Considerations Before Installing

These are the factors you need to consider before installing solar.

Before installing solar panels on your home, it’s a great idea to have a plan and a basic understanding of how solar will work for your home specifically.

Each household has different electricity needs, and each house is designed differently which can have an impact on the energy efficiency of your solar power system.

How much electricity do you use in your home, and when do you use it?

Self-consumed solar energy is the most valuable form of energy, with the financial benefits coming in two or three times higher than exported solar electricity. In saying that, it’s great to know that you’ll receive a financial return on any excess energy, so having additional panels is certainly not a bad thing.

Take the time to measure how much electricity you use each day, and track the times when your home is most active. This is also a great time to make adjustments to ensure your understand how many panels you’ll really benefit from.

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Once all of this is done, you’ll be able to accurately measure how much solar energy your household will be able to use, minimising external electricity bills and making the most of your solar energy.

How many panels should I get?

When you first install solar panels, our team at Esena Energy recommends that you install as many panels as you can. Realistically, the only limitations to how big your solar power system can be are:

Budget

This will depend on what you have decided you’d like to invest. Look at your quarterly bills, and put them up against both the initial cost of a solar system and then the ongoing savings, and decide what works for best for you.

The Size Of Your Roof Surface

Each system needs to be assessed and designed to function as efficiently as possible. As an example, if you install a 6kW system with 20 average-sized panels, your system will likely measure approximately 27 feet wide by 13 feet long – 352 square feet in all.

The Amount Your Distributed Network Service Provider Allows

Different DNSPs will allow different sized solar systems to connect to their network depending on the type of connection that a customer has. We will go through the application process with you based on what your DNSP will allow.

We can help you determine each of these - simply get in touch with and we will give you all the information you need.

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