Solar Battery Group - Letter scam/spam?

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  cafeman on 15/12/2022 - 09:11

  +4

  Hard sell, unrealistic pricing, they're probably only offering a 4kwh battery in which case the pricing is just reasonable. I wouldn't want to deal with them on principle.

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    Franc-T on 24/03/2023 - 17:41

    +1

    Just got the letter - its (in my opinion) misleading as (profanity) as its says 'FUTURE ENERGY PROOF' bundle from $3940 and compares to $15K prices. They are also 'guaranteeing' the best value solar battery bundle which they couldnt possibly do given the costs of thee batteries are almost all fixed for companies that dont make their own.

    With my usage and generation I would need to spend close to 10 times that.

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  fullmetal on 15/12/2022 - 09:28

  +5

  Avoid, many bad reviews. It is a cold-letter drop to everyone in AU.

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  pegaxs on 15/12/2022 - 09:53

  +4

  I rang them up out of curiosity a few years ago just to see what type of scam it was, and its a typical upsale scam. What they were offering was a battery that would basically run a kettle to boiling point before it was flat.

  They wanted a copy of my power bill (which I refused to send them for obvious reasons) but I gave them my daily consumption averages and all of a sudden, I needed a $20,000 system and not the $2,999 system they started with.

  The system I was quoted on initially was some weird "Kangaroo" (or some other "Aussie" icon sounding name) re-badged Chinese units. The only link to them on Google was to this mobs website and nowhere else. I ended up finding the identical units on Alibaba that were nowhere near close the the specs this mob were touting them to be.

  Ignore it. You are not going to get a decent system for that price, and the one they do install is not going to make a difference to your house power consumption.

  To give you an idea, my house idles at night time at about 600~900Kw/h. From midnight to about 6am (6 hours worth), my house uses about 5Kw of electricity. This is about 1~2,000Kw more than the battery is capable of, so these systems would not even power my idling house over night. On Off-Peak rates, this would be about $1 worth of electricity, so, at that rate, it would take about 3,800+ days (or a little over 10 years) to have the system pay for itself, and there is a good chance that they battery will lose some of it's capacity in that time, so realistically, you are looking at closer to 15~20 years.

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    Bigboomboom on 15/12/2022 - 11:19

    +1

    Idle 600-900kW per hour at night time? Or 600-900W per hour? 600kW is a lot of draw at any point in time because that's in the realm of Superfast charging Tesla Semi or 4-5 Tesla Model S.

    $20,000 to fit 600-900kW power draw is a super duper bargain.

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      pegaxs on 15/12/2022 - 14:37

      +1

      Haha, whoops. Yes, 600 to 900w/h at idle. :D

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        Bigboomboom on 15/12/2022 - 15:22

        +1

        And here I thought they are offering MWh battery for $20,000! I will order 10.

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    muzzamo on 15/12/2022 - 11:56

    @pegaxs you need to learn the difference between a kW and a kWh and a kWh/h (which is just a kW). For people that understand this stuff your post will make their eyes bleed.

    Also, make sure you are clear on when you have used1000W and when you have used 1kW

    Sorry!

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      pegaxs on 15/12/2022 - 14:46

      With all your anal retention you forgot to add another thing I don't give a shit about, it was the fact that I used K instead of k for "kilo". And how I used w instead of W for "Watt" also, another thing I don't give a shit about.

      Sorry it ruined the reply and made it totally illegible and impossible to understand. I'll try harder next time.

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    Hackney on 15/12/2022 - 13:13

    +1

    @Pegaxs,if you want a decent system, you have to pay reasonable money.I have just installed my 3rd system. Fronius 10.0-3-M inverter(Austrian)Fronius smart meter,US 480CT level 2 monitoring.Hyundai 390 perc Shingled solar module x 26(25 year warranty) Cost:$13,500( after rebate).You can get a lot cheaper systems, but they are cheap Chinese inverters which often don’t go the distance.My installer who I have known for quite a few years, says he gets call outs on these inverters.Also a inverter should always be installed in a garage.The weather & elements can kill them.

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      pegaxs on 15/12/2022 - 15:29

      +1

      Oh, I know you have to pay for it, I was just relaying my experience with this particular company. They basically offer worthless systems that are overpriced in the hope that you a: don't know any better or b: will be upsold on a more expensive system that is also overpriced.

      Either way, they are a "steer clear"

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        Hackney on 15/12/2022 - 16:14

        +1

        Unfortunately there are lot of these companies who are just out to make a quick buck, no support afterwards.Cowboys I guess you call them.It’s not as bad as it use to be, but they are still around.Get you in with a ‘big’ system, which never live up to their expectations.

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  Kiro on 15/12/2022 - 10:19

  i get the BS on a weekly basis from multiple companies.

  they see my solar but not my battery already installed.

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  brad1-8tsi on 15/12/2022 - 13:22

  not a great deal