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Make your own power.
Practical guides for home and workshop solar: sizing a system, choosing panels, batteries and inverters, and running a workshop or shed on your own power.
Choose a TopicPlan your system
From working out what you use to keeping an eye on the finished system. Each topic grows into a set of practical guides.
System Design & Sizing
Work out how much power you use, then size panels, batteries and inverters to suit.
Guides coming soonPanels & Charge Controllers
Panel types, mounting and orientation, and choosing between PWM and MPPT controllers.
Guides coming soonBatteries & Inverters
Home battery storage, lithium vs AGM, and picking the right inverter for the job.
Guides coming soonWiring & Protection
Fuses, breakers, isolators and cable sizing, and the parts of a system only a licensed electrician can do.
Guides coming soonWorkshop & Shed Power
Powering tools, lights and chargers in a workshop or shed, on-grid or off.
Guides coming soonCosts, Payback & Monitoring
What a system costs, how long it takes to pay back, and how to monitor what it's doing.
Guides coming soonHow to Calculate Your Home or Workshop Power Needs
The first step for any solar system: list what you run, how long for, and turn it into the daily energy your system has to supply.
How to plan it
Plan it
Measure what you use and decide what the system has to do.
Size it
Match panels, batteries and inverter to that load, with room to grow.
Power it
Install safely, with licensed help for anything connected to mains power.
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