{"id":1903,"date":"2012-08-30T17:25:15","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T07:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=1903"},"modified":"2017-04-28T15:37:27","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T05:07:27","slug":"should-you-buy-the-cheapest-solar-system-on-the-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/should-you-buy-the-cheapest-solar-system-on-the-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Should you buy the cheapest solar system on the market?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(This post was written in 2012 &#8211; but the principles still hold true!)<\/p>\n<p>Everyone loves a bargain. Especially me! But are those solar systems advertised at jaw droppingly low prices a great deal or a future headache?<\/p>\n<p>I feel quite strongly about this &#8211; so I decided to make a video. Here it is.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"The Number One Most Common Question I Get Asked About Solar Power\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iFK11aAIF3Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>And here&#8217;s the transcript if you prefer to read rather than watch:<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Over the last 4 years I\u2019ve been asked thousands of questions about solar power.<\/p>\n<p>But the most common question I get asked is this;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Hey Finn, thanks for the free quotes really appreciate it, they were great guys, looked like really good quality systems and \u00a0they knew what they\u2019re talking about but I found a cheaper quote elsewhere, should I go with those guys&#8221;?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Well, maybe, but just be aware that if it\u2019s much cheaper than the guys I have referred you to, or much cheaper than anyone else on the market, what is that telling you about the potential quality of the components and the install?<\/p>\n<p>I give lots of advice about how to rate a solar installer, you can look the <a title=\"Solar Installer Reviews\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/installer-reviews.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">solar company&#8217;s reviews<\/a> up on my website. We\u2019ve got <del>8,000<\/del>\u00a0<del>almost 10,000<\/del>\u00a0close to 17,000 reviews of almost every solar installer in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>You can also Google:\u00a0&#8220;[company name ] \u00a0Whirlpool&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Which will give you the Whirlpool results. This is a kind of no holds barred solar forum. And the people who have been offered stupid cheap systems and\u00a0do their research often\u00a0find some really, really bad experiences with that company. But often they still go with them because they\u2019re the cheapest!<\/p>\n<p>The reason they go with them is that they ring up the company \u00a0to give them a chance and they say:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;hey you know, what kind of solar panels do you use&#8221;?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And these guys say,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;we use mono crystalline solar panels\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Well that means nothing! That\u2019s just the type of technology. You need to find out what solar panel brand they use. And if you do find out what brand they use, and if you can\u2019t find any third party validation on the web that those panels are any good, they\u2019re probably crap, same with the inverter.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5076\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5076\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5076\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/crap-install.jpg\" alt=\"cheap install\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5076\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This photo of a cheap install by a big, cheap company that advertises on TV was sent to me by a reader. This bare live conductor is potentially lethal.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Now, the other place that could cause problems is the installation. I\u2019ve seen very cheap solar installation companies that are charging half of what I think it would take to do a proper quality solar installation, trust me, you don\u2019t want those guys installing your solar system. This is an electrical system that carries lots of current, lots of voltage and if it goes wrong it can be nasty. Now a well installed solar system is highly unlikely to go wrong, it\u2019s probably safer than the rest of the electrics in your house, if your house is more than about 5 years old.<\/p>\n<p>But a badly installed solar system is bad news, I would not be comfortable having a badly installed system on my house.<\/p>\n<p>So if you\u2019re considering a really cheap solar system, do your research, read this\u00a0blog and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/learn-about-solar-energy.html\">the main site<\/a>. You&#8217;ll find\u00a0all sorts of advice and tips about how to work out if the solar system is a really good deal or if it\u2019s just a really cheap system that won\u2019t do the job. So do your research and please think really long and hard before going for the absolute cheapest system on the market.<\/p>\n<p>Because at the end of the day, when was the last time you ever bought the absolute cheapest option and had a\u00a0good experience in the medium to long term? Probably never.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(This post was written in 2012 &#8211; but the principles still hold true!) Everyone loves a bargain. Especially me! But are those solar systems advertised at jaw droppingly low prices a great deal or a future headache? I feel quite strongly about this &#8211; so I decided to make a video. Here it is. 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