Extremely well done and professional! The separate safety switches for each circuit is something I have installed in any house I have owned, and particularly good in a rental house! No more fencing wire in old fuses!!! Brilliantly designed system and of a quality that will last many years! ( ex-sparky)
This is exactly what I needed to see! Looking at a 6.6kw system at the moment (obtained quotes via solarquotes) this reminded me of all the questions I need to tick off before I go ahead and sign off. Power optimiser consideration a big one as we have numerous shade issues, and great to see an aesthetically pleasing install too.
@@shmickist How much shade? A little shade is no big deal really. I loose a little in winter and very late afternoon mid summer and it’s not that bad really
Thanks for this video. It provided additional knowledge that I can then apply when searching for an installer, notably the racking solution brand that would be used.
Not having battery would bake my head. I export zero in the UK. I use all my solar to the max and store what I don’t use for the night time usage. I installed my own system but I’d love to become a solar installer. I’m currently a truck driver here in the UK but I’m looking for a career change and even a new life in Australia.
The quality of this system was recorded so it makes sense to show a good installation so are SolarQuotes installers rated on their quality of installs such as installing cables from the inverters inside the wall where possible?
choose the cheap panels with optimsers without shading issues, what's for? install fronius with smart meter plus part of tigo optimisers. this is engineer way.
.. hopefully newer home roof designed for solar with optimum tilt angle through out the year..also inverter/optimiser has mineral oil submerged cooling..
Show us how you do ace event tile roof. Every time I let a bozo onto my roof I end up with water leaks and cracked tiles. When they walk around they hear the tiles “snap” but they just keep walking hoping no-one noticed. It you drill a hole in a cement tile you have ruined it………it may not snap today, but in a months time it’s a different story. If you let them they will puncture your sarking and , again, pretend they nothings wrong! Your team may be better, but whenever you sub out the installation, tho Bozos let you down I have not yet seen a suitable fixing system for tiles. A lot of people in my area have tiled roofs and they are holding off because if this industry wide deficiency!!! Stavros
Giday ,great video. Is the my Micro inverter system i propose a safer System ? My System i wish to build - 4 x 570w solar panels connected to a Micro inverter 2800w 20v - 60v DC in and the output is 230v at 8 amps 50hz single phase. The output from the micros(230v) go to a programable current switch mode battery charger - 230v input - 48v output across 4x 12v 200amp hour Carbon lead batts (48v system) (fixed Controlled Current) The Micros are programable with current sensing. The Micros, to avoid issues would have Surge and RCBO 10 Amps Type B protection very close to inverter on the panel at the AC 230v output side. Micro input from the 4 panels would have 4 separate inline Fuses or 4 pole DC MCB(local panel Isolation) with their own surge protection on the DC side. Home power would come from High frequency sun ark mppt inverter units connected to the Battery 48v (non interference system as Switch Mode charger from Micros to Batts is galvanic and offers isolation as do the galvanic Micros). All IEC approved gear. Its against my religion to use high voltage DC due to the risk factor (hail , water , Mechanical insulation breakdown and the Idiot factor). Im interested in installing this at my brothers house in Queensland with a compliant installer, Thanks Mate from Andrew Nz
Why would you use 250A CT for the energy meter? Surely your total household consumption will not draw more than 60-80Amp and your solar generation could further reduce it by another 10-30A from generation. So why 250Amp CT in the switchboard?
Good day. I wanted to ask about your tools, which shovels do you use to mount the solar panels on the roof? Where did you get it if it's not a secret? maybe you have an e-shop address?
Good installation solar quotes... But i noticed something, you didn't mention the battery. Like what sort of battery was used for this installation? 🤔🤔
Why only use a 5KW invertor with a 6.6kw solar system? Is there a loss of efficiency from the panels or ration to matching up the inverter to the panels?
Noel: www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/oversizing-solar-arrays/ (Short answer - 33% inverter oversizing is the max you're allowed to be able to claim the Australian solar rebate)
@@SolarQuotes thanks. Does that inverter size keep rising proportionately if you have more solar panels and still eligible for the rebate or is that capped or hit a smooth spot at 5KW inverter size?
Hi, Just on that ' consumption meter' that you're about to install. To view the graph on it , do you have to go to that inside sub mains box to look at it, or does it have ' wifi enabled' to view it from your phone or computer, or the like?
No. Micro inverters take each panel's DC -> 240V AC, supervised by a central controller. Power optimisers tweak each panel's DC -> optimised DC, and then a main inverter does string DC -> 240V AC. Micro inverters and power optimisers both do MPPT (Maximum Power Point Tracking) at every panel, which is different from normal String inverters that only MPPT for the whole string.
From the very first piece of equipment this fails the gold standard. Ideally it would be a curved foot that follows the shape of the colourbond. This will avoid flattening which can occur using an L foot and it's a better roof interface in terms of strength.
choose big solar system, worth than solaredge stuff. monitoring , optimsers cant help the customer to save the bills much, install more panels is right way.
so rare to have trades people who care about a high quality finish for the customer! well done.
those cable runs inside the brick are incredible. Not sure many can appreciate how much extra work that is. Well done.
Excellent installation video. Well done Finn and the team.
Extremely well done and professional! The separate safety switches for each circuit is something I have installed in any house I have owned, and particularly good in a rental house! No more fencing wire in old fuses!!! Brilliantly designed system and of a quality that will last many years! ( ex-sparky)
This is exactly what I needed to see! Looking at a 6.6kw system at the moment (obtained quotes via solarquotes) this reminded me of all the questions I need to tick off before I go ahead and sign off. Power optimiser consideration a big one as we have numerous shade issues, and great to see an aesthetically pleasing install too.
Go big if you can 6.6kw is very last decade
@@chefgav1 our house has some serious shade issues, ended up going with 7.88kw with power optimisers.
@@shmickist How much shade? A little shade is no big deal really. I loose a little in winter and very late afternoon mid summer and it’s not that bad really
@@chefgav1 an 80 year old gum covers 3/4 useable roof space in winter.
@@shmickist ah OK fair enough. With that much shade imo it would have been better with Enphase
Nice job, esp the hidden conduit. Looking at a 10kW install currently.
Thanks for this video. It provided additional knowledge that I can then apply when searching for an installer, notably the racking solution brand that would be used.
Not having battery would bake my head. I export zero in the UK. I use all my solar to the max and store what I don’t use for the night time usage. I installed my own system but I’d love to become a solar installer. I’m currently a truck driver here in the UK but I’m looking for a career change and even a new life in Australia.
The quality of this system was recorded so it makes sense to show a good installation so are SolarQuotes installers rated on their quality of installs such as installing cables from the inverters inside the wall where possible?
choose the cheap panels with optimsers without shading issues, what's for?
install fronius with smart meter plus part of tigo optimisers.
this is engineer way.
.. hopefully newer home roof designed for solar with optimum tilt angle through out the year..also inverter/optimiser has mineral oil submerged cooling..
Show us how you do ace event tile roof.
Every time I let a bozo onto my roof I end up with water leaks and cracked tiles. When they walk around they hear the tiles “snap” but they just keep walking hoping no-one noticed. It you drill a hole in a cement tile you have ruined it………it may not snap today, but in a months time it’s a different story. If you let them they will puncture your sarking and , again, pretend they nothings wrong!
Your team may be better, but whenever you sub out the installation, tho Bozos let you down
I have not yet seen a suitable fixing system for tiles.
A lot of people in my area have tiled roofs and they are holding off because if this industry wide deficiency!!!
Stavros
Good job boys, come over to Vic and do my install!
no shade hood on the inverter?
Giday ,great video.
Is the my Micro inverter system i propose a safer System ?
My System i wish to build - 4 x 570w solar panels connected to a Micro inverter 2800w 20v - 60v DC in and the output is 230v at 8 amps 50hz single phase.
The output from the micros(230v) go to a programable current switch mode battery charger - 230v input - 48v output across 4x 12v 200amp hour Carbon lead batts (48v system)
(fixed Controlled Current)
The Micros are programable with current sensing.
The Micros, to avoid issues would have Surge and RCBO 10 Amps Type B protection very close to inverter on the panel at the AC 230v output side.
Micro input from the 4 panels would have 4 separate inline Fuses or 4 pole DC MCB(local panel Isolation) with their own surge protection on the DC side.
Home power would come from High frequency sun ark mppt inverter units connected to the Battery 48v (non interference system as Switch Mode charger from Micros to Batts is galvanic and offers isolation as do the galvanic Micros).
All IEC approved gear.
Its against my religion to use high voltage DC due to the risk factor (hail , water , Mechanical insulation breakdown and the Idiot factor).
Im interested in installing this at my brothers house in Queensland with a compliant installer,
Thanks Mate from Andrew Nz
When they run between the two rails, do they run catenary? What's supporting the cables? Great quality video man.
Great job.
pls check cec guideline,
label kit installation is wrong
Why would you use 250A CT for the energy meter? Surely your total household consumption will not draw more than 60-80Amp and your solar generation could further reduce it by another 10-30A from generation. So why 250Amp CT in the switchboard?
Good day. I wanted to ask about your tools, which shovels do you use to mount the solar panels on the roof? Where did you get it if it's not a secret? maybe you have an e-shop address?
Good installation solar quotes... But i noticed something, you didn't mention the battery. Like what sort of battery was used for this installation? 🤔🤔
there is no battery on this installation - that was added later and you can see the battery installation here: ua-cam.com/video/vaM_y_6XlcY/v-deo.html
Okay thanks so much 😍😍
what happens when you are working on a tile roof
What is the heavy-duty conduit that they are using?
Is an HDPE conduit a heavy-duty one?
Thank you!
Why only use a 5KW invertor with a 6.6kw solar system? Is there a loss of efficiency from the panels or ration to matching up the inverter to the panels?
Noel: www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/oversizing-solar-arrays/
(Short answer - 33% inverter oversizing is the max you're allowed to be able to claim the Australian solar rebate)
@@SolarQuotes thanks. Does that inverter size keep rising proportionately if you have more solar panels and still eligible for the rebate or is that capped or hit a smooth spot at 5KW inverter size?
@@noelg5783 No, it scales up - for example, a 10 kW inverter can have 13.3 kW of panels :)
Hi, Just on that ' consumption meter' that you're about to install. To view the graph on it , do you have to go to that inside sub mains box to look at it, or does it have ' wifi enabled' to view it from your phone or computer, or the like?
You look at the graphs through the SolarEdge app. The smart meter talks to the inverter, the inverter has WiFi.
Thank you
Great installation, how many hours did this take please?
This job was done over two days in stinking hot summer weather
What kind of wind speeds can the solar brackets handle?
Is there nothing more recent?
Turn appliances on and off? I thought we just run the system like the grid power and it saves us money.
The idea is to run appliances such as washing machines and hot water services during the day when you have solar power available.
Sir, have any job for solar installation team work
I’ve heard stories about micro converters. Are the same thing as power optimisers?
No. Micro inverters take each panel's DC -> 240V AC, supervised by a central controller.
Power optimisers tweak each panel's DC -> optimised DC, and then a main inverter does string DC -> 240V AC.
Micro inverters and power optimisers both do MPPT (Maximum Power Point Tracking) at every panel,
which is different from normal String inverters that only MPPT for the whole string.
Different technology that gives a similar result - see our write-up here: www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/solar-panel-optimisation/
From the very first piece of equipment this fails the gold standard. Ideally it would be a curved foot that follows the shape of the colourbond. This will avoid flattening which can occur using an L foot and it's a better roof interface in terms of strength.
Skully, when you are installing solar on a tin roof, what brand of feet do you use?
only use the pucks or need them when doing landscape
I’d just install the inverter in the garage. No chance of water ingress then.
choose big solar system, worth than solaredge stuff.
monitoring , optimsers cant help the customer to save the bills much, install more panels is right way.
Using cheap panels