Inspection
Solar panel inspection. Catch problems early.
An inspection catches the failed micro-inverter, the cracked panel, or the bird damage that's been quietly costing you money for two years. We do a full visual, electrical, and production review. If something needs repair, you get a written report. If everything's fine, you get peace of mind.
What's included in this service?
- Visual: panels, frames, racking, conduits, ground bonding
- Electrical: open-circuit voltage and short-circuit current per string
- Production review: 12-month kWh trend vs. design baseline
- Inverter status code and firmware check
- Module-level monitoring (SolarEdge, Enphase) per-panel review
- Roof penetration and flashing check
- Written report with photos and prioritized findings
When do you need this service?
- Production has been declining for several months
- You're buying or selling a home with an existing system
- System is 10+ years old and never inspected
- Insurance or HOA requested documentation
- PPA buyout or transfer is being negotiated
- After a major weather event (hail, high wind, lightning)
What do homeowners ask about Inspection?
What does the inspection report include?
A 6 to 12 page PDF with system overview, all measurements, a labeled photo of every panel, a findings list ranked by urgency, and an estimate for any recommended repair. You can hand it directly to a buyer, insurer, or PPA holder.
I have Enphase or SolarEdge, do you read the data?
Yes. We log into the monitoring portal with you (or you grant us viewer access), pull 12-month per-panel data, and flag any panels producing more than 10 percent below their cohort.
Can you find the cause of a tripped breaker?
Usually. Common causes are failed micro-inverter, ground fault from rodent damage, or a loose connector. We trace it back to the source.
Service area
Where do we offer Inspection in San Diego County?
We provide inspection in every city and community in San Diego County. Pick your city for local climate notes and service specifics.
Central Inspection in San Diego San Diego solar cleaning cadence varies sharply by neighborhood. Coastal blocks in Point Loma, Ocean Beach, and Sunset Cliffs need quarterly cleaning for salt and bird buildup. Inland Sorrento Valley and Carmel Valley arrays run semi-annual on traffic film and pollen. Downtown high-rise commercial arrays need quarterly to handle traffic hydrocarbon film off the I-5 and SR-163 corridors.
North Coastal Inspection in Oceanside Oceanside solar cleaning splits between coastal salt-driven quarterly work on the South O, Fire Mountain, and downtown harbor blocks, and inland semi-annual cadence on the Rancho Del Oro, Morro Hills, and Ocean Hills master-planned tracts. Military rental property cycling through Camp Pendleton drives a separate landlord-coordinated workflow.
North Coastal Inspection in Carlsbad Carlsbad has one of the densest residential solar adoption rates in San Diego County. La Costa, Aviara, Bressi Ranch, and Calavera Hills master-planned communities went solar heavily during the 2017-2021 wave. Quarterly cleaning on Carlsbad Village beach blocks; semi-annual on the inland HOA communities.
North County Inland Inspection in Escondido Escondido is one of the hottest residential areas in San Diego County. 100-110°F summers, agricultural particulate drift from surrounding avocado groves and citrus orchards, and SDG&E PSPS shutoff exposure drive quarterly cleaning as the working baseline. High residential solar adoption density across Hidden Meadows-adjacent and South Escondido tracts.
East County Inspection in El Cajon El Cajon is one of the hottest residential zones in San Diego County. 100-115°F summers, hard-water sprinkler overspray on aging tract stock, I-8 corridor traffic film, and post-fire ash from East County wildfire events drive quarterly cleaning as the working baseline. Arrays here lose production fast without consistent cadence.
South County Inspection in Chula Vista Chula Vista has extremely high new-construction solar adoption density in the Otay Ranch, EastLake, and Rancho del Rey master-planned communities. Layered film from coastal salt to the west and Otay Mesa industrial dust to the east drives quarterly cleaning as the working baseline. Largest residential solar inventory in South County.
Coastal Inspection in La Jolla La Jolla cliff-side and ocean-view homes pick up the heaviest salt film and bird droppings of any coastal zone we cover. Quarterly cleaning is the working baseline here, semi-annual on the inland edges, every three months within a half-mile of the cove.
Central Inspection in Scripps Ranch Scripps Ranch has one of the densest residential solar adoption rates in San Diego County, the affluent master-planned community had a major rooftop solar wave from 2014-2020, and most of those arrays are now in the cleaning-cadence-matters window where neglected systems are showing 15-25% production loss.
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Need inspection in San Diego County?
Call for a free quote. Most work scheduled within the week.