Solar & Battery Manufacturer Selection – Compliance & Sustainability
CEC listing tells you a product passed its tests — not whether the company will still be here to honour the warranty. Learn how to vet the manufacturer before you commit.

CEC listing tells you a product passed its tests — not whether the company will still be here to honour the warranty. Learn how to vet the manufacturer before you commit.

Add an inverter, a battery or an EV charger and a switchboard that was fine yesterday can be overloaded today. Learn the four-step check that keeps it compliant.

Walk up to a system with no paperwork and know roughly when it was installed, what rules applied, and what that means for the job in front of you — from the clues on the roof and in the switchboard.

One of the most important decisions on a battery job happens before you touch a cable: where it goes. Learn the exclusion zones, clearances and barrier rules of AS/NZS 5139 so every location passes.
Pat and Lauren talk installs, inspections, standards and the business of solar with the people doing the work. New episodes most weeks — search by guest, company or topic.

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