The two numbers inside your bidirectional solar meter
Your bidirectional meter keeps two registers: one for import, one for export. Here is why the unit you keep at home is worth more than the one you send out.
Roof to Meter
The line missing from most hybrid quotes is not a price
A hybrid quote is a set of promises about behaviour. The lines that decide it: backup output, usable kWh, changeover scope and compliance documents.
Is your solar system producing the yield it was sold on?
Compare the specific yield and performance ratio on your monitoring against the modelled figure in your quote, and read the event log before you panic.
Why Your Lead-Acid Battery Dies Early in Load Shedding
Load shedding runs lead-acid batteries on partial-state-of-charge cycling, the duty cycle they handle worst. Here is how cycle life, DoD and C-rate compare.
Does a Grid-Tied Solar System Work During Load Shedding
Whether your panels keep working during load shedding comes down to one thing: can the inverter run islanded? Here's how to test yours before you sign a quote.
Your exported solar earns less than the unit you buy
Follow one exported solar unit through the municipal meter, the export rate, the fixed fees that stay payable and the year-end treatment of surplus credit.
What solar quotes miss about your roof and DB board
The site checks a solar quote should state before installation day: roof condition, DB board capacity, cable routes, upgrades and who pays for them.
The one solar app reading worth logging every morning
In the first weeks after switch-on, one reading taken at the same time each morning builds the baseline that later proves whether your solar system has changed.
Why your LiFePO4 battery trips when the kettle goes on
Your battery is not flat. A kettle trips it because the C-rate limit, not state of charge, governs discharge current. How to read the amps and watts.
What quietly voids your listed inverter's certification
A listed inverter is only compliant as part of a configuration. Settings, firmware and the battery's separate rules decide whether the approval still holds.