Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In the previous video (youtu.be/SFGOi3J28l0) I spoke about why we wanted solar panels and battery storage: we had to do something drastic to reduce our enormous bills. We chose Heatable to do the work and after weeks of anticipation, installation day finally came. Here’s what they did.

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Our kit:
• 30x REA Fusion2 450w bifacial panels
• 2x Alpha ESS Smile G3 inverters joined in parallel, with a total of 20.2kWh battery storage.
Total: £18,990
(Although Heatable gave us a discount from that price in exchange for making videos about the process.)

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Chapters:
00:00 - A no-brainer
00:47 - Kit drop-off
01:18 - Installation day 1
05:42 - Andrew’s cartoon time! What is a parallel system?
16:32 - Installation day 2
24:15 - Installation day 3
27:43 - Done!