Brisbane Solar Repairs

Name: Brisbane Solar Repairs
Address: Chermside, QLD, AU
Telephone: +61424654370

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Brisbane Solar Repairs

I fix/repair solar power and solar hot water systems. If you have an enquiry please SMS me.

24/02/2026

Whilst I’m currently too useless to do anything practical the rest of the team are still out there doing a great job.
Alan’s old electric HWS died in the garage, he thought it’d be a FANTASTIC IDEA to move it out of the way, and increase its efficiency by swapping it out with an iStore - Air to Energy heat pump HWS.

I’m still not doing anything due to a mangled up hand, but we can always sort out your hot water needs.

04/01/2026

Unfortunately I did a silly thing with my hand.
How did I do it you ask? Something epic at work? No, extending the ramp on a paw patrol monster rescue base station of course!

I’ve been informed that I’ll be unable to perform any of my normal duties for roughly 10 weeks, but we are still more than capable of sorting out all of your hot water needs.
If you were booked in I’m sorry, I will be in contact to organise alternative arrangements this week.

27/08/2025

Out of action again - hopefully it’s a quick weekend fix.

Hot water repairs are still ongoing from the other truck, but unfortunately any solar power repairs will have to wait till next week.

13/08/2025

“These hot water sytems just don’t last the test of time like my old one”

I hear this all too often from people with older heat pumps and solar units where the tank has rusted out after 10 years. When I ask “how often did you have it serviced?” you can hear the crickets chirping…

Josh ripped this anode out of a 5 year old Istore - as you can see it’s doing a wonderful job of sacrificing itself to keep the tank from succumbing to corrosion. It was swapped out along with a new set of pressure relief valves.

We can service all brands of heat pumps and solar hot water heaters - give us a call on 0424654370.

03/08/2025

After 15 years of problem free operation (except for an inverter swap at year 7), Liz started getting a multitude of earth fault warnings on her Fronius Galvo - something I didn't even know was possible...

Liz was a bit picky with her street appeal - she didn't want any of those newer blue looking panels. She wanted something similar to the 90W Qcells thin film modules so they wouldn't stick out too much, so an all-black 6x440W Jinko array fit the bill!

Once the old array was moved off the roof I found a junction box surrounded by shredded newspaper in the ceiling - being the top bloke that I am I decided it probably wasn't the best idea to leave it in there.

As I drove off into the sunset, the mighty Galvo reported a stunning 2200W on a mildly cloudy day - Liz was very happy that some parts of the system could be reused instead of having to replace the whole shebang.

Do you need some new panels? Give us a yell at Brisbane Solar Repairs!

25/07/2025

Lisa’s old Solahart solar hot water system gave up the ghost last week, so it was time to swap the old dog out with a new one.

Whilst installing the new fancy German Tech replacement, Peter found that the pipes running up to the roof had been installed back to front for the past 15 years - she wondered why they always had to leave the booster on…

These days the panels work, the booster is off and the showers are hot!

If you’re chasing a new system, or repairs to an existing one give us a call on 0424654370.

22/07/2025

Frank said a year ago his system started producing half of what it used to, and last month the inverter went blank.

Can you spot what’s wrong?

24/06/2025

One thing I absolutely hate about older Envirosun solar hot water heaters is the flexi pipes joining the tank to the collectors!

Ted's roof ended up rusting through after yet another one of these pipes wore through and started leaking. We took the system off the roof, he had the sheets replaced, and we reinstalled the existing system back onto the roof, replacing the flexi pipes with solid 20mm copper AND swapping out the rusted steel mounting rails with some alloy goodness.

Do you want to breathe some new life into your clapped out envirosun tank? Hit us up!

16/05/2025

Not even 15 minutes after house settlement, Keely and Hunter had us around disconnecting the existing gas hot water system ready for a 315L Reclaim Energy heat pump hot water heater.

If you’re looking at installing a fancy pants hot water heater in Brisbane, make sure you get in contact with us!

We are booked out for a few weeks BUT we have an arsenal of temporary hot water units we can fit to cover you for as long as needed - I promise we’re worth the wait.

04/04/2025

Another rusty old Chromagen hot water system was swapped out with an Istore 270L heat pump today.

If you’re in Brisbane chasing a new energy efficient hot water heater, be sure to give us a call on 0424654370.

05/03/2025

When is a good time to turn off your solar?

Probably when you’re having maintenance done by me, or if you’re not that lucky by others I guess. Your inverter is a very clever bit of machinery - it can detect when the power is out or the grid has become unstable and turns itself off without any intervention by you. It’ll also turn itself back on with just as much effort from you as well.

Turning your inverter off doesn’t stop DC voltages on your roof - in fact all inverters have a feature called earth fault detection. This wonderful feature tests the panels and array cabling for any faults before the system turns on - if there’s an earth fault present (from say a possum chewing wires or a cyclone ripping a panel off) the inverter will refuse to power up.
Typically it’ll start beeping like a microwave, emailing you (if it’s suitably connected and configured), or flash a heap of red lights saying EARTH FAULT, ISOLATION FAULT, CHECK GENERATOR or something to the same effect.

Leave your solar alone - my only exception to that rule would be if the inverter is going to go underwater.

If your inverter is beeping and carrying on from drinking to much water please give me a call or send me a message to my phone on 0424654370- I very rarely check the Facebook messages.

Address

Chermside, QLD

Telephone

+61424654370

Website

http://brisbanesolarrepairs.com.au/

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