Defects, standards and the things that actually fail an inspection — written by a Licensed Electrical Inspector who sees solar and battery systems every week.
Pat has 25+ years in the electrical trade and 15 in solar. He audits for Solar Victoria, has inspected for the Clean Energy Regulator, and writes here about what he finds on real roofs and in real switchboards — so you can fix it before the inspector turns up.
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Pat SouthwellVictoria's Premium Feed-in Tariff (PFiT), once offering a hefty 66 cents per kilowatt-hour for excess solar power generated by systems installed between late 2009 and the end of 2011, is coming to an end.
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