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Designed on the job, not off a leaflet
We size the array to the roof, the switchboard and how the place actually uses power.
McCannics Solar
Own your power.
Engineer-checked systems for Kiwi roofs — honest numbers, no Sunday sales calls.
Homes · Lifestyle blocks · Commercial
What could solar save you?
What could solar save you?
$280
$80
$900
Estimated yearly saving
$1,848
Indicative system size
5.1 kW
plus a home battery
Indicative only — final price depends on roof, usage and retailer
How the work is done
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We already work on East Coast buildings
Same Gisborne workshop since 1981. Solar sits with the trades who already do electrical and site work — fewer handoffs.
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Numbers you can check
The estimator is a start. The bill, the roof and the retailer decide the system. If solar is a poor fit, we say so.
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Installed, then we answer the phone
Awapuni Road, not a call centre. If something needs a look, you ring the same crowd.
Keep paying the retailer, or own some of it
Daytime power
- Stay on the retailer
- You buy it all
- Home solar
- You use what the roof makes
- Solar + battery
- You use the roof, and stored power later
After dark
- Stay on the retailer
- Retailer
- Home solar
- Still the retailer, unless you add a battery
- Solar + battery
- Battery covers part of the evening
Outage
- Stay on the retailer
- Off, unless you have a generator
- Home solar
- Grid-tie systems shut down for safety
- Solar + battery
- A backup-ready battery can keep selected circuits going. We spec that. We do not promise the whole house.
Who owns the kit
- Stay on the retailer
- The retailer owns the supply
- Home solar
- You own the system
- Solar + battery
- You own the system and the battery
Bill
- Stay on the retailer
- Keeps moving with the retailer
- Home solar
- Smaller bill, still a connection charge
- Solar + battery
- Smaller again, still a connection charge
A guide, not a promise. Shading, export rates and how you use power change the result.
1981
Gisborne workshop, still here
East Coast first
then the rest of NZ if the job fits
Written quote
no obligation, no Sunday sales call
Solutions
Home
A roof, a switchboard, a power bill. We check orientation, shading and what actually runs in the evening before we talk panels.
What we look at
- Orientation and shading on the roof
- Switchboard condition and spare capacity
- What actually runs in the evening
Typical guide only — sized after a site visit.
Lifestyle block
House plus workshop, pump or bore. We look at both loads, not just the dwelling.
What we look at
- House load, separately from the workshop
- Pump or bore demand
- How the two loads share one plan
Typical guide only — sized after a site visit.
Farm
Shed roofs and seasonal use. If the load is all in the shear or the irrigator season, we say what that does to the payback.
What we look at
- Shed roof area and how it faces
- Seasonal use — shear or irrigator
- What that does to payback
Typical guide only — sized after a site visit.
Small commercial
Workshop, office, coolstore or yard. Daytime load is usually the better fit. We do not pitch a domestic kit at a three-phase board.
What we look at
- Daytime plant, office or coolstore load
- Three-phase board and its age
- Using power on site before any export
Typical guide only — sized after a site visit.
A battery earns its keep, or it doesn't
A battery earns its keep when evening use is high or you want selected circuits through an outage. If you are out all day and the bill is small, we may say skip it.
A rough size, before anyone climbs the roof
Under $200 / month
— often a smaller roof array. Battery only if evening use or outages matter.
$200–$450 / month
— the usual family or lifestyle-block starting point.
Over $450 / month
— larger array, or a commercial or farm look. Three-phase and switchboard age matter more than the bill.
The kit is named on the quote
We fit tier-1 panels, a hybrid inverter, and a battery only if it pays its way or you want backup. Brand and model go on the written quote after the site visit — not as a logo wall.
The kind of job we design
Gisborne family home
North-facing iron, evening cooking and heat pump. Sized to the bill, battery only if the numbers say so.
Lifestyle block with a workshop
House load plus welders and a pump. Two switchboards, one system plan.
Small commercial roof
Daytime plant and office. Export is secondary to using power on site.
How it works
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Tell us the bill and the address
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We look at the roof and the switchboard
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You get a written system and a price
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We install, commission, and walk you through it
Green loans and Q Card, if you want them
We are not a lender. On home solar we can point you at a bank green loan or Q Card. Approval sits with them, not with us. Interest-free offers change — we will tell you what is current when we quote, not invent a term here.
Talk it through →Bank green loan
Q Card
Words only. Approval sits with the lender.
FAQ
A grid-tie system does not. A battery covers part of the evening, or selected circuits in an outage if we spec it that way.
We say so. Shade and old iron change the design. Sometimes the honest answer is a smaller system, or not yet.
Yes. House, lifestyle block, farm and small commercial. Big generation plants are not this page.
A straightforward home is often a day or two on site, after the gear and any lines-company approval. We do not lock a day until we have seen the place.
System, labour, and what is and is not in the switchboard work. Written. No obligation.
No. No Sunday sales calls. If the numbers are ordinary, we tell you.
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About
Mc Cannics Solar is the solar work of McCannics, Gisborne. Engineering and trades on the East Coast since 1981. This page is for homes, lifestyle blocks, farms and small commercial — not a catalogue.