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Solar panels with Origin? (www.canstarblue.com.au)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by hikarulsi to c/[email protected]

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I am currently doing some research on solar panel and have a good idea of the hardwares and what to balance

Regarding the tariff, looks like the highest is Origin at the time of writing. A catch is to buy their solar hardwares, which also seems to be a decent price

Any experience on origin and other providers? Any catches have you found?

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[–] RoadkillUgly 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Also check out Powershop. 13c FIT, no cap.

[–] hikarulsi 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wow, looks great max size is still 6.6 right? Any catch?

[–] RoadkillUgly 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I have 13.6 through a 10Kw inverter. They won't let you on if your inverter is bigger than that. Only catch I found is monthly billing by direct debit. Whatever size you think you need...double it.

[–] hikarulsi 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is it because solar isn't much in our latitude at sydney, or just we tend to become more power hungry overtime?

[–] RoadkillUgly 2 points 2 years ago

I use less power than ever. More about economy of scale, it doesnt cost much more for a much larger system. A larger system creates more of a table top shaped generation curve than a bell curve (if that makes sense?)

So I produce max power longer, better production on cloudy days and when I use power during the day my system ramps up, so I still export my max allowable.

And a larger system helps offset the inevitable power price hike that happens every time you blink.