar Radiation. I casually checked out what that meant last summer but at the time did not have any real use for the info so I did not pay much attention to it.
Now that i have a small 2.5k array ... is there any useful info I can gleam from knowing the solar radiation that my weather station is reporting?
Right now it is reporting 165.4 W/m^2. What are some ways I can use that info to better understand the performance of my solar array? Or perhaps any other creative ways to use Solar Radiation Reporting and Recording for understanding and comparing what my solar array is doing. (this is purely a hobbyist question ... but thanks for the input)
Now that i have a small 2.5k array ... is there any useful info I can gleam from knowing the solar radiation that my weather station is reporting?
Right now it is reporting 165.4 W/m^2. What are some ways I can use that info to better understand the performance of my solar array? Or perhaps any other creative ways to use Solar Radiation Reporting and Recording for understanding and comparing what my solar array is doing. (this is purely a hobbyist question ... but thanks for the input)
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