Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Solar Update

Our solar panels are installed and wired up on our roof, with the first generation of power happening late on May 28, though we had waited a short while for a cable and some other bits and pieces that were not shipped by the supplier in time for the installation. The initial delivery was badly transported and the weight of the panels crushed the wooden pallet. It was feared some of the fragile panels may have been damaged too, so everything was sent back and re-ordered, but some pieces took longer to be rounded up than others. 

The installation company (PAV) was happy to adapt and tweak the design as we went along, accepting and discussing input from us along the way.

The last panel about to be placed

We've had scaffolding around our home for 2 weeks, making it almost impossible to park our car in the garage. We're told that the scaffolding company will usually only remove it when the next job is nigh (aka we are a tempoary storage yard), but our contractor has said our container's arriving next week so it must be removed chop-chop! It worked - the next working day it was gone. It took less than an hour to dismantle.

This is our power wall in the garage - still needs some tweaking. Dale walks around with his phone, calling out how many kW we're generating at different times.



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