- Positronic Solar is an installation company based in Brisbane. We've been in Brisbane since 2007, been doing solar for about 32 years, been an electrician for 45. So, plenty of experience. And we specialise in good quality, affordable systems that are intelligent and suited to the customer's needs.
These days, we're removing quite a few systems, which is a bit upsetting. We pull about 40 or 50 panels a week off roofs. We send our panels to Zimbabwe, where they get a second life, but it's still a waste. I'm an old hippie from Nimbin, and of course, old hippies are into saving the planet, and I'm trying to save the planet one panel at a time.
Starting from the racking, we put more feet on the racking than required for the area. We basically design systems to cyclonic conditions, twice as much copper that is required to get to the roof, basically to stop voltage rise. Voltage rise constrains the inverters, cuts down the power they can generate, so we put lots of copper on the jobs. For years, I've been saying, stick as many panels on the roof as you can fit and afford. When you look at the return on investment, between, for example, a six kilowatt system and a nine kilowatt system, even with the poor feed-in rates that we've got now, the difference in payback is like six months. Loads are only going to increase in a few years because you will end up with a electric vehicle. You'll be looking for something to charge that with, and the purchase rates of electricity are going up. So, you want a system that can handle your daytime loads. And although feed-in tariffs are low at the moment, as the grid gets more storage online, feed-in tariffs will start increasing again. So, my advice still holds, put as much on the roof as you can fit and afford.
- Positronic's workmanship has been outstanding here today. It's great to see the team being so synchronised and out focused on a very good job.
- Three main factors make the difference between a quality installation and a cheap installation, the installer, the panels, and the inverters.
- We're really happy to make Positronic a platinum partner of our EIN, Enphase Installer Network. What they represent in terms of customer service in terms of the way their customers perceive them, is very in line with how we perceive the Enphase brand. So we know that when we send customers to Positronic that they're going to get a great service, they're going to get looked after, they're going to have knowledgeable designers and installers that really look after that system and do a great job.
- Our reputation, just about all our work comes from referrals, word of mouth. They have confidence in our installation, in our design, and in our backup service.
- Absolutely a trusted team and someone that we're very happy to recommend, anytime customers come to us, and to really hold out as an example of what a good Enphase Installer can do.
- The workmanship was top class. They are an REC certified solar professional, so they've done all the full accreditation with us. And, we support them with warranty on both the product, the performance, and also labour guarantees. So these panels, the next 25 years, we will cover the labour to replace anything if there's any concerns with the panels.
- Most of our customers want to buy a solar system to save money, but, our customers in particular are interested in saving the planet as well. Reducing their carbon footprint, bringing more renewable energy onto the grid. We do only install quality systems. We're not the cheapest, I think we're the best. So, if you want a quality system that's been designed properly, that has been installed properly by our own employees, we don't use subcontractors, that you know you're going to be looked after in years to come. You want to choose a Positronic System.
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