Inputs (Bill, Consumption, Site, System, Battery, Finance)
Bills
- What types of tariffs can PVsell understand?
- How do I enter a Flat-Rate Tariff into the Bill Tab?
- How do I enter a Time-of-Use Tariff into the Bill Tab?
- How do I enter a Block Tariff into the Bill Tab?
- How do I enter an Unbundled Tariff into the Bill Tab?
- How do I enter Demand Charges?
Consumption Profiles
- How do I upload my customer's interval metering data?
- Can I upload less than a full-year's worth of interval metering data?
- What format must the interval metering data be in?
- When I upload meter data, the dates are being converted incorrectly. How do I format the date and time?
- What's the difference between Meter Data and Editable (Trading/Non-Trading) Consumption Profiles?
- What options do I have if I don't (yet) have interval metering data?
Site
- Can I enter a south-facing array?
- My array has multiple orientations. How do I enter this?
- My array is shaded. Where does PVsell account for shading?
- My site is shaded at different times over the months of the year. How do I enter this detailed shading?
- How do I lay panels out on a roof (Roof Layout Functionality – Lay'd)?
- Is there a way to help me measure the roof when I'm drawing surfaces and or exclusion zones?
System
- What ways can I enter my system price?
- Why should I enter array capacity specifically to 2 decimal places?
- How do I load system information from my library?
- How do I edit a system in my library?
- I calculate a different number of STCs to PVsell
- I want to overdrive my inverter. Can PVsell accommodate this?
Battery
- How do I correctly input a battery?
- How do I load a battery from the library?
- When will the battery charge and discharge? How do I control this?
- What's the difference between Minimum State of Charge and Maximum Depth of Discharge?
- Should I enter the battery's total capacity or its usable capacity?
- How does the maximum charge and discharge rate affect my battery?
Finance
- What's the difference between Mortgage and Lease finance?
- How do I enter the parameters for a Lease/Mortgage?
- Where can I specify the costs of ongoing maintenance?
- How do I enter parameters for Energy Lease?
- Where can I specify the costs and frequency of inverter replacement?
- How can I perform analysis shorter or longer than 25 years?