Some time ago, Anthony Bennett, the internal installation program from Solarquotes, wrote a solid contribution to a niche problem: whether electricity and data cable can be carried out in the same line.It is based on a video that I recently made from a difficult installation of EV charger.
The YouTube comments under the installation video were revealing.
Not about the technical problems. About the culture of the electrical trade in Australia.
Instead of discussions or curiosity, the usual was: point scoring, nitpicking and immersion for an installation team that clearly tried to do the right thing.
I also thought of it. I am not a licensed electrician – I am an electrical engineer with my head in theory. For some people this is all they need to release them. But like most of them who read this, I’m interested in quality. I want to do it right. And I spent a good part of my life to help others do the same.
In the solar industry, in Facebook groups, forums, commentary threads, we have developed this evil habit of tearing each other off. Electricians unpack engineers. Engineers who entertain with Sparkies. Electricians who attack each other about canal runs, labels, inverter gap or depth of ditch.
A distraction from the real problem
And while all of the noise exudes, the real problems are deactivated.
The shady operators? They are not in the comments. They do not publish photos or do not ask any questions or try to clarify compliance. You have equipped a week for a sales company for a week whose call center sales team has never heard as/NZS 5139, and will never do it.
The people who appear who want to do it right should be encouraging. But too often we switch them on instead.
And yes, I did it too. I was the guy who quoted standards and watched an installation photo. It feels like protecting the quality, but sometimes it just bends. I learned on the hard tour: it does not help anyone.
We don’t need ego. We need more trust, learning together and a little humility.
Solar and battery installations are not easy. They are often full of nuances, compromise and outskirts. If you properly run, plan, document 1, check, repair, are already on the right. Tafe, uni or school of life. On the tools or from.
Let us reform the culture
So here is the question: build each other. Talk to teaching not to tear off.
Because the real enemies of a good solar are not in the comment thread.
They are dispatched by Call Centers in overseas – rushing installations, cutting corners and let customers with chaos that they will never see until it is too late.
Let’s stop eating our own.
Footnot
- Ok, forget the documentary – I know that almost nobody is a SLD (single -in -line diagram
) With the customer nowadays ↩
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