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<blockquote data-quote="binky" data-source="post: 506984" data-attributes="member: 490"><p>most inverters are IP65 rated, so can be mounted on an external wall, ideally a shady wall and not in the full sun. That generally means an end wall where you don't see the box. It's partly depenedent on the roof size and the panel array. If your array virtually cvers the entire roof, then it shades the roof anyway, and temperatures don't get so high in the loft. It also depends on how well the loft space is ventilated, some seem to have a howling gale blowing through them, others have virtually no air movement at all. Only way to check is stick your head in the loft on a hot sunny day. My own inverter is on an external garage wall, in full sun and does get upto 700C in the summer. But my inverter is an older model that is less efficient, so generates more internal heat. I have rebuilt the garage roof this year and given it total shade, so it will be interesting how that affects it. </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="binky, post: 506984, member: 490"] most inverters are IP65 rated, so can be mounted on an external wall, ideally a shady wall and not in the full sun. That generally means an end wall where you don't see the box. It's partly depenedent on the roof size and the panel array. If your array virtually cvers the entire roof, then it shades the roof anyway, and temperatures don't get so high in the loft. It also depends on how well the loft space is ventilated, some seem to have a howling gale blowing through them, others have virtually no air movement at all. Only way to check is stick your head in the loft on a hot sunny day. My own inverter is on an external garage wall, in full sun and does get upto 700C in the summer. But my inverter is an older model that is less efficient, so generates more internal heat. I have rebuilt the garage roof this year and given it total shade, so it will be interesting how that affects it. [/QUOTE]
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