SunSleuth V1.6

Your spots

SunSleuth Pro

The whole year incl. December, 10-year typical weather, many spots + compare, panel and battery sizing, clean share images.

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Spot settings: name, type, panels

Spot

Location and sky scan are set in the card above.

Panels

Mounting

Covers dirt, wiring, mismatch and ageing (0.86 rooftop, 0.70 portable; mixed panels use a watt-weighted mix). Heat and glare losses are modeled separately from the weather. All panels share this tilt and direction.

Sky map: view and fix by tapping

Looking down on the spot: north up, east right, horizon at the edge, overhead in the center. Tap or drag to paint.

Today Jun 21 Equinox Dec 21 Blocked (striped) Open

Point the phone at the sky. Sun paths for the year are drawn over the camera. Shade gets marked with stripes.

Camera off.
Calibration

Align to sun: put the sun in the center circle (don't stare), then tap. It fixes compass drift. Lower the threshold if open sky reads as blocked.

Sky map (live)

Today, hour by hour

Through the year

See how this spot does in December →Typical weather from 10 years of data, every month, the next 16 days, and sizing.

Next days (forecast)

Through the year

Add / test a panel

Add / test a load

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How these numbers are made

Sizing is Pro

Enter what you need to power and get panel, battery and inverter sizes for this spot's real shade and a bad-weather month. Or check whether gear you own will keep up.

What do you need to power?

System settings

Recommended for this spot

Will my gear keep up?

Compare is Pro

Save several spots and see which one gets the most sun across the year.

Spots side by side

Monthly

Settings

Appearance

Units

Temperature

Energy is always kWh (Wh for batteries), the way panels and power stations are labeled.

Account

Subscription

Your data

Spots, settings and cached weather live on this phone.

Help and legal

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Developer LAN only

Plan override

"Real" uses the entitlement from the (mock) webhook. Free/Paid force the plan on this phone for testing.