About McKnight Solar Diagnostics
Independent Solar & Battery Diagnostics for Systems That Need Answers
Practical troubleshooting, performance analysis, monitoring restoration, and reporting for homeowners across the Sacramento region.
Our Purpose
We Help Homeowners Understand the System They Already Own
McKnight Solar Diagnostics was built for the part of the solar industry that often gets ignored after installation: long-term system support. Homeowners call when production drops, monitoring stops reporting, batteries stop communicating, utility bills look wrong, or the original installer is no longer available.
Our work is focused on diagnostics, documentation, and practical next steps. We help homeowners make sense of existing solar and battery systems without turning every conversation into a sales pitch.
What Makes Us Different
Diagnostics First. Clear Reporting. No Guesswork.
Existing System Expertise
Support for installed, aging, legacy, and orphaned systems that need troubleshooting rather than another sales proposal.
Monitoring Recovery
Help restoring visibility into inverters, batteries, gateways, production data, and homeowner monitoring platforms.
Performance Analysis
Review of solar output, utility bills, battery behavior, seasonal changes, and system performance concerns.
Real Estate Reporting
Professional solar and battery documentation for homeowners, buyers, sellers, and real estate professionals.
Who We Support
Homeowners
For high bills, system alerts, production concerns, battery issues, and monitoring problems.
Orphaned Systems
For systems where the original installer has closed, stopped responding, or no longer services the equipment.
Buyers & Sellers
For transaction-ready reporting that explains system condition, ownership details, and performance context.
Realtors
For independent solar documentation that helps reduce uncertainty during home listings and closings.
Our Process
A Practical Diagnostic Workflow
Inspect
Review the solar array, inverter, battery, gateway, monitoring access, and available production history.
Diagnose
Identify communication faults, performance losses, configuration problems, equipment issues, or data gaps.
Document
Provide clear findings, photos when appropriate, system notes, and next-step recommendations.
Optimize
Help restore monitoring, clarify repair paths, and improve long-term system visibility and performance.
Local Knowledge
Serving the Sacramento Region
Solar performance is influenced by equipment age, shading, seasonal production patterns, rate plans, battery configuration, and homeowner usage. We bring a practical understanding of Sacramento-area homes, utility billing concerns, and the realities of supporting systems long after the original install.
That local perspective helps us explain not just what is happening, but what matters most for the homeowner.
Need Straight Answers About Your Solar or Battery System?
Whether your installer disappeared, your monitoring stopped working, your bills changed, or you need documentation for a home sale, we can help you understand what is going on and what to do next.