I was looking at whirlpool earlier in the year. The installer guys were a bunch of self important tossers. Only one panel to buy, LG.
One guy started asking a lot of questions and pointing out some inconvenient facts and they all had a hissy fit. Someone else said they were buying Cheaper Jinko's and he was made out to be an idiot.
No one could really point to anything wrong with them other than you paid a lot to have the extra warranty of the LG's. BFD!
I pointed out the worthlessness of a 25 yr warranty. They would only replace the faulty Panel(s) not the whole system. In 15 years time I'll guarantee the current panels won't be compatible with what is being installed now. If you have a problem with an LG in a decade to come, your system will be down that much and you'll have a couple of useless new panels sitting in the shed or YOU will have to pay to have the rest of the system renewed to get full production out of it again.... which makes the whole 25yr warranty useless. Of course that is if LG, their local distributors or anyone else involved decides to actually honour the warranty at all and does not put it down to wear and tear, acts of god or other escape clauses.
People are renewing systems now after 5-7 years because they can get so much more powerout of the newer panels.
I doubt many will hang on to their old systems for 25 years especially if the tech evolves and they can get 3x or more the power they are getting now. If everyone has an EV or 3 In the garage they want to charge up, No one is going to be hanging onto a 5KW system when they could have one cranking out 25 Kw.
Other thing is most Aussies change homes every 7 years by stats. I think that's a bit short, probably allowing for renters rather than owners but the question would be if you intend to be where you are for the next 25 years or you might pull stumps and go elsewhere in 10 or 15 therefore again making a 25 yr warranty useless. Better to get a good quality but less expensive panel like a Jinko IMHO and get a faster return on the investment and then in 10 years when the warranty is up, see if it's not worthwhile replacing it with a newer and more efficient system. you will have made you money back on it well and truly anyway.
I also looked at some of the WP installers Websites and FB pages. What an UNsurprise to see pics of them on junket tours OS provided by.... Geewizz, LG!!
I'm sure that had nothing to do with their apparent Bias or favoritism of the brand at all. Much.
Might be worth having a look there again if all the blowhards have pissed off but I doubt it. The sites No DIY electrical idiotic arse covering policy pretty much negated anything I was interested in and took away any chance of learning. The endless what panels/ system/ installer questions were pretty boring as were the " Is this a good price?" questions.
Personally I'm much more into reading about guys doing their own off grid systems, building their own inverters or modding them and coming up with new and innovative ideas rather than just sprouting about rules and regulations.
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