Here’s How To Do It Right
Water and electricity don’t mix, but puddles are appearing in all sorts of places right now. Can we keep rainwater out of EV charging plugs? Yes, but not without some attention to detail. Is It A Problem If Home EV…
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A Solar Battery’s Secret Lever: The Minimum Reserve Level
The minimum level of charge a battery will keep up its sleeve can be customised to best suit your priorities – whether it’s maximising energy trading profits, blackout protection or reducing degradation. You can even tweak it temporarily in response…
Do You Have The Right Inverter For 3 Free Hours Of Power?
SolarQuotes customer Louise Potgieter invested in a home battery system expecting to cut her bills down to size. She went on holiday, only to return to an unpleasantly large bill. She’s written about what happened, what to look out for,…
3 Hours Of Free Power Explained
Three hours of free electricity every day sounds like a pretty good deal on the face of it. That’s the promise behind the Solar Sharer Offer, a new scheme launching in NSW, South-East Queensland and South Australia from July 2026.…
Fox ESS Seems Good Value, But Watch Out For The Shonks
SolarQuotes is forever fielding questions from punters about quality of both hardware and installation, but recently we’ve seen a huge amount of interest in one fast-rising player. So are Fox ESS batteries any good? I’ll give them a qualified yes…
Builder-Installed Solar: Your Choice Or Theirs?
If you’re building a new home and assuming solar can be sorted out later, there’s something many buyers don’t realise until it’s too late: by the time it becomes a serious conversation, the important decisions may already have been made.…
EV Electricity Plans: Do You Really Need One?
This article explains how EV-specific electricity plans work and what EV plans are currently available in Australia EV plans are typically time-of-use tariffs marketed as EV products. They can offer very low electricity prices during a defined overnight window, but…
Missed The May Battery Rebate Cutoff? Here’s What To Do
A rush to secure home battery systems ahead of the 1 May cutoff has left many customers dealing with delays that have pushed their installs past the deadline, raising questions about pricing and eligibility. If your system wasn’t fully commissioned…
Why Solar Output Isn’t Just About Daily Totals
Most solar owners judge their system by a simple measure: how much energy it produces over the day. If the total looks good, it was a good day. If it’s down, something must be wrong — but that’s not always…
Beware ‘Bargain’ Battery Offers In Your Letterbox
Sometimes I write blog posts that are fact checks. But today’s is more a statement of fact. And that fact is: If your electricity consumption is anywhere close to normal, it’s a bad idea to blow your your only chance…
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