What to do if your solar panels are hit by lightning

Solar PV arrays can be at increased risk of lightning strikes due to their location: on roof tops and where exposed ground mounted arrays have been installed. The damage caused can be severe and expensive to repair.

A broken solar panel hit by a direct lightning strike in England — A broken solar panel hit by a direct lightning strike. This system was at a school in Hertfordshire.

Damage to your solar system can occur from both direct lightning strikes, with obvious signs of damage, and indirect strikes, which can damage charge controllers, batteries, cables and connectors.

EV Solar are specialist solar PV electricians and engineers with multi-decade experience fixing every kind of fault that can occur with your solar panels, cabling or inverters.

If your solar panels are badly damaged by lightning, or if your PV system has stopped generating electricity, and you would like to book a diagnostic callout, we can definitely help you. We fix everything from small residential solar PV systems to large industrial solar parks. Fault finding and repair is our core business.

Serving South-East England

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Please call our freephone number to arrange a solar diagnostics callout from one of our electrical engineers. Our callout charge includes one hour of labour, which in our experience is almost always enough time to diagnose the fault.

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Areas covered: Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire

What to do if your solar panels are hit by lightning

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