If you are intending to get solar, please read this, it may be of assistance. Our initial search on the web about solar power very quickly produced an extraordinarily steep learning curve. Eventually after some months of looking at various companies and systems we resorted to a web guy called Finn Peacock, the founder of Solar Quotes. Finn recommended us three solar companies for quotes. We chose one for various reasons, one being that the sales rep, Shane Nielsen of Class A Energy Solutions had a superb knowledge on the subject and always answered his phone or returned calls very promptly. After some humming and haring we finally chose a system to our likes and were quoted on it. Anyway a few weeks later as stated by Class A Energy Solutions, an electrician contractor, from NBF Electrical and co-worker arrived at our reasonably remote property on Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. The solar panels were to go on a tin shed roof and wired to the house through existing underground conduit. The conduit was not good enough for the job and much to the credit of Class A Energy Solutions they hired a digging machine and operator to add a new and appropriate conduit and cables. A week or so later the machine, an operator, two electricians and the co-worker arrived and set about installing the solar panels and battery system. It was quite a large job and it continued on into the next day with the electricians seeking shelter that night in a hotel nearby. Eventually the system was switched on and it worked splendidly except our Wi Fi device was incapable of connecting to the inverter. We were unable to read what was going on as far as how much electricity was being produced and how the system was performing. The NBF Electricians said they would be back with a Wi fi booster or repeater. It was done as promised even though we had signed off on the contract and paid the money. The nuts and bolts of this case are: Finn Peacock, of Solar Quotes; Excellent. Shane Nielsen, salesperson, from Class A Energy Solutions, excellent. Class A Energy Solutions also excellent in covering the cost of the trench digging and Wi Fi repeater. NBF Electricians were efficient, friendly and brilliant with the installation of panels and batteries. Later on, the boss of NBF, Nathan Fielke, spent nearly a whole day making sure the booster was working correctly; we were connected to the inverter via the Internet and explaining in great detail how the whole system worked. To say the least, we were both tremendously impressed. Class A Energy Solutions have a superb team for sure. The need for a trench being missed by Class A Energy Solutions was possibly due to not all the nuances with solar having been totally worked out yet. That and the Wi Fi not connecting to the inverter were very small problems which Class A Energy Solutions remedied at their cost. I believe that Class A Energy Solutions have learned from this hiccup with remote properties or with other things that might be problematical, and they will have an electrician/salesperson attend to assess those situations before contracts are signed. Would we go down the same path with the same companies and people? Yes, you betcha, without a doubt. We both feel that we have made all the right moves by exhaustive investigating coupled with a smidgeon of luck, and we have ended up with a really great solar system. We can only conclude that we wholly recommend our particular path to solar and the people and companies involved in making it so. Bring on the sun. 🙂 read more