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Getting solar panels installed - Two

A technician came around on the last day of spring to scope out the installation site, he went up a ladder to peer at the roof, went down to the basement to see where the inverter would go, and went into the light well to check out where the cabling for the electrics would be put to bring the power down from the roof to the garage. On 4 December Think Renewable called me briefly to set a day for installation, and this was organised to be done on 2 January. By the middle of the month I was optimistic the installation would go ahead due to the generally dry weather we’d been having.  To help keep a cap on my energy spend I signed up for two AGL savings events. This is where they ask you if you want to be part of their effort to keep power consumption low during a peak period. Usually this is at around 6.30pm when people are at home together using appliances. For one event I got the $5 credit to go toward reducing my next electricity bill. On 2 January the installers came with two veh...