The assessment
How it scores, by category
Market position
The data
Solar module
Produces DC electricity at the roof. It contains no system-level power conversion or storage.
- Product role
- None in the module.
- Published range
- 495–510 W
- Electrical layer
- DC module output
- Construction
- Dual-glass, All-black
Performance guarantee: 30-year linear output
Wattage figure based on the sourced rated power (510 W) applied to the guaranteed floor; modular/format differences aside, this is the same rated-power spec shown above.
Modelled effective output, year by year
Year 1 to year 25, at 30°C and 1000 W/m². Rated 510 W at STC.
How this is modelled
Compounds this panel’s own published first-year (1%) and annual (0.35%/yr) degradation figures against its 510 W rated (STC) output, then derates for the ambient and irradiance selected. Output is scaled roughly linearly with irradiance (1000W/m² against the 1000 W/m² STC reference). This is the dominant real-world effect at low light, whether from cloud, shading or soiling. Output is then further derated for heat, from this panel’s own NOCT (45°C) and temperature coefficient (-0.24%/°C), giving an estimated cell temperature of 61°C at that ambient and irradiance. A datasheet-derived estimate, not a field measurement or a warranty guarantee: it does not account for this panel’s own low-light efficiency response (a separate, less-consistently-published spec), or for wind and system design. See NOCT and temperature coefficient in the glossary.
Control panel
| Year | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watts | 461 W | 454 W | 446 W | 438 W | 430 W | 422 W |
| % of rated | 90.4% | 89.1% | 87.5% | 85.9% | 84.3% | 82.7% |
Verification & sources
Market context
Global evidencechange in the site menu
Global benchmark. This scorecard is benchmarked globally. A global score does not imply local availability, certification, warranty coverage, or installer compatibility.
Benchmark anchor. The score uses the highest published power bin in the series. No market review has been completed, so no market-scoped range is published. Scored model: RCM-510-7RDBRCG · checked 2026-08-17. Evidence.
Australian warranty decision
0 product records
Read the Australian warranty as a claim pathway: the headline term is separate from remedy, labour, freight, site work, transfer and registration conditions.
No available Australian warranty decision record is published for this product. No coverage is inferred.
Sources & references · checked 2026-08-17
Strong evidence coverage
16 of 16 scored criteria link directly to a published source.
Values marked estimated, derived, or not found remain visible on the audit sheet and do not carry the same evidential weight as a linked source. Coverage measures direct links, not an independent guarantee that a claim is correct.
Record revision. Built 2026-08-17 from RECOM's exact datasheet 059-2026-01-v2.0, retrieved and read directly. This is a global frontier-register record: it carries no market overlay and makes no availability, certification, warranty or installer-compatibility claim for any territory. RECOM publishes no market list for the Black Tiger series and the module holds no Australian CER approval, so no market has been reviewed rather than a market having been reviewed and found unavailable.
- Sourced valuesData card →
- Archived copy of the primary sourcePDF ↗
Product record history
3 changes to this record · 106 products changed in this update
1 change to this record · 1 product changed in this update
Archived Source
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- sources/review.solar-recom-technologies-recom-black-tiger-rcm-xxx-7rdbrcg-495-510w-global-datasheet.pdf
1 change to this record · 1 product changed in this update
Product record
kind: panel; brand: RECOM; name: Black Tiger 7RDBRCG; model: RCM-495-7RDBRCG through RCM-510-7RDBRCG (108 half-cells, 2 x 54, N-type back-contact, bifacial double glass, black frame); scored model RCM-510-7RDBRCG; score: 68.3
Primary datasheet
This is review.solar's publication history. It does not claim the product changed on the recorded date, and it excludes compatibility, system pairing, installation suitability and relative leaderboard prose. Open the complete JSON record.
Evidence timeline
Recorded verification events for this scorecard. These are evidence checks, not historical score snapshots.
- Core scorecard evidence checked
- Series benchmark evidence checked
Scored by Solar Analytica Research
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Our reading
Black Tiger 7RDBRCG scores 69, placing 15 of 47 in the Premium Performance class against a class average of 68.9. Its strongest scoring dimension is architecture & design (91), above the class average of 86. Sustainability scores 46, the lowest pillar for this product. The class average on sustainability is 52. Underlying specifications include a module efficiency of 25.0%, N-type back contact cell technology, 25-year product warranty backed by a 30-year performance term.