Household Solar power installation companies?

Well I had a quote emailed to me on an LG authorised system installation company, these are obvious high quality systems offering 25yr parts and labour, and an explanation from a satellite image showing 14 panels on the north roof and 5 panels on the west which gets the uninterrupted sunlight in the afternoon. A very professional proposal but at a cost of $14,500 . they estimated power saving of $1500 per annum.

this is more than I am prepared to spend.
they say
[ Due to the shading issues from the tall surrounding trees, especially causing shading through the morning hours, you will need the more advanced SolarEdge inverter technology, with DC Power Optimisers behind every solar panel, which help to mitigate the shading issues, and therefore greatly improve efficiency and reliability. You will also have the advantage of being able to track the performance of each individual solar panel via an easy to use phone app. SolarEdge additionally happens to come with the longest and most comprehensive standard warranties of any inverter technology on the market, so it is the best long term choice.]

I went through solarquotes.com.au to get three quotes 2 years ago. Ended up choosing the most expensive.

Cheers Mick

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Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares

Well I had a quote emailed to me on an LG authorised system installation company, these are obvious high quality systems offering 25yr parts and labour, and an explanation from a satellite image showing 14 panels on the north roof and 5 panels on the west which gets the uninterrupted sunlight in the afternoon. A very professional proposal but at a cost of $14,500 . they estimated power saving of $1500 per annum.

this is more than I am prepared to spend.
they say
[ Due to the shading issues from the tall surrounding trees, especially causing shading through the morning hours, you will need the more advanced SolarEdge inverter technology, with DC Power Optimisers behind every solar panel, which help to mitigate the shading issues, and therefore greatly improve efficiency and reliability. You will also have the advantage of being able to track the performance of each individual solar panel via an easy to use phone app. SolarEdge additionally happens to come with the longest and most comprehensive standard warranties of any inverter technology on the market, so it is the best long term choice.]

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Sounds like you were getting a 7kwh system - maybe something smaller would be OK and be cheaper too?

I'd choose a smaller quality system over a bigger poor quality one.


Edit: or 5 - 6kwh with cheaper panels.

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Originally Posted by MickInTheMud

I went through solarquotes.com.au to get three quotes 2 years ago. Ended up choosing the most expensive.

Cheers Mick

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Me too.
Happy with the final installation.

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Originally Posted by Arapiles

Sounds like you were getting a 7kwh system - maybe something smaller would be OK and be cheaper too?

I'd choose a smaller quality system over a bigger poor quality one.


Edit: or 5 - 6kwh with cheaper panels.

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Single Phase Inverter with HD-Wave Technology for Australia Copy
4.985kW of Inverter Power
SolarEdge Technologies Ltd. 1 x SE5000H-AU
12 Year Warranty Parts & Labour




6,66 kwh panel,
https://opensolar-public-production...._Datasheet.pdf

https://opensolar-public-production....-optimizer.pdf

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Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares

Single Phase Inverter with HD-Wave Technology for Australia Copy
4.985kW of Inverter Power
SolarEdge Technologies Ltd. 1 x SE5000H-AU
12 Year Warranty Parts & Labour

6,66 kwh panel,
https://opensolar-public-production...._Datasheet.pdf

https://opensolar-public-production....-optimizer.pdf

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Look like nice panels. A mate of mine used to import cheap solar panels from China and apparently up to 25% were faulty out of the box. Caused him serious financial pain.

but at a cost of $14,500 . they estimated power saving of $1500 per annum.

Mmmm. About 10 years before you break even.

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Originally Posted by RHS58

Me too.
Happy with the final installation.

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l'm waiting on solar quotes , 1 rang me but l had physio with me, l rang and emailed the guy back but he hasn't returned my call yet.
l did some back ground checking on their feed back and most reviews they had were from installations using GoodWe invertors and Jinko Panels both are Chinese. Never heard of those brands before, googling says they are large companies, but is the quality good?


i found this on panel efficiency,

Best Solar Panels in 2020 [Complete List] | EnergySage

Best Solar Inverters 2020 — Clean Energy Reviews
reading this goodwe have partnered with GE

I commissioned a Solaredge system today that we installed this week, good gear, but save your money and get a cheaper system, something closer to half or less than that cost after rebates.

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Originally Posted by Vern

I commissioned a Solaredge system today that we installed this week, good gear, but save your money and get a cheaper system, something closer to half or less than that cost after rebates.

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that's my thoughts, $14.5K buys a lot of electricity, it would take many years to recover probably 7 years if it was 100% of all we need, but I think longer. Realistically I won't be around to see that. still researching, just don't want to get ripped off. Some reading says some of the cheapies will give good warranties but the faulty units must be returned to overseas manufacturers, ie China at your expense and turn around can be lengthly.