Incredible Expensive / Improper Installation

I used Macro Clear (Jacques Walters) for my installation and paid the ridiculous amount of R148 000 for 6 panels; 5.5KW Inverter; 2 Batteries in 2022. This was a bundled price - no individual item prices at all. Last price from him was R7 800 per panel installed back in 2023 because the job was obviously too small for him. I also have screenshots of a R4000 price difference for a battery that he charged (installed on the same day).

Recently I got an electrician to evaluate and correct my installation. Macro Clear (together with his so called engineer Marius) DID NOT install the following: a Surge protector on my DB Board. a Surge protector between my Inverter and panels. No disconnects in front of the string panels. No battery disconnects installed, so no way at all to switch off the batteries.

The cables from the panels to the inverter was just laying loose in my roof without any protection. The only cover over the cables was (to BS me) about 30cm worth of trunking in my garage where the cables can be seen. I had to spent an additional couple of thousand rand to let to had this all corrected for my own safety.

Jacques is now involved in some SA EV Charge . . . this is also the email address if you put it together. Snake oils salesman, some people will call them