It seems that the household battery storage market will struggle to live up to expectations this year, with many installers – and customers – deciding that it is just too hard to make it work, and simply installing more solar is the easiest and quickest way to get a return on investment.
In this episode we also discuss the ABC’s report on rooftop solar, and some of the dangers and pitfalls. In short, harsh but fair, and a summary of what we have been highlighting in our Crap Solar segment for the past two years. Plus, is there a smart alternative to DC isolators, still the most vulnerable part of rooftop arrays?
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This post was published on June 6, 2019 12:16 pm
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the podcast doesn't work
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Hi Rob, there were some issues with it yesterday, but they should have been fixed. Tech support tells me that clearing your cache should do the trick. Apologies for the annoyance.
Thanks Sophie tis working now
Podcast isn’t working
Hi Ali, there were some issues with it yesterday, but they should have been fixed. Tech support tells me that clearing your cache should do the trick. Apologies for the annoyance.
Has the battery storage market gone flat?
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You can get your small house off grid for about $10G - you can perform all the DC installation yourself. If you have three rooms, you can run three 15 amp cords from the enclosed inverter (mine is in a box on the front veranda next to the 512 a/h AGM batteries and switchgear, regulator). Than have a multi-outlet power board in each room - no electrician required.In a rural situation you can ground mount the panels facing North and thus make them safe and easy to install, maintain. I use a cheap Powerstar Korean inverter which has been reliable for eight years and runs all I need up to 300oW with a peak load of 9000W - I use a Tomahawk branded version. They come with continuous loads up to 12000W and can be grid tied if required. If you want to go off grid, and are relatively poor, this is a way to get the power on for $25 a month over 20 years. That includes two sets of batteries. It gets cheaper after that, as the oldest panel I use is now 40 years old and still charges my power tools and tractor battery, etc. And when your neighbors are in the dark, you can snigger and enjoy the power from sunlight. I run a small 12V system just for LED lights and lap top, etc., so I can work on one system while the other keeps going - not that I have had to do it. And 5 year old panels can now be bought for 35c or so a watt! For ten grand you can power a train!