What the SOFAR PowerAll is, its specs from SOFAR's datasheet, whether it is approved for the federal battery discount, how much discount each module earns before and after 1 January 2027, and why we install it.
A Melbourne customer's AGL bill went from $3.37 a day to $1.17 a day a year after solar and a battery. Grid use fell 88% and the bill fell 65%. The gap between the two is the daily supply charge.
You do not have to join a virtual power plant to get the federal battery discount. Here is what AGL, Origin and Amber pay in Victoria, which VPPs work with Fox ESS and Sigenergy, and what a VPP is worth next to your battery's everyday job.
From 1 October 2026 Victorian households can get free electricity from 11am to 2pm, up to 24 kWh a day, with slightly higher prices at other times. Here is what the published tariffs mean for a home battery, zone by zone.
The federal battery discount on a Fox ESS CQ7 is worth $3,400 to $6,960 depending on how many modules you stack, and the rate drops on 1 January 2027. Here is the calculation, model by model.
Every Fox ESS CQ7 model with its real height, weight and footprint from the datasheet, plus the rules that decide which wall it can stand against.
Victoria stopped setting a minimum feed-in tariff in July 2025. Here is what your exports earn now, what you pay between 4pm and 9pm in each distribution zone, and the spread that decides whether a battery pays.
Yes, a home battery can charge an electric car. Usually it should not be the thing doing it. The arithmetic, the kW limit nobody mentions, and what the federal discount does not pay for.
Solar shuts down in a blackout by design. A battery can keep your house running, but only if backup was designed into the job. What it takes, what runs, and the five questions to ask before you sign.