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Matt Wright from Pure Electric joins us to discuss his focus on installing large residential systems, his lobbying for 100% renewables and other industry issues. This includes 40-year warranties on solar panels and what we should make of it. If you're in the Aussie solar industry, this is geared towards you.

Just Another Solar Podcast is hosted by Luke Beattie and Karl Jensen.
This is the sort of conversation industry professionals might have at the pub.
If anything sounds like financial, business, legal or any other type of advice, you should always do your own research and get a professional opinion.

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Sam Craft joined us to discuss all things solar, batteries and EV's, from an Australian perspective. This conversation covered lots of ground and gave us plenty of insights and laughs along the way. 
Sam is a Director of NRG Solar, the Smart Energy Council, co-founder of AWISE (Australian Women In Solar Energy) and is also an advisor to the SA Government and SA Power Networks.


Just Another Solar Podcast is hosted by Luke Beattie and Karl Jensen.
This is the sort of conversation industry professionals might have at the pub.
If anything sounds like financial, business, legal or any other type of advice, you should always do your own research and get a professional opinion.

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Out-of-pocket expenses for RMA's can be devastating for businesses. 
Jack Hooper joins us to discuss the issues surrounding this but also the opportunities it presents. Which obligations belong to manufacturers and what belongs to the retailer?
We also discuss differentiating your business, battery growth, asset management as a service and more.

Just Another Solar Podcast is hosted by Luke Beattie and Karl Jensen.
This is the sort of conversation industry professionals might have at the pub.
If anything sounds like financial, business, legal or any other type of advice, you should always do your own research and get a professional opinion.

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Andrew Williams from Findlaysons Lawyers joins us to discuss some of the consumer law questions that we encounter, some of which go beyond contracts and T's & C's.

If you're selling products with 25-year warranties, are you on the hook for that whole period?
If a customer hasn't paid for an install, can you disable the system and/or remotely disconnect it?
What recourse is there for 3 years’ worth of installs when the panels have degraded?
What can solar retailers and installers do to reduce their legal liabilities?

Just Another Solar Podcast is hosted by Luke Beattie and Karl Jensen.

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Shane Arnold joins us to discuss the resolution to the inverter crisis (hence the clickbait title).

We also talk about EV charging. batteries and why Delta kicked all the Australians off their stand at Intersolar 2019.

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Just Another Solar Podcast is hosted by Luke Beattie and Karl Jensen.

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Bryn Foletta joins Karl and Luke to discuss the current issues in the Australian solar industry.

The last fortnight has seen a few stumbles with the new PV install standard (AS5033).

There's an impending disaster as many of the inverters in the market won't be re-certified before the 18th December deadline. Inverters compliant to AS4777:2021 have an impossible task to meet the new requirements introduced by an EESS working group less than a month before the new standards come into effect. This may take months to resolve, if common sense doesn't prevail. 

Bryn has built a number of solar businesses in regional areas and knows about the challenges that comes with servicing large areas. He shares from his experience. 

AS5033:2021 Update - 07:19

AS4777:2020 - Inverters about to be de-certified on a technicality - 20:03 

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The new standards for PV installs have been published (AS5033:2021), so we called in one of the big guns to help us understand what this means. Glen Morris joins us to discuss the requirements around:
- Roof-top isolators no longer being required
- Residential limit increased to 1000V's
- No power limit on DCU's
- Restricted access
- Planned view diagrams
- Can you still install under the previous version?

Glen is also running a New PV Array Standard Crash Course on the 1st-2nd December: https://shop.solarquip.com.au/products/ 

Just Another Solar Podcast is hosted by Luke Beattie & Karl Jensen.

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Karl and Luke give their usual market wrap and are then joined by Rod Dewar to discuss the upcoming changes to AS4777 - why they're happening and the impact it may have.

Rod Dewar is the Product Solutions Manager for Fronius, sits on standards committees and is an all-round great bloke. 

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Luke Beattie & Karl Jensen recap the last fortnight in the Australian solar industry.

There's no agenda, it two mates having a beer on a Friday and discussing topics such as: DC isolator madness in Australia, coal, EV's, supply chain strategy and Chernobyl.

There's no producer or sponsors so the Audio is still a work in progress.

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Luke Beattie and Karl Jensen discuss the recent price shock of solar panels in Australia.
They chat about the causes and forecast where the market will go from here.

The first three minutes were recorded in a cave using dial-up modem internet.
If that frustrates you, go forward a few minutes.

Luke and Karl are great mates and have both been in solar for 10+ years.
This is typical of the conversations they have most days.