{"id":28211,"date":"2019-02-25T16:50:43","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T06:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=28211"},"modified":"2019-02-25T16:50:43","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T06:20:43","slug":"solarquotes-vodcast-ep5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solarquotes-vodcast-ep5\/","title":{"rendered":"SolarQuotes Vodcast Episode #5"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"SolarQuotes Vodcast #5 - 22\/2\/19\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ibb9Tf_gWKg?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>Last Friday Ronald and I sat down in SQHQ to discuss the previous 7 days on the blog. Here are the posts we discussed, along with links to the relevant place in the video. <!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ibb9Tf_gWKg&amp;t=27s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">0:27<\/a><\/u> &#8211; Canberra Battery Test Centre Update \u2014 BYD Battery Comes Out On Top.<\/h2>\n<p>While the related <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/battery-testing-update\/\">blog post<\/a> gives lots of details of the batteries that were tested, in the video we discuss the batteries that had significant problems when the centre was trying to test them, including Redflow, LG Resu V1, Ampetus Super Lithium and Simpliphi.<\/p>\n<p>We also look at the awful results for the Tesla Powerwall 1, and go on to discuss 2 reports of bricked Powerwall 2&#8217;s (following electrical storms) that came in to SQ earlier in the week.<\/p>\n<h2><u><a href=\"unsaved:\/\/\/\u201dhttps:\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ibb9Tf_gWKg&amp;t=860s\u201d\" target=\"\u201d_blank\u201d\" rel=\"\u201dnoopener\u201d\">14:20<\/a><\/u> \u2013 SolarQuotes Worst Review (And Best Review) Of The Week<\/h2>\n<p>Discover the worst review and best solar installer review that came into SQ this week (as chosen by Ned). 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