{"id":99109,"date":"2026-05-29T06:04:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T20:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=99109"},"modified":"2026-05-28T16:49:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T07:19:32","slug":"foxess-good-value-watch-out-shocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/foxess-good-value-watch-out-shocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox ESS Seems Good Value, But Watch Out For The Shonks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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SolarQuotes is forever fielding questions from punters about quality of both hardware and installation, but recently we\u2019ve seen a huge amount of interest in one fast-rising player.<\/p>\n

So are Fox ESS batteries any good? I\u2019ll give them a qualified yes and outline why in this article.<\/p>\n

My first hand inspection of a Fox ESS<\/a> install done by the quality team DQ Electrical<\/a>\u00a0is instructive. The hardware isn\u2019t sleek glass but nor does it look unfinished. Without naming names, there are others out there that are obviously cheap by comparison.<\/p>\n

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This Fox installed by DQ Solar was well executed, despite the compromises you need to make when covering up all the holes left by a legacy system.<\/p><\/div>\n

When I asked DQ founder Don Quattrocchi about Fox’s technical support, he said:<\/p>\n

“Yeah, there\u2019s a WhatsApp group and a phone number, but we haven\u2019t needed it, they just work. In fact some of the boys say they commission easier than a Sungrow<\/a>. We tried AlphaESS<\/a> as a budget offering, but never again, way too many problems.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Phil, the owner of this new Fox system, is a fairly savvy mechanical engineer, a bloke I know well enough to get an unvarnished opinion. He\u2019s fairly new to solar but very pleased he didn\u2019t get the Solax<\/a> unit his Dad has ended up with. The people selling that solution were so cheap that they only used a 10kW 3-phase inverter. Sadly, that’s about 3.3kW of single-phase surge capacity, so it’s easily overwhelmed during an outage.<\/p>\n

Whereas Phil likes his Fox because a competent retailer explained the limitations of a 15kW machine, and the Fox monitoring app offers a much better user interface.<\/p>\n

So Lets Gather Some Thoughts<\/h2>\n

I\u2019ve been keeping an ear out across the industry, and there are some interesting opinions.<\/p>\n

On the plus side, I think these points augur well for the brand.<\/p>\n