{"id":89561,"date":"2025-02-15T07:30:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T22:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=89561"},"modified":"2025-02-15T17:17:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T07:47:26","slug":"finn-peacocks-phase-shift-the-aldification-of-solar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/finn-peacocks-phase-shift-the-aldification-of-solar\/","title":{"rendered":"Finn Peacock&#8217;s Phase Shift: The Aldification Of Solar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-89564\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/empty-shopping-trolley-left-outside-2023-11-27-05-37-20-utc-1.jpg\" alt=\"Shopping trolley\" width=\"1200\" height=\"626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/empty-shopping-trolley-left-outside-2023-11-27-05-37-20-utc-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/empty-shopping-trolley-left-outside-2023-11-27-05-37-20-utc-1-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/empty-shopping-trolley-left-outside-2023-11-27-05-37-20-utc-1-1024x534.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/empty-shopping-trolley-left-outside-2023-11-27-05-37-20-utc-1-768x401.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back in 2007, $8,000 would get you 1 kW of solar panels on your roof. Today, Aldi is promising 6 kW of panels AND a 4.6 kWh (usable) battery <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-batteries-on-special-should-you-trust-aldi-to-power-your-home\/\">installed for the same money.<\/a> We&#8217;re watching something I call the &#8216;Aldification of Solar&#8217; &#8211; the race by giant retailers to slap a discount tag on what used to be a specialist service.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>While Aldi are dipping into low-cost electrical installs, Bunnings now offer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/bunnings-dodgy-ev-charger-installs\/\">EV charger hookups &#8216;starting at $699&#8217;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to 2025, where you can grab a licensed electrical installation with your sausage sizzle.<\/p>\n<h2>Everybody Loves A Bargain<\/h2>\n<p>Look, I\u2019m not here to mock low prices. Who doesn&#8217;t love grabbing a discounted cordless drill at Bunnings? For a specific model, you get the same warranty and performance, whether you paid top dollar or got it half price.<\/p>\n<p>Same with basic foodstuffs. Years ago, I worked in a UK factory where flour for high-end supermarkets and flour for discount shops ran through the same bagging machine.<\/p>\n<p>One morning, someone would load the machine with boutique packaging which sold for an arm and a leg; the next, it was a discount supermarket bag sold at a fraction of the cost (6p per bag of flour if I remember right). As far as I could tell, the contents didn&#8217;t change.<\/p>\n<p>But while plain white flour is flour &#8211; no matter the bag &#8211; compliant electrical installations can look the same on a quotation yet hide big differences in long-term quality.<\/p>\n<h2>Solar Is Not The Same As A Bag Of Flour<\/h2>\n<p>Australian Standards often contain &#8216;shall&#8217; and &#8216;should&#8217; clauses. &#8216;Shall&#8217; is strict: do it, or it&#8217;s legally non-compliant. &#8216;Should&#8217; is more of a best-practice tip.<\/p>\n<p>Take the Australian Standard for Solar Installs: AS\/NZ 5033. Section 2.2.2 says the installer should allow for thermal expansion between panels, but I&#8217;ve lost count of how many solar panels I&#8217;ve seen jammed right against each other.<\/p>\n<p>That might still technically be installed to code, but it&#8217;s not great for the system&#8217;s longevity, and it&#8217;s a perfect example of where &#8216;good enough&#8217; might not be good enough over time.<\/p>\n<p>With solar or EV charging, there&#8217;s a team climbing on your roof, modifying your meter box, and deciding how to run cables through your forever home. Skill, attention to detail, and an eye for aesthetics don&#8217;t always come cheap.<\/p>\n<p>So by all means, grab your flour from Aldi, pick up a drill from Bunnings, and save a dollar where you can. But when it comes to hooking your million-dollar house<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/finn-peacocks-phase-shift-the-aldification-of-solar\/#en-89561-1' id='enref-89561-1' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(89561)'>1<\/a><\/sup> to the sun or your $60,000 EV to your house, take a moment to ask: is price your only criteria?<\/p>\n<p>If you do choose the budget option, please do your homework on the contracting entity checking for any unresolved 1-star reviews online. If the big box retailer won&#8217;t divulge the installer&#8217;s details on the quote &#8211; I reckon that&#8217;s a big red flag.<\/p>\n<p><em>Phase Shift is a new weekly opinion column by SolarQuotes founder Finn Peacock, published on the SolarQuotes blog every Saturday morning.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 2007, $8,000 would get you 1 kW of solar panels on your roof. 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