Was chatting online to someone who is already well down the solar/EV pathway; suggested I ensure the inverter I am getting installed will allow me to add extra capacity later if I need it…

Had a quick chat to Endless Energy. It would, as you might expect, be cheaper and easier to add extra panels during the initial install, than add them later. As a result I have added another four more panels to our install, an increase of 33%. Yes, perhaps things I should have asked about earlier but it’s a learning journey.

As a part of trying to make an informed decision as possible, I found this really good article – from a Kiwi POV – that explains why having a generating capacity larger than your inverter rating is not a bad idea…

Weather permitting, we might get our install next week. Still waiting on the rain to stop so I can clean the roof. Even though it’s only a low pitch, I don’t want to be up there in the rain coz it’ll be cold and the ‘kids’ can’t do CPR…