Solar Panel Guide Discussion

When I last posted on here telling you that I had solar panels installed free by Homesun and I sung there praises I got, well I wouldn't exactly say abused and insulted, but lets just say people on here disagreed with me quite strongly! There were some of you (the minority) that were interested in what I had to say and wanted to know my findings, well its still early days but what I can tell you is in the period of June - Sept 2010 I used 879kWh and in the corresponding period this year with solar panels is 485kWh.

There you are, a saving, no matter how much (although pretty good) and yes it was the summer months (they were !!!!!!). Bottom line is I paid nowt but saved plenty.

Ta

Sorry to hear you got abused joseph. I am relatively new to these forums so didnt witness the matter. I brought my panels so its a bit different but I would like to hear about other peoples findings in other situations. Ignore the whiners there are quite a few here. once you bring money and politics into a discussion the facts are soon lost.

Joseph90 wrote: »

When I last posted on here telling you that I had solar panels installed free by Homesun and I sung there praises I got, well I wouldn't exactly say abused and insulted, but lets just say people on here disagreed with me quite strongly! There were some of you (the minority) that were interested in what I had to say and wanted to know my findings, well its still early days but what I can tell you is in the period of June - Sept 2010 I used 879kWh and in the corresponding period this year with solar panels is 485kWh.

There you are, a saving, no matter how much (although pretty good) and yes it was the summer months (they were !!!!!!). Bottom line is I paid nowt but saved plenty.

Ta

Likewise I have reviewed the posts.

I think the problem you faced for a rather 'hostile' reception was because of the many posts critical your chosen firm - Homesun and your firm endorsement of the firm.

They had introduced a £500 fee and £5 monthly maintenance fee for some of their Rent a Roof clients.(I appreciate you didn't pay) This was justified on the grounds of huge potential savings.

Indeed the Homesun representative(Krish) on MSE quoted a figure of £226 annual saving. It turned out that this was derived from figure given to him by a customer of £4.35 a week in summer. By the simple method of multiplying £4.35 by 52 he came up with £226 pa!

Your reduction in consumption of just under 400kWh over a summer is, if attributable to the panels, entirely in line with the EST estimates, and entirely out of line with with the savings Homesun apparently led many clients to believe were normal.

Would you have still gone ahead with installation now knowing your probable annual saving?

If so, you will be happy, but I suggest a lot of clients would be disappointed.

iaingra wrote: »

Excellent, a yearly average of 2856kwh, equivelant to 3808kwh for a 4kwp system. I acknowledge these figures will be slanted as the 16 month period covers nearly two summers but it shows that my estimation of 3300kwh for fitting a 4kwp sytem to my house should be acheivable (roof orientation is ideal).

Iain

Depends where you are in the Country, but 3300 seems low for an ideally situated 4kWp. 3800 should be achievable in South.

jimjames wrote: »

That would certainly seem an option that could make sense and a way to cut costs while maintaining the guarantee to the original owner who installed them. Not so good for the free install companies though.

Hi

With the R-A-R installations the 'owner' is the 'R-A-R' scheme operator, therefore, although title on a property with a R-A-R installation would change when someone sells their house, the FiT registration & entitlement wouldn't, but there would still be a legal obligation on the new owner to continue with the 25 year contract or pay a considerable sum to exit the contract if they decide to do so ....

HTH
Z