Solar Rail. Why we Choose to Pay for Radiant. Part 1 – Tile Roofs
Radiant VS. The Solar Racking World Regularly I’ll get a sales call from a solar product supplier asking “what rail do you use?” “Radiant” I say, knowing it is a conversation stopper. They know too well they won’t convince an installer who is committed to quality to be swayed by price. However, late last […]
Enphase AC Battery Review
I’ve been so itching to write an Enphase battery review. The AC coupled Enphase battery seems to be gaining significant interest although its release date still three months away. It’s a revolutionary concept: a battery that can be fitted to any solar system – any inverter. Imagine that. Any solar system in Australia. You don’t […]
Fronius Smart Meter now supports Export Limitation
As Fronius Service Partners, we have been privileged to work with Fronius over the last few months on Beta testing the new “zero export” and “export limitation” function of the Fronius Smart Meter. I just received confirmation from Fronius that they have finalized the Beta testing that they have been performing on our office inverter. The Fronius Smart […]
Redback Hybrid Inverter Review
Redback Technologies have now entered the solar inverter market. I first heard about Redback inverters last year and wrote a not so glowing review about the Brisbane-based product. James from Redback read my review and invited me to meet him at Redback’s HQ to see if he could change my mind, and my blog. I jumped […]
Tigo Optimizer Review
A review of the new TIGO TS4 Platform Tigo optimizers have been on my to-do list for a while. With Tigo’s new range of optimisation, safety and monitoring on the “TS4 platform” if figured it was time to get around to it. Tigo TS4 Platform Specs What does a panel optimizer do? An optimizer it a box of tricks that you sit behind individual […]
Winaico Solar Panel Review
A review of Winaico’s Tier 1 non-Chinese solar panel Last year, Winaico became a Bloomberg tier 1 solar panel manufacturer. The panel caught my interest when looking over the changes in Quarterly Bloomberg tier 1 report last year, so I contacted Winaico to find out more. Today, while Winaico’s Managing Director Blair Pester was in town, he invited me […]
Solar Panel Test Results
Real data from our solar panel test in Brisbane It has been almost seven months since I updated the data of my solar panel test results. Since we are about to add a new line-up of solar panels, it thought it was time to update the test results. We’ve had a fairly hot January and […]
Lets go off grid with solar and batteries
Time to go off grid? Enough of paying high prices for ridiculous connection fees to your energy retailer. Enough of getting 6c for feeding power back to the grid. It’s time to go off grid with solar and batteries. I feel your pain. But allow me to be the voice of reason, assuming your motivation is either […]
Oversizing Solar Panels on an Inverter
“Ha, check this out, Honey! They have quoted us for 13.2kW of panels but only a 10kW inverter! Surely the oversizing solar panels won’t be good for the inverter! Is that even legal?” This post will first address the question of the inverter’s capability of handling excess power. Next, we will see what Australian regulations […]
The Clean Energy Council Code of Conduct
(Update: In March 2019, Victoria made becoming a CEC approved retailer, Mandatory. Or at least mandatory if they wanted to be able to access the solar rebate, which is the only way they can stay competitive. This means that now, being a CEC approved retailer just doesn’t carry the same weight that it used to. […]
