Top to bottom, 70mm² 25mm² 16mm² 10mm² (3 phase) 6mm² sheathed, 2.5mm² sheathed, 4mm² Solar DC, 3 x 2.5mm² flexible plus a dangerously cracked and brittle 16mm² main service from a 1960s house.
Some weeks ago, I explained why the voltage in a long cable will drop over its length, and how this affects solar installations that are a long way from the switchboard. [Read more…]
I remember the Tesla Powerwall 2 hitting the Australian market like it was just 7 years ago. It was the shining white pioneer that lit the way, the stroke of marketing mastery, the name now appropriated by an entire industry to describe a brick full of batteries. [Read more…]
If you are reading this because you have a failed ‘vintage’ inverter, you probably bought your solar power system ten or more years ago. In which case… [Read more…]
Having recently completed a road trip through SA, VIC and NSW, I have come to two conclusions…
In any case, I have a few pictures which should make more than a passing interest, even if it’s only the solar nerds who appreciate the finer details. [Read more…]
The Australian Standard for home battery installations is quite strict about where solar batteries can and can’t go. [Read more…]
Image Credit: “a rat with wings smashing a solar panel, in the style of Banksy” DALL-E & Finn Peacock
Protecting Your Solar From Sky Rats and Other Feral Disasters
I recall the days installing solar panels on a petrol station roof and the distinct feeling we were being watched. [Read more…]
Image Credit: Glen Morris. Typeface & Design Credit: Beelzebub & his helpers from Standards Australia.
The recently updated Australian Standard for solar installations, AS5033:2021, contains the following clause that has caused a few headaches for solar installers and designers: [Read more…]
You may have read Finn’s original ‘7-mistakes’ article, followed by ex WA-installer Kim’s take and SA Installer Chris’s version. Now here are the biggest mistakes I’ve seen people make buying solar during my years on and off the roofs of South Australia: [Read more…]
Image: StarryAI “Big Shed With Solar Panels”
Top tips for installing solar on your man-cave. Or lady-lair.
So there’s a shed at your place that seems ideal for solar panels, but it’s well down the back of the block. Can you install solar panels on it, and if so, how much? [Read more…]
(trigger warning for solar nerds – this story has a very sad ending)
Finn asked me to write a post on the worst solar installation I ever had to do. The worst? Ah, let me count the ways I could interpret that… this could become a series. [Read more…]
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