The Electric Shed explains home energy in plain English: solar panels, home batteries, power bills and charging an electric car at home. What the numbers on a quote actually mean, what a system will really produce, and whether the sums work for your house.
We show the working so you can decide for yourself. Prices, rebates and rules change from country to country, so every guide gives the formula behind the numbers, with metric units first and US equivalents where they help. No hype, and no hard sell.
Meet Cole
Cole is your plain-English guide to everyday energy at home: the host of The Electric Shed, on YouTube and here. He is calm, practical and suspicious of sales pitches. Each video has a guide on this site with the full explanation, the numbers and the sources.
Cole is AI-generated
Cole is not a real person. His face, voice and workshop are generated with AI tools, and AI helps draft the scripts and guides. Cole doesn't own a house, a solar system or an electric car, and he doesn't pay a power bill.
A real person runs The Electric Shed. They live with home solar and a battery and supply the real-world data, such as power bills and energy logs. They check every guide and video before it goes up.
If something is wrong, tell us and we'll fix it and note the correction on the guide.
Cars and getting around
Electric cars, e-bikes, range and running costs on the road are covered on Cole's sister site, Sweet Commute. Charging at home lives here, because it's part of your power bill.
Money
The Electric Shed has no sponsors and no affiliate links. Nobody pays us to review or recommend anything. If that ever changes, we'll say so on the page where it applies.