I think the service that you provide is an excellent concept and th three suppliers have reverted with quotes. I am however awaiting some feedback to broader questions from yourselves as per email sent to Finn on 1/12/24 and as follows.Appreciate if you can revert asap. Finn, Thankyou for your enthusiasm for Solar and the desire to bring us laggards up to speed. I have been watching your videos and slowly educating myself. And I love the way you have structured your company to provide a platform for those of us starting the journey and the solar install / supplier companies. I have received the three quotes, although am awaiting a refreshed quote from one supplier after I forwarded some mor information. I would like to ask you some questions, as my planned install is not a straightforward one, although I guess they rarely are. Some background information. 1. The site address is 65 Hambleton St, Middle Park, Vic. We are not currently living at the subject property as we are commencing a renovation and wish to include solar. The house currently has single phase power supply, a meter panel on the LHS of the house near the front, the main switchboard is inside the house and there is a sub-board in the workshop at the rear of the property. it is planned to upgrade to 3 phase power supply and upgrade the switchboards as part of the renovation. I would like the solar system to be concurrently installed as part of the renovations. 2. The house has two separate areas suitable to install panels: the house itself with a section of flat roof 7.2m W x 5.7m L and a carport roof at the rear of the property 6.2m W x 5.7m L separated by perhaps 10m of garden. The carport includes two strips of clear sheeting to facilitate daylight into the carport; panels could be partially installed over these if elevated. 3. I am planning to purchase an EV next year and propose that this be charged in the carport to the rear of the property. I would also like this to be able to power the home after solar hours and in future back to the grid; so need an inverter capable of this functionality. have not as yet I started to look at EV’s. 4. The house has gas hot water and gas hydronic heating, planned to be retained for a couple of years and then be replaced by a heat pump. 5. We are currently living in alternate accommodation, in an all-electric house (heat pump, induction cooktop, reverse cycle A/C) for the last 5 months. Our estimated annual expenditure on electricity is $1,600, in this all electric house. Planned installation: 1. I am keen to maximise the installed panels, as per your video advice. This looks like 12 to 16 panels on the house roof (some installers show some reluctance to install too close to roof edge or in adjacent portrait / landscape orientations) and 10 over the carport, 22 to 26 panels in all. 2. Whether this is all in initially or in two stages, initial and at EV purchase is a consideration – your thoughts? 3. I understand that two separate sets of panels set apart adds complexity and likely mean either micro-inverters or 2 inverters to convey AC rather than conveying DC between – your thoughts on the best solution – micro-inverters or 2 inverters? 4. There is quite some spread on the savings assumptions in financials: Usage %, daily electricity charge, Import rate, FIT rate. What are your suggestions on these? As this will be a new supply arrangement, I can somewhat optimise to suit. 5. I have heard that Grid network companies can ‘switch off’ solar inverters in times of excess solar generation and excess voltage leading to an unstable grid, binary containment(?) – fair enough. I have also heard that retail suppliers maybe able to do similar, enabling them to either turn off Solar and force import &/or in the future charge for -ve FIT. I understand that there is discussion around throttling containment. Your understanding of current situation and where this is heading would be appreciated. 6. Any other considerations / thoughts? Thanks in advance. I really appreciate what you are doing for the community to help in the understanding of and facilitate the uptake of solar. Regards, Andrew Kaleski mobile: +61 410 479 169 E-Mail: andrew.kaleski@gmail.com