Interactive Solar Visualizer

Your solar system,
mapped out

A 3D model of a real residential install. Spin the house, click the grey box on your wall, and you get the actual SMA Sunny Boy datasheet numbers - efficiency, input range, warranty period. Most homeowners go years without seeing any of this.

4.8 kW Panel Array
13.5 kWh Battery
5 Components
3D Rotatable
SOLAR PANELS 12 × 400W • 4.8 kW MONOCRYSTALLINE · 22.4% DC SMA INVERTER Sunny Boy 5.0 · 97.2% DC → AC CONVERSION AC BATTERY Tesla Powerwall 2 13.5 kWh · LFP AC SMART METER Bidirectional NET METERING · $0.10/kWh GRID UTILITY GRID DC current AC current Grid export
The Problem

You paid $25k for a system
nobody explained to you

Grey box on the garage wall, twelve panels on the roof, a Powerwall in the corner somewhere. The installer left. You still have no idea what the grey box actually does or why it's there.

What installers skip

What you got was a quote, a contract, and a crew who showed up for two days. What you didn't get was even a 10-minute walkthrough - where DC becomes AC, why the battery and the smart meter do different jobs, or what happens to your power when the grid cuts out.

  • Panels produce DC — your house runs on AC. Nobody explains the gap.
  • The inverter is the most critical box, but most homeowners walk past it.
  • Battery and grid connection do different jobs. Both matter during an outage.
  • Net metering credits depend on the smart meter — but few can read it.

What this fixes

  • Rotate a 3D house and see the full system laid out in front of you.
  • Click any component — see the actual model, specs, and what it does.
  • Watch animated power lines trace DC → AC → battery → grid in real time.
  • Walk away with a clear mental model before or after installation.
Solar Output 4.8 kW DC
Inverter Output 4.65 kW AC
Battery Charge Charging · 13.5 kWh
Grid Export Today 8.4 kWh
Net Savings Today $2.17
System Status ● OPERATIONAL
Features

Everything in one interactive scene

01

Rotate the whole house

Grab the 3D scene and drag. The isometric house spins so you can see the roof array, the wall-mounted inverter, the Powerwall in the garage, and the meter by the street - all in the same view, in the same layout as a real install.

02

Click anything, get the actual numbers

Click the inverter and you get the SMA Sunny Boy 5.0 figures straight from the datasheet: 80-600V DC input range, two MPPT trackers, 97.2% efficiency. The battery, panels, and meter all work the same way. Specs, not summaries.

03

Animated power flow

Dashed lines trace each energy path in its actual color — amber for DC, blue for AC, green for grid. Watch generation, storage, and export happen at the same time.

04

Light / dark mode

Toggle between dark engineering mode and a bright daytime view. The same data, same scene — useful for demos, presentations, or just personal preference.

Every box, every spec

Hover over any component below. In the app, clicking it opens the full spec panel.

Solar Panel Array
MONOCRYSTALLINE PV
  • Panels12 units
  • Per panel400 W
  • Total4.8 kW
  • Efficiency22.4%
  • Warranty25 years
Solar Inverter
SMA SUNNY BOY 5.0
  • Capacity5.0 kW
  • Efficiency97.2%
  • Input80–600V DC
  • Output240V AC
  • MPPT2 trackers
Battery Storage
TESLA POWERWALL 2
  • Capacity13.5 kWh
  • Output5 kW cont.
  • ChemistryLFP
  • Cycles3,500+
  • Warranty10 years
Smart Meter
BIDIRECTIONAL · NET METERING
  • TypeBidirectional
  • Feed-in$0.10/kWh
  • Import$0.28/kWh
  • Export today8.4 kWh
  • Net savings$2.17
Utility Grid
SINGLE-PHASE CONNECTION
  • Voltage240V / 120V
  • Frequency60 Hz
  • PhaseSingle phase
  • StatusConnected
  • Exported8.4 kWh
Power Path

DC to AC to your life

This is the chain the visualizer maps in real time. Every arrow in the 3D scene corresponds to a real cable in a real installation.

01
DC Generation

Panels capture sunlight

Twelve monocrystalline panels produce 4.8 kW of direct current at peak. Output varies with sun angle and cloud cover.

02
DC → AC

Inverter converts the power

The SMA Sunny Boy converts DC to 240V AC at 97.2% efficiency. It also handles MPPT — always pulling the maximum available wattage from the panels.

03
Storage

Excess goes to the battery

When production exceeds consumption, the Powerwall absorbs the surplus. During the evening or an outage, it delivers up to 5 kW back to the home.

04
Grid Export

Remainder feeds the grid

Anything the battery can't absorb flows through the smart meter to the utility. The bidirectional meter tracks every kWh — you get credited for what you export.

Open Source · Free · No Sign-up

Five minutes
is enough

Open it in the browser, spin the house, click the parts. No signup. Probably the clearest picture of your own system you've had since installation day.

▶  Open Visualizer View on GitHub