{"id":2223,"date":"2013-02-04T09:21:25","date_gmt":"2013-02-03T23:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=2223"},"modified":"2018-06-28T08:23:23","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T21:53:23","slug":"the-5-golden-rules-for-choosing-a-solar-installer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/the-5-golden-rules-for-choosing-a-solar-installer\/","title":{"rendered":"The 5 Golden Rules For Choosing A Solar Installer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last four years, I&#8217;ve written thousands of words and made hours of videos answering the question:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>&#8220;Finn &#8211; there are hundreds of solar companies out there &#8211; they all claim that &#8220;they are the best and everyone else is second rate or worse&#8221;!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>How do I choose a good, honest, solar installer that will charge a fair price and look after me and my panels if anything goes wrong down the track?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>At the end of the day &#8211; if you follow these 5 golden rules you can&#8217;t really go wrong:<!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"The 5 Golden Rules For Choosing A Solar Installer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OE_2-cS8mYQ?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>(Or if that seems a bit stressful: consider using our &#8220;<a title=\"Get 3 Solar Quotes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/quote\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Get 3 quotes service<\/a>&#8221; and you&#8217;ll get a choice of 3 local installers from the SQ network. 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Last time I checked at least of 2 of the largest solar companies in Australia had a clause saying &#8220;we take no responsibility for the amount of power generated by your solar system&#8221;. Unbelievable!<\/p>\n<p><strong>5.<\/strong> Are they transparent about the exact brand of solar panel, inverter and racking that they use. &#8220;A Grade Solar Panel and high efficiency inverter&#8221; is not good enough!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last four years, I&#8217;ve written thousands of words and made hours of videos answering the question: &#8220;Finn &#8211; there are hundreds of solar companies out there &#8211; they all claim that &#8220;they are the best and everyone else is second rate or worse&#8221;! 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