Pete the Builder had been thinking about solar for years. In this episode he explains what finally made him go for it, and what his bills look like after one summer.

John Delaney is joined by Peter Finn (Pete the Builder, Home Rescue, Behind the Walls podcast) and Going Solar sales representative Donna Reed. With trees and Velux windows ruling out the roof, the team designed a ground mount system with 24 x 475W bifacial panels, an Anker SOLIX inverter, a 20kWh battery and an EV charger, installed in a single day.

They discuss why a battery makes the difference, how a night rate tariff lets you charge the battery and the car at the cheapest time, what the monitoring app shows, and how the SEAI solar grant compares with the heat pump and attic insulation grants. Pete also explains why solar is not a DIY job.

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You know what the electricity price is going to be. It's the easiest stock market in the world.

Travis Snyder, Product Manager for Europe at Solis, joins John Delaney for a straight conversation about the hardware and the rules behind Irish solar installs.

Travis has been with Solis for over a decade, as a service tech, service manager and now product manager. He explains why the ESB listing cuts approval time for installers, how Ireland compares to Germany, Italy and Spain on grid connection, and what changed across four generations of the S6 Plus hybrid inverter.

They also cover why Solis built its own battery after years as an inverter manufacturer, why sodium could take over commercial storage, what size battery actually suits an Irish home with and without a heat pump, what AI does once dynamic pricing is in the market, and how payback times have fallen from 40 years to around five.

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Battery prices have dropped by around 60%, and it is changing how Irish homes think about solar.

In this episode, John Delaney is joined by Darren Tumelty to unpack the domestic solar market after a summer of rising energy costs and growing EV uptake. It is a straight, practical conversation for any homeowner deciding between panels, a battery, or both.

They get into:

- Why some companies tell you to skip the battery, and why that advice often serves the quote more than the home

- How a single 5kWh battery can take a home from roughly 20% to 50% self-sufficient

- What a proper site survey actually checks, from the fuse board to the earth rod that can stall your grant

- Smart meters, peak tariffs, and using evening generation and a battery to stay off the grid

- The changeover switch, what full-house backup really costs, and when a backup socket or generator is the smarter call

- The attic-battery regulations coming down the line, and the move to outdoor IP-rated units

- The connectors, cabling, and workmanship most people never think to ask about

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