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Battery Rebate Rush: What Solar Installers Are Seeing on the Front Line - EP63
Description
What’s really happening on the ground during Australia’s battery boom? Hugh Salisbury from Salisbury Solar & Electrical shares what he's seeing across the Tweed, Byron Bay and Northern Rivers regions. From battery rebate demand and oversized battery mistakes to solar cowboys, customer education, EV readiness and choosing the right battery brands, this is a practical discussion about getting solar and batteries right.
Timestamps:
00:00 – Energy costs, diesel prices and why people are looking at batteries
00:47 – Hugh Salisbury joins the YEA podcast
01:23 – Battery rebate rush and installer availability
02:02 – Hugh’s background in solar since 2014
02:48 – Why reputation matters in regional solar
03:08 – Solar cowboys targeting older homeowners
05:14 – What customers get from Salisbury Solar
06:04 – The danger of oversized batteries
10:38 – How ChatGPT is changing customer expectations
11:42 – Solar-only vs solar-and-battery demand
13:05 – Old solar systems not suited for big batteries
17:57 – Hugh’s preferred battery brands
28:20 – Looking at whole-home electrification
29:52 – Why solar needs to be sized for the future
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