Technology
What actually goes into a system, how the options compare, and where each one is genuinely the right answer. No product is best at everything, and anyone who tells you otherwise is selling.
Panels
- Solar panelsWhat a domestic solar panel is, how it is built, and which specifications on the datasheet actually matter.
- Monocrystalline panelsThe cell technology used in almost every domestic installation, and what half-cut cells actually change on a shaded roof.
- All-black panelsPanels with black frames, black backsheets and concealed busbars, and what the appearance costs in output and in price.
- N-type and TOPCon panelsThe cell architecture replacing PERC in domestic modules, and what n-type silicon genuinely changes.
Inverters and optimisers
- InvertersWhat the inverter does, how MPPT works, and how the four architectures compare honestly against each other.
- String invertersThe conventional central inverter: how strings are designed, where it is the best value, and where it is the wrong choice.
- Hybrid invertersA single unit managing array, battery and house demand, and when fitting one is worth the extra cost.
- Gateways and whole-home backupWhy a battery alone goes dark in a power cut, what a gateway changes, and what it will and will not run.
- MicroinvertersOne inverter per panel mounted on the roof: what per-panel conversion buys, and what it costs.
- Power optimisersPer-panel DC electronics that keep conversion in one accessible box: the middle option between string and micro.
Batteries and storage
- BatteriesHow home storage works, what determines whether it pays, and the specifications that actually matter.
- LFP batteriesLithium iron phosphate chemistry: why it became the domestic standard, and what it gives up in exchange.
- Anker SOLIX X1A modular hybrid storage system we install regularly — how it stacks, where it goes and where it is the wrong answer.
- Battery sizingHow storage capacity and power rating are calculated from consumption data rather than from roof size.
Mounting systems
Monitoring
Protection
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