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    Breakdown cover by third-party company or installer team

    Yes, the PVs are robust enough, but now with batteries and EV chargers, technical issues may raise more often.
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    Breakdown cover by third-party company or installer team

    You are right. I would need a lot of households to sign up. You said you have PV, but don't need support. Why is that? I guess you probably never had issues with your system that you can't solve, or your original installer is very supportive.
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    Breakdown cover by third-party company or installer team

    Thank you all for the feedback! I really appreciate your candidness. @binky If installers are up to their eyeballs in work, they are stretched and may not want to / be able to serve their post-installation clients quickly enough. I think that they don't make profits but losses from inspections...
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    Breakdown cover by third-party company or installer team

    Thank you so much for the questions and suggestions. I used to run tech/biotech companies and raised more than £10 million in private and government funding before. If I were to start this business, I would raise some capital first and invest in marketing and hiring experienced employees. I am...
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    Breakdown cover by third-party company or installer team

    Hi Murdoch, Thanks for the reply. I am thinking hiring 10 electricians from different regions of England. If we (hypothetically) cover 100,000 households in South England, and take into account of 0.5% inverter annual failure rate and 0.05% PV annual failure rate, we'd have 550 households per...
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    Breakdown cover by third-party company or installer team

    Is there an AA/RAC type breakdown cover company for solar PV and battery systems? If the original installer can't come to the site quickly enough or the workmanship warranty has expired, there isn't seem to be a "peace of mind" backup solution. I am thinking about setting up a company just...
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