SunRanker - Free watchdog for home solar
Show HN: My solar died for 6 months, so I built a watchdog
SunRanker is a free watchdog for home solar systems. It connects to your solar setup in about a minute and checks production daily, presenting data in plain language. If something breaks or output drops, you get a clear email alert—no daily spam, no months-late surprises. Works with SolarEdge and Enphase, with more brands coming. Built by a solar owner, not a solar company, SunRanker caught a $994 true-up bill issue caused by a pool pump, not the panels. Connect once and get peace of mind, with full history and health check included.
Panels don't make a sound when they stop earning. The monitoring app doesn't call you. An inverter can sit dead through your best production months, and the first sign is usually an electric bill that makes no sense.
- Aurornis
> Not the installer, not the monitoring app, not the utility. I found out from an electric bill that made no sense, then spent weeks digging through the monitoring portal by hand.
It would help if you could clarify what your system does, exactly, that is better than the notifications and low production alerts in the 1st party apps
The Enphase app can send you texts, emails, and push alerts for low productions or different errors https://support.enphase.com/s/article/how-to-change-the-noti...
Clarifying what makes your app worth doing the auth or API key setup versus configuring the 1st party app property would make this easier to understand
- fh67
This looks nice, maybe make free more prominent on the site.
- SoftTalker
This sort of stuff is why I just pay a utility to provide my electricity. I don't want to have to manage, monitor, or worry about what my solar panels are doing.