Solar Layout is the App for collectors and solar modules on site positioning.
This is the most intuitive Solar App of the market.
To use it on field is not necessary to have an Internet connection because it works from place latitude, obtained by GPS.
Today we will see PV solar energy part.
To begin press right command represented by the figure of house with the solar module and the cable with the plug in the initial screen.
If our Smartphone GPS is not enabled, the App will ask us to activate it to locate our position.
Intermittent earth planet image immediately appear with the legend “Localizing”.
When our device GPS have located our position, the following screen appears to confirm it.
By confirming our location Solar Equipment Use Menu will display.
In the same we find 4 applications:
1- Winter use: represented by the snow image
2- All year use: represented by flower, sun, leaf and snow images
3- Spring / summer use: represented by flower and sun images
4- On-grid connection: represented by the plug image
By selecting one of the 4 applications, Options Menu will display.
There are 3 variables in the Menu:
1- Inclination: represented by module and angle image
2- Orientation: represented by module and cardinal points image
3- Distance: represented by 3 modules rows image
By pressing the Inclination option, we get recommended inclination value for location and solar application selected, accompanied by some Tips considering losses to take into account.
Pressing Orientation option, we obtain procedure to fix modules orientation description and access to recommended compass App discharge, if we don´t have it.
Pressing Separation option, the Kind of Surface Menu is displayed for us to select the appropriate option (Horizontal / Non horizontal). If the surface on which the modules will be placed is horizontal, we only must enter Collector Height in cm data.
If the surface on which the modules will be placed is non horizontal, in addition to Collector Height in cm data, we must enter Surface Inclination Angle data. We will enter a positive value if it matches the modules inclination direction and a negative value if it is different.
In this way we obtain the Separation (distance) between modules rows in meters.
Pressing i button Tips related to shadows and singular locations (snow, desert and rain areas) are deployed.
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