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Michael Qualmann

Big learnings from my first month with battery storage and more solar

October 10, 2017 by Michael Qualmann 7 Comments

After five weeks with 8kW of solar panels and a 10kWh LG battery – including mostly perfect weather, some rainy days and one eight-hour grid outage – here’s how the system at my NSW home performed.

Filed Under: Battery/Storage, Energy Efficiency, Solar

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