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On 05-Jan-24 7:20 pm, Daniel65 wrote:
> Back in mid-Sept, I asked if anyone had any recommendations for Solar 
> Battery Installers .... Well, Buyer Beware!!
> 
> Back in 2020, having a bit of money to spare, I had a 18 panel, 4.5kW 
> Solar Panel system installed and now, having more money to spare, I paid 
> Solar Battery Group just over $8,000 to install a 5kW Battery, thinking 
> that would give me Power security .... but NO!
> 
> Yesterday, at about 7:15p.m., the local Mains power went out and I was 
> left in darkness. Surprise, surprise, when the Mains back on about a min 
> later, so did my Power. At about 10:00p.m., when I checked my Power 
> System, the battery was still indicating over 60% full.
> 
> So this morning I rang the Solar Battery Group, the supply/install firm, 
> and they said the Solar Battery arrangement had worked as expected. The 
> system wasn't meant to maintain power in place of Mains power, it was 
> only meant to supply power WHEN THE MAINS WAS AVAILABLE so "in place of" 
> NOT "in the absence of" mains power.
> 
> The SOLAR BATTERY GROUP will, however, sell you, for $1,300 or so, an 
> optional extra, a Power Outlet connected directly to the Battery System 
> which will supply up to 3kW maximum .... but, still, during an outage, 
> you'd have to go out to the Battery (or the special power outlet 
> adjacent to it) with a extension cord to plug in your most desireable 
> (less than 3kW) devices!!
> 
> I suppose, eventually (if I live long enough), I'll get back my $8,000 
> for the battery and $2,500 (I think) for the original Solar Panels .... 
> but who knows!! ;-(
> 
> Just FYI .... if you are considering getting a Battery installed.

You also need to check that the system will be able to charge the 
battery from the solar panels during a power outage. This appears to be 
not a given either.

The ability to do that saved us from the effects of an outage that 
lasted more than a day (and a week for some people in my area).

Sylvia.

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Just for your information ..... Daniel65 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2024-01-05 19:20 +1100
  Re: Just for your information ..... Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2024-01-05 20:20 +1100
    Re: Just for your information ..... Daniel65 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2024-01-05 23:46 +1100
  Re: Just for your information ..... Phil Allison <pallison49@gmail.com> - 2024-01-05 18:41 -0800
    Re: Just for your information ..... Daniel65 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2024-01-06 20:37 +1100
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