At this St Peter home, the panels are on the ground rather than the roof. Night-time photographs show low mounting, individual bases and vegetation around the array. Other images record the indoor equipment and electrical checks with a meter.

The installation serves a two storey home with five bedrooms and two bathrooms. Its everyday loads include a refrigerator, lights and television. We completed the ground array installation and electrical commissioning in three days.

Low solar mounting on individual bases in a grassy site at night, with a worker beneath the panels and photographs of indoor electrical checks.

Making part of the property a place to generate electricity

Grass remains beneath and around the panels, with stones and trees visible at the edge of the site. Ground mounting avoids using the house roof, but brings maintenance into the outdoor space: vegetation growing towards the low panels, water passing around the bases and access routes all belong to this particular location.

One night-time photograph shows a person working beneath the array, while the indoor photographs record electrical checks. Together, they show more of the three day installation: mounting, wiring and testing as well as panel placement. The light in the photograph illuminates the work; it is not evidence of the system supplying a home during an outage.

From an outdoor array to indoor appliances

Twelve 600W panels form a 7.2kWp array, paired with 10kW class single phase equipment and two 51.2V 300Ah lithium batteries. Combined nominal storage is approximately 30.72kWh. Daytime generation can supply household demand and leave some energy for evening use or connected backup circuits.

The refrigerator needs ongoing electricity, while lighting and television follow activity indoors. Moving the array to the ground changes where generation takes place, but the uses remain those of the home. Backup duration depends on connected appliances and the energy remaining.

For a property with suitable outdoor space, this project offers a practical example of ground mounted home solar. The low supports, grass and access around the array show how an installation becomes part of the site.

Plan Your Solar Project with Sunchees

Founded in 2008 and based in Foshan, Guangdong, China, Sunchees develops its own inverters and lithium batteries and provides customised solar power and solar air conditioning solutions for homes and businesses. We support OEM requirements and your choice of solar panel brand, with remote installation guidance throughout the process, from equipment configuration to on-site installation support.

If you are considering solar for your home or business, share your project location, building photographs and everyday electricity needs with us. We can discuss a system and installation arrangement that suits the site and how you use it.

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