Global Home Solutions Reviews
About Global Home Solutions
According to their facebook page Global Home Solutions is now permanently closed.
Workmanship Warranty
25
All Reviews
Review left 2 years after system installed
Installer Comments
They were good to deal with, arrived on time, knew what they were doing, did a neat, professional job, no leaks, no issues afterwards except for a small error with location of the current transformer for the hot water diverter (not hazardous and was easily rectified). Their price was competitive and their predicted system performance was very close to actual performance - no false promises. Unfortunately, they are no longer in business.
Solar Panel - Q-Cells
We chose Duo type to minimise effects of shading. So far, after 2 years, they are still performing like new, which is better than expected. 350W x 16 panels = 5.6 kW nominal. We chose 350W as it is the same as the microinverter rating. As they don't all face the same direction (10 panels face east, 6 face north - if we had the space we would have faced them all north) peak power is 4.8 kW in summer, 3.0 kW in winter. Energy on a clear sunny day is 35 kWh summer, 17 kWh winter.
Solar Inverter - Enphase
Zero problems apart from occasionally losing the WiFi connection, which is easily fixed by either waiting for them to reconnect automatically or manually resetting the system. We got Enphase microinverters partly to minimise shading losses, partly for safety (AC-coupled), partly for redundancy and partly for their monitoring software. They haven't missed a beat in the two years since installation and the software is reliable, easy to use and very helpful in managing power consumption. We also installed a CatchPower Green hot water system power diverter, a low-cost way to increase self-consumption. It has also not missed a beat and after 2 years is halfway to paying for itself. In another two years it starts helping to shorten the payback time on the rest of the system. We hope to get an Enphase battery soon - the new range is due for release in May 2023.
