{"id":51882,"date":"2021-07-06T07:56:58","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T21:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=51882"},"modified":"2025-12-29T12:14:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T02:44:25","slug":"solarquotes-tv-ep6-mb2065","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solarquotes-tv-ep6-mb2065\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dark Side: Solar Power In Winter &#8211; SolarQuotes TV Episode 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"The Dark Side: The Truth About Solar Power In Winter - SolarQuotes TV Ep. 6\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zRxp-BJoBvI?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>This month&#8217;s SolarQuotes TV episode focuses on winter &#8211; how do solar power systems fare? 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There are lessons from the Europeans on this front and it&#8217;s important to get four things right &#8211; Finn explains what they are.<\/p>\n<h2>Man vs. Musk &#8211; Sauna Battery Battle<\/h2>\n<p>3:09 &#8211; Our most dangerous field test yet. We see which cooks first &#8211; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/battery-storage\/reviews\/tesla-review.html\">Tesla Powerwall<\/a> or a brave (but very stupid) volunteer. The question being answered:<\/p>\n<p>If we run a full-on Finnish sauna off nothing but a Tesla Powerwall and 6kW of solar (on a horrible day for generation), what&#8217;s going to die first &#8211; the Powerwall or the poor bloke inside the sauna?<\/p>\n<p>No spoilers &#8211; you&#8217;ll need to watch.<\/p>\n<h2>Tiny Homes Powered By Solar Panels<\/h2>\n<p>8:06 &#8211; If you&#8217;re looking for a sweet off-grid winter retreat, it doesn&#8217;t get much better than this &#8211; solar powered cabins hidden away on the edge of one of South Australia&#8217;s premium wine regions that are proving to be a really popular winter getaway<\/p>\n<h2>Getting Solar Right In Tasmania<\/h2>\n<p>9:59 &#8211; If you&#8217;re talking winter in Australia, there&#8217;s really only one place that provides the ultimate test for solar &#8211; Hobart. Finn chats with Mark from 4Front Services about designing a solar power system for maximum benefit in such a location.<\/p>\n<p>On a related note, if you&#8217;re thinking about going solar in Tasmania, a 6.6 kW system installation done right should pay for itself in under 5 years. Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/australia\/solar-power-tas\/solar-101-tasmania\/\">going solar in Tasmania<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Heat Pumps Are So Hot Right Now<\/h2>\n<p>13:08 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/hot-water\/heat-pump\/\">Heat pumps<\/a> are used for either heating water or for space heating. For heating water, they&#8217;ve had a bad reputation with plumbers in Australia &#8211; but this is mainly because there have been a lot of really crappy heat pumps installed. Finn mentions some good brands well worth the investment.<\/p>\n<p>Finn also touches on new energy efficiency labels for air-conditioners that SQ&#8217;s Ronald has provided <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/air-conditioner-energy-labels\/\">more detail on here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Ned&#8217;s Reviews &#8211; A &#8220;Rubbish Installation&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>15:53 &#8211; Ned was horrified by this review of a (non-SQ approved) installer. Smashed tiles, rubbish left behind &#8211; they even damaged the customer&#8217;s outdoor stairs. It&#8217;s horrific what can happen if you choose bad installer.<\/p>\n<p>Before signing on the dotted line for a solar installation, do your due diligence and check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/installers\/reviews\/\">installer reviews<\/a>. Or let us put installers through the wringer so you don&#8217;t have to by using SQ&#8217;s solar quote service.<\/p>\n<h2>Winter And Solar Panel Tilt<\/h2>\n<p>17:04 &#8211; David wants to get better system performance in winter and asks Finn whether he should increase the tilt of his solar panels.<\/p>\n<h2>Calculating PV Payback<\/h2>\n<p>17:54 &#8211; Michael ask how much solar would he need to install in order to get payback in 5 years, based on his electricity consumption.<\/p>\n<p><b>Handy tool <\/b>&#8211; the SolarQuotes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/solar-calculator\/\">solar calculator<\/a> can provide this information &#8211; and much more!<\/p>\n<h2>Optimum Panel Angles References<\/h2>\n<p>19:03 &#8211; Johnny wants to know how Finn sources all his information on solar panel angles. While on this topic, you can learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/angle\/\">angles here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Winter Solar Power System Performance In Australia<\/h2>\n<p>19:37 &#8211; Ronald and Finn chat about the misconception that solar doesn&#8217;t work in winter. Ronald shows a bunch of graphs indicating it does &#8211; and mostly, very well. Ronald also recently published an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-power-winter-australia\/\">article on solar power in winter in Australia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Adelaide&#8217;s NABERS 10-Star Home<\/h2>\n<p>25:05 &#8211; Earlier this year, a NABERS 10-star home in the Adelaide Hills region was opened up for inspection &#8211; this home requires zero artificial heating and cooling. Finn chats about its features and the costs involved with building super energy-efficient houses.<\/p>\n<h2>Download Energy Efficient Home Designs<\/h2>\n<p>26:22 &#8211; The Australian Federal Government has come up with a really good initiative. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourhome.gov.au\/house-designs\">Design For Place<\/a> offers architect-designed sustainable 2-, 3- and 4-bedroom home designs for anyone to use &#8211; free.<\/p>\n<p>For a bunch more videos on everything solar and previous SQTV episodes, check out and subscribe to the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/solarquotesaustralia\">SolarQuotes Youtube channel<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month&#8217;s SolarQuotes TV episode focuses on winter &#8211; how do solar power systems fare? Another important question is also answered &#8211; can a Tesla Powerwall cook a human? See the outcome of a battery powered sauna battle! 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