SHADING TEST! | How does shade affect your solar system production | Are optimizers worth it?

You are about to buy a Tesla Powerwall 3, but wait! STOP THERE! Do you have shading? DO you have trees that cover your roof? Watch this test to see how shadow affects panels with and without optimization. Will the Christmas Light Effect prevail? I decided to TEST whether Power Optimizers are worth your money. We performed over 20 different tests over 2 months period. Only 12 made it to the video, so we don't repeat too much footage! We gathered data and came to some conclusions! Please let me know in the comments what are your thoughts? How else should we have tested that theory? Any other ideas for tests in the future? Do you think micro-inverters would behave the same as Power Optimizers? A future video coming!!! Let me know! -----Contents of this video ----------------------------- 0:00 - Intro 1:15 - What are Power Optimizers? 2:02 - Our Set up 3:45- Test 1-4 9:02- Test 5 SMALL LEAVES 20-30% Reduction 10:49 - Test 6 -9 Shadow From The Building 12:12- 10-11 Confirming Results 16:02 - 7 out of 8 panels shaded! 19:05 - Results Overview 21:24 - Conclusion ______________________________________ ******************************* Products I recommend: Solar Sense- https://amzn.to/3ZRF6Xv Lower cost Version of Solar Sense, still very good! https://amzn.to/48S9NzO Critter Guard - https://amzn.to/48PoqUD + Clips https://amzn.to/3FgwfVJ Good and low cost EV Charger: https://amzn.to/48VGgVR (Don't forget to click on the $100-130 coupon) - I have this one personally! 2nd EV Charger - https://amzn.to/3QcpNoZ - Used by my clients and very good quality! Portable Battery EcoFlow- https://amzn.to/3PTKvIP Good quality Portable Generators: Westinghouse: https://amzn.to/476xMdr DuroMax: https://amzn.to/476xOlz Other recommended AMAZON Products: https://www.amazon.com/shop/solargirl... Contact me: [email protected] www.solartimeusa.com / solargirl.dallas Disclaimer: I may earn a small commission for my endorsement or recommendation to products or services linked above, but I wouldn't put them here if I didn't truly recommend them. Your purchase helps support my channel and the videos I make. Thank you :)