Solar Power Melbourne | QCell 390W Mono + Fronius Primo 5.0

[anitt]

Hello
I live in Melbourne (Vic) and have received a quote for a 17 panels of QCell 390W Mono (6.6Kw) plus Fronius promo 5.0 (5kw) system installation at my residence for a residential solar.
QCELL model is Q PEAK DUO L-G7.2 390W

Quoted price is 6500 Aud (after STC)
Out of pocket estimated to be 2724 Aud after Vic govt rebate and Vic govt interest free loan.

need help on review of

1. quote value
2. solar panel and inverter
3. Feedback on solar retailer (One stop utilities)

Regards
Anit

[Marty]

Hi Anitt

Fronius Primo is a top of the range inverter, and QCELL is a fine panel. $6500 is a reasonable price for those products. Here’s more info on them:

Fronius Inverter Review — Clean Energy Reviews

Q CELLS Solar Panel review

Hi Skeast, The Q.PEAK DUO-G5+ 330W panels are a good choice. See the excerpt about Q Cells from our Best Solar Panel review: Hanwha Q cells is a well known, high volume panel manufacturer offering a wide range of quality panels for all applications. The latest Q cells G6+ Duo panels are backed by a new 25 year product warranty and improved long term performance warranty with 83% rated output after 25 years. Q cells offer a very wide range of panels from entry level standard 60 cell panels u…

I’m not very familiar with One Stop Utilities as a solar provider, but they do seem to get good reviews. We usually would recommend getting a couple of quotes for comparison sake, but if you are very confident with this company, that may not be necessary.

Hope that helps.
Marty

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Solar Installers Melbourne

[anitt]

Thanks a lot Marty . That really gives me confidence into making a decision. Yes, I did get few quotes and this one seems better than the rest.
Thanks again

[lamba]

Hello Amit,
This system, to me, looks like the top of the range system and that is why it is very expensive. Pls tell your Solar Installer to give you the savings this Solar system will give and then see how long will you take to recover. I just recently installed Panels of 315W and Inverter 5 kW and was much cheaper than yours.