Buying Solar Power Systems
Here you'll find the high level questions that people encounter during the solar buying process.
- What's the best tariff to be on with solar?
- How do I install solar on an block of units / apartment block?
- When is the optimum time to buy solar? If the capital cost of solar keeps going down that reduction in price may more than offset the savings from solar over the next few years.
- We have installed solar, and our electricity bill seems higher than ever. Can you help?
- I am building a house. Does it make more sense to pre-wire for solar or should we just wait and get it installed afterwards?
- I live in QLD and my installer said "5.5kW is the maximum sizing we can go to with micro inverters". Is this true?
- I've been told my maximum solar system size is 5kW. Is that correct?
- Should I buy a second-hand solar system?
- Can renters benefit from solar?
- What price should I be paying for a solar system?
- Should I buy batteries with my solar?
- What does kWh stand for, and what's the difference between a kW and a kWh?
- Are you guys affiliated with that mob that keeps calling me and harassing me about getting a solar system before the rebate runs out?
- How do I know what size system is best for me?
- I have been advised that the Government Rebate is ending soon for solar - is this true?
- I use 95% of my electricity after 6pm - should I get solar?
- Should I go off-grid in the city?
- I am thinking about solar but believe I have missed the boat – is it still worth it for me to get a solar system?
- How do I know that I'm getting the panels I paid for on the day of installation?
- Please can you sketch out a design for this complex microgrid/commercial solar system / retirement community/sub metering/thorium reactor/other interesting project for me?
- Can you help me design a small solar system for my boat/cabin/caravan?
- In the company's T&C's they talk about passing over ownership of Energy Certificates (STC's), is this something that I should understand better before passing over ownership?
- I noticed that some companies don't appear to be "accredited installers" with the Clean Energy Council. Is there a particular reason for this, and if the companies are not "accredited" what mechanism is there to get any faulty work rectified?
- Does the installer need to be licensed to install the solar system?
- Who does all the paper work and application for the installation?