{"id":117217,"date":"2018-07-25T17:23:29","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T00:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sma-sunny.com\/?p=117217"},"modified":"2018-07-25T17:23:29","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T00:23:29","slug":"what-makes-sma-right-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sma-sunny.com\/us\/what-makes-sma-right-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"What Makes SMA Right for You?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>You have decided to go solar. Great! Now you might be asking yourself; what are the components of a solar system? What does an inverter do? Why is it important? Which one is right for me? These are common questions and at SMA, we have the answers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"The SMA Power+ Solution for Your Home\" style=\"width:1280px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe hidef\" id=\"WYL_nlU-UybZ-xM\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/nlU-UybZ-xM\/maxresdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nlU-UybZ-xM\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M17S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-06-29T21:04:21Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_nlU-UybZ-xM\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/nlU-UybZ-xM\/maxresdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">The SMA Power+ Solution for Your Home<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/nlU-UybZ-xM\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/nlU-UybZ-xM\/0.jpg\" alt=\"The SMA Power+ Solution for Your Home\" width=\"1280\" height=\"700\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"------------ SMA America - https:\/\/www.SMA-America.com SMA Inverted Blog - https:\/\/www.SMAInverted.com SMA America on Facebook - https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SMAAmerica SMA America on Twitter - https:\/\/twitter.com\/SMA_America Contact - SocialMedia@SMA-America.com SMA Solar Technology AG is a global leader in the development, production and sales of PV inverters and, as an energy management group, offers innovative key technologies for future power supply structures.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:1280px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p><!--more-->As explained in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sma-america.com\/fileadmin\/content\/www.sma-america.com\/webspecial\/documents\/powerplus\/SMA-PowerPlus-Homeowner-Leave-Behind.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">brochure<\/a>, a solar panel collects photons emitted by sunlight. Solar panels collect those photons and generate energy from the sun. They send it to the inverter, which is the component that changes the electricity created by the solar panels from direct current (DC) to alternating current (AC so the energy is usable in your home.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-117219 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sma-sunny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/homeowner-brochure.jpg\" alt=\"homeowner-brochure\" width=\"1405\" height=\"912\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1405px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1405\/912;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, not all inverters are the same. Choosing the right one for your home system is extremely important.<\/p>\n<p>Maximized inverter performance leads to more energy production and yields better returns for your solar project. 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