About us
Why Malone Electrical Solar Services?
Malone Electrical has been around since the late 90’s when Tom completed his electrical apprenticeship and started his career as a domestic electrician.
In 2017, Tom and Jules decided to change lifestyle and leave the rat-race, for health and socio-political reasons. We both left our jobs, sold our house in Cornwall, and now live on “Billy Miller” our 57’ narrowboat, cruising the UK canal & river network 💜
We knew a lot of people already living permanently off-grid, and using Tom’s existing knowledge and experience, he researched larger solar systems, to enable us more freedom by being as self-sufficient as possible whilst cruising. At festivals and among other friends, Tom’s growing solar knowledge base proved helpful, advice was sought or shared and given 👍🏼
Tom qualified as an electrician as a lad of 17 (back in the days of apprenticeships!) and has progressed throughout his working career from domestic electrical to Marine electronics (where he & Jules met 💚) and then into industrial engineering, focussing on electrical and electronic equipment.
Specialising in food manufacturing, he was Team Leader at an International meat processing company and eventually became Engineering Manager at an ice cream factory in Cornwall.
Tom’s project planning, research and preparation skills have since become invaluable in our day to day boat life, along with fault finding expertise on many different levels of equipment.
We have 4 x 270W poly panels on our narrowboat with solar controller and Cerbo GX. Our 5 lead acid leisure batteries were upgraded initially in 2022 with one Lithium battery drop-in, but with technological improvements in 2023, we changed to our current bank of 4 x Premium 100ah Lithium batteries. This enabled Tom to conduct R&D testing on a ‘live’ system before confidently supplying our customers.
Our 3000VA inverter charger then supplies us with 240v. We run an 8kg washing machine, 1600W smart kettle, ice making machine, 1800W rotisserie air fryer, coffee machine & a mini air conditioning unit all powered by the sun☀️ ( but NOT all at the same time!!!)
This has hugely reduced our reliance on diesel (engine) and petrol (generator) during the winter months, so is carbon reducing and cost saving too ⭐️
Living our life ‘as free as we can be‘ took a toll on our savings 😉 ... and rather than Tom return to contract/project work back in industrial factories, we expanded the Malone Electrical business into
Malone Electrical Solar Services.
Since our inception in late 2019, we have installed nearly 600 solar panels for more than 300 happy customers, potentially generating approx 175 megaWatt hours of solar power per year ☀️
Based on IPCC data we have potentially saved the planet from more than 300 tonnes of CO2e from the atmosphere to date
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Long-Term Benefits
At Malone Electrical, we are passionate about renewable energy and dedicated to providing top-quality solar installation services and aftercare for our customers.
Our skilled engineers bring years of experience to every project, ensuring that your transition to solar power and its storage is seamless and efficient.
Solar starts repaying your initial outlay as soon as it is connected ☀️
Reduces reliance on expensive fossil fuels.
Allows responsible off-grid freedom.
Panels guaranteed for 12 years.
Warranties on equipment & installation for insurance available on request.