At Garden City Solar we only offer quality trusted brands that you can rely on.
Solar Panels
Our panels all come with up to 40 years manufacturer’s warranty to guarantee your investment will last. Our goal when installing is to create a beautiful but functional solar array, and we take our time to ensure this is done right.
SunPower Performance solar panels combine conventional cells with 35 years of materials and manufacturing expertise to deliver panels that surpass the performance, reliability and aesthetics of Conventional Panels.
SunPower Maxeon 6 AC Module combines home solar's most powerful panel with the world's most advanced inverter technology. With an industry-leading 40 year warranty on the solar panel.
REC TwinPeak 5 Black Series solar panels feature an
aesthetically-pleasing full-black design with high panel
efficiency and power output, enabling customers to get
the most out of the space used for the installation.
Inverters
We have a wide range of inverter options available, if you don’t see what you need we are happy to discuss other options.
Enphase IQ8 Microinverter performs a seemingly impossible feat with brilliant simplicity.
It transforms photons, quantum particles of light, into safe AC power you can use to power your home. With an Enphase Energy System, every solar panel is equipped with its own microinverter, so if one panel slips into the shade or experiences a rare glitch, the other panels keep generating power.
The Fronius GEN24 Plus is the all-in-one solution for solar energy supply. Whether it be used for solar PV, energy storage, back-up power, or EV charging, the Fronius GEN24 Plus is the ideal hybrid inverter for New Zealand households.
The MultiPlus-II combines the functions of the MultiPlus and the MultiGrid.
It has all the features of the MultiPlus, plus an external current transformer option to implement PowerControl and PowerAssist and to optimize self-consumption with external current sensing (max. 32A).
It also has all the features of the MultiGrid with built-in anti-islanding and an increasingly long list of country approvals.
Battery Systems
Solar systems with batteries can dramatically enhance flexibility and self-sustainability.
HOW SOLAR BATTERY SYSTEMS WORK:
The ‘grid’ is the name given to the electricity network that delivers power from generators (like the Clyde Dam) all the way to your home via pylons and power lines.
Solar battery systems are pretty much essential for ‘off-grid’ systems, where there is no back-up from the grid when your panels aren’t generation. However, they are also used in many ‘grid-tied’ systems, where some people even charge their batteries from the grid during their ‘free hour of power’.
Battery systems are becoming increasingly popular in New Zealand as their costs have come down considerably in recent years.
The Enphase IQ Battery 5P all-in-one AC-coupled storage system is the most powerful battery yet from Enphase.
It has a total usable energy capacity of 5.0 kWh and includes six embedded grid-forming microinverters with 3.84 kW power rating, including peak output power of 7.68 kVA for 3 seconds and 6.14 kVA for 10 seconds.
It provides backup capability and installers can quickly design the right system size to meet the needs of both new and retrofit solar customers.
Tesla Powerwall is a fully integrated AC battery system for residential use. Its rechargeable battery pack provides energy storage for solar self-consumption, time based control and backup power.
Powerwall's electrical interface provides a simple connection to any home or building.
It's revolutionary compact design achieves market-leading energy density and its easy to install, enabling owners to quickly realise the benefits of reliable, clean power.
BYD's solar energy storage system, the Battery Box Premium comes in two types, the HVS and the HVM, between the pair, they are able to offer a variety of energy capacities, thanks to the battery boxes modular design. Able to offer storage capacities from 5.1 kWh all the way up to 22.1 kWh, whatever your home's energy needs, the battery box can accommodate them.
When it comes to energy storage the PowerPlus Energy Eco Series battery will power your world.
Australian made self managed Eco lithium LFP battery with internal BMS, offers you a safe lithium ferro phosphate [LFP] battery technology, for any solution that requires reliability, ease of use and a product that outperforms others.
Battery systems follow the same basic scoping and design process as other solar systems. Many people will ask for a battery and non-battery quote for their homes.
Read our overview of home solar and off-grid solar systems below:
EV Chargers
If you have an EV, or are planning on getting one, the ability to charge it from your solar system makes financial and environmental sense!
EV chargers can be integrated into ‘grid-tied’ and ‘off-grid’ solar systems. This can be done at the time of install, or any time later. That said, there are time and cost savings to be made by setting up your EV charger at the time you install your solar system.
Read our overview of home solar and off-grid solar systems below:
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