Confused by solar?
Get an honest second opinion.
Many homeowners are sold solar with promises that fall apart on the first true-up bill: production guarantees, net-metering surprises, lease entanglements, battery sizing, inverter failures, roof concerns, and pressure-tactic financing. This page is built to help — without legal, tax, or engineering advice and without guaranteeing outcomes.
Beware these patterns.
Fake government / utility claims
No salesperson is from "the utility" or "a federal program" knocking your door. Real utility programs do not require pressure decisions on the porch.
Guaranteed savings without bill review
A real savings answer requires your prior 12 months of utility usage, your rate plan, your roof, your shading, and the proposed system size. No exceptions.
Pressure tactics
"Sign tonight or you lose it" is a sales script, not a financial truth. Real programs do not evaporate at midnight.
Confusing financing or lease terms
If the agreement is too long to read in one sitting, take it home. PPA, lease, loan, dealer fees, and escalators each affect your cost differently.
Unsupported production guarantees
A guarantee is only useful if it has a measurable definition, an annual reconciliation, and a defined remedy.
Roof and warranty risk
Solar penetrations, removal/reinstall, and roof warranties interact in ways most sales pitches skip. Always ask before signing.
Honest second opinion
We review what you have, ask the right questions, and tell you what we'd do next. Sometimes that's "stay put", sometimes that's "go get a second bid", sometimes that's "call your utility first."
Guarantee outcomes
No guaranteed savings. No guaranteed system performance. No advice that should be coming from your CPA, attorney, or licensed solar engineer.
Trust is the asset
Solar Problems Solved exists because homeowners deserve clearer information. The same trust that fixes confusion in solar is what builds adoption in fiber.
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Solar problems we hear most often.
My utility bill is higher after solar — what's wrong?
Usually one of four things: the wrong rate plan, true-up timing, system underproduction, or net-metering rules that changed. Pull your last 12 months of usage and your system production data, then compare.
What's the difference between a lease, PPA, and loan?
A lease pays a monthly fee for the panels. A PPA pays per kWh produced. A loan owns the panels and finances them. Each interacts differently with property sale, tax credits, and warranty terms — none is automatically "best."
My inverter keeps faulting. Whose problem is that?
It depends on your installer's warranty, manufacturer warranty status, and whether your monitoring data shows a measurable defect. Don't sign a "service plan" before you know what the warranty covers.
Should I add a battery?
Sometimes. Batteries help with outage protection and self-consumption, but the math depends on rate plan, time-of-use windows, and roof production. A battery doesn't fix a wrongly-sized PV system.
What if my roof leaks where the panels are?
Stop water intrusion first, then determine cause: penetration sealing, flashing, attachment, or pre-existing roof damage. Roof leaks are not always solar's fault, but the install does interact with roof warranty terms.