Yeah obviously project sunroof (thanks for link sensij) is just for getting a general idea if you have no idea where shading lies (yikes) or it can confirm the outer ranges (no shade vs. I guess Solmetric is no longer producing any SunEye hardware nor their ipad app. I found their assessment of shading impact to be low and I have had to do some aggressive tree trimming at extra cost to get more acceptable shading impact. However, be aware that installers may interpret the results in a favorable manner as they are trying to sell you a solar system. The SunEye reports are much more accurate. Not sure how many installers you have talked to but I was able to easily get a couple installers to do SunEye analysis for free without deposit. Maybe too many DIYers asking too many questions annoyed them, like folks did with Enphase site.I tried the Project Sunroof tool and found it to be pretty useless. Maybe too many DIYers asking too many questions annoyed them, like folks did with Enphase site.SAM is a good tool, but unless you're somewhat to moderately solar savvy, or have the time and curiosity in that direction to learn, it may not be worth the likely required time investment for the sake of a shading analysis. Maybe too many DIYers asking too many questions annoyed them, like folks did with Enphase site. I could install that huge SAM app, but it does seem unwieldy and a full-featured learning curve when all I really want is to take my phone/ipad and follow along the horizon and help it sketch out the shadowing, then give me derate figures by month (like the old CSI EPBB website used to ask for). I guess it's good enough for central string. As the sun follows the arc lower, it should hit the roof in a week?.Īlso, that pic is over 4 years old which means the trees should've grown since then. Yet as of today, said shading is only 1 foot away the bottom roof line (flows north across the backyard). And the southeastern trees, which are extremely tall, don't project shadows onto the roof past much of the rim. I guess what it's saying is the west trees will definitely have *some* shading at some point in the season.
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