The 10 dumb myths of solar installers
As mentioned in a previous article, I’ve been arranging the installation of a number of solar systems lately. And I like to do them big (the efficient option); I like to get them for the lowest price (within reason, because I want a good job with reasonable quality components); and I like to make sure the economics are understood and that customers are maximising self-consumption while recognising economic value for their exports. And most importantly to me, I really want the environmental outcomes that come with installing as much solar as possible, displacing both fossil gas burnt on-site and coal and gas-fired power generation from the grid. In pursuing those aims, I’ve run up against a few myths I get from solar installers that, frankly, have me flummoxed. I want to buy a product off them. I’ve worked out the solution and then I’m told, ‘no you can’t’. But in almost every….
