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I have recently purchased a home with solar panels. The previous owner didn't have a ton of information on them as she inherited the house from her mother who passed away. She has the purchase agreement, but the company that did the installation in 2014 has gone bankrupt (in 2020).

I'd like to somehow figure out how much energy I'm getting out of the panels. I got information from the previous owner on their electric bill, which shows me I won't be paying much. But that doesn't really answer my question about electricity generation.

Looks like I have 14 solar world Mono Black panels with model number 275.

Any advice on how I can go about figuring out exactly how much energy generation I'm getting?

Ancillary Information: the panels are owned outright. They were originally purchased with cash so no loan or lease on them.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's a neat feature. Most of the ones I've seen just offer "cloud monitoring" with no mention of local access. Can I ask what inverter you have?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I have a Steca brand, model Stecagrid 5503.