MARKS BLOG – SOLAR FOR BEGINNERS

If you are looking into adding a solar battery to your solar system, then you’ll want to understand not just the sizing options but how they vary in [...]

How often should I clean my solar panels? What is the best way to clean my solar panels? How do I maintain a solar system? Here are a few tips and tricks.

How much will a solar panel system save me? What will my solar payback period be?  The solar savings calculator below will answer this [...]

Should I get an AC coupled battery or a DC coupled solar battery for my solar system? This post will briefly explain AC and DC and how we change one [...]

Solar Voltage Rise can significantly reduce your solar production, but the problem is often ignored. It’s one thing to use a quality inverter [...]

It’s been a couple of years since I first wrote this SolarEdge inverter review. It started out nice. We installed over 3000 SolarEdge [...]

Since writing my latest post on Tigo Energy, there have been claims by some in the industry that Tigo optimisers cannot be used with three-phase [...]

Can I face solar panels North, East and West? It’s a solar panel design question I pose to almost every electrician and solar salesman I [...]

What size solar system do I need? It’s one of the first questions you should ask when looking for solar: What size solar system should I get? [...]

You’re looking to buy solar, but your best section of the roof is close to flat. The bloke down the road has mounted hideous tilt frames on his [...]

What’s the best direction to set your solar orientation? Is it better to install your panels split between East and West,  or is North the [...]