The Warranty
The first thing people tend to look at when buying a product is the warranty. I guess this has to do with comfort knowing that if there are any issues at all there is a replacement coming with no charge.
On solar panels there are commonly 2 warranties, the product warranty covering any manufacturing faults or issues and the performance warranty which will cover a certain amount of performance degradation.
On the LG NEON H the product warranty is 25 years, which is 10-15 years longer than a standard solar panel.
Their performance warranty is also up there with the industry’s best. It allows for a 1.5% degradation in the first year and 0.33% per year after that. Those figures are absolute and not compounding mean it has a guaranteed output of 90.6% @ 25 years.
Pretty good hey!
These huge warranties are all well and good but when it comes down to it, the LG Solar Panels most outstanding feature of their warranty is the business behind it.
There is a lot of trust and confidence knowing your warranty is supported by one of the largest businesses in the world with a strong local presence in Australia for the last 30 years.
The Module Efficiency
The efficiency of a solar panel is based on its output VS it’s size, so a smaller panel with a large output is more efficient than a larger panel with a lower output.
LG’s solar panels are sitting well towards the top end of the efficiency chart. The 390w LG NEON H boasts a module efficiency of 21.2%.
The Temperature Coefficient
The perfect solar panel temperature is around 25 degrees, each degree over 25 degrees the solar panel loses some output.Â
While it might be a 35-degree day outside, you can appreciate the temperature on your roof could be 50+.
You can expect an average solar panel to lose about a half of a percent for each degree over 25 degrees.
Looking at the LG NEON H, the temperature coefficient suggests only 0.33% for each degree over 25 degrees. This places the NEON H well into the top performance band for solar n-panels.