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Would you do it again?
Hi there I have been lurking in the background for a number of weeks and finally got brave and have decided to post. Recently moved house to the South Lakes, in a sun trap quite close to the sea and plan to be here a good while. Have been reading the posts and doing the calculations and I am considering having solar panels…
Government funding of Solar panels... new only?
Hi all, I see there is a lot of discussion on this forum on the Government scheme to get people to install solar panels. My question is pretty simple - I have a solar PV system bought from MyPlanet (yes I know that wasn't a great idea but it seemed so at the time). Does anyone know if the support the Gov't scheme offers…
Solar Diverting switch
comparison. Now you can get dual output, WiFi sender, phone apps, logging, colour LCD readouts … all nice but all really just fluffy stuff. What I wanted was to divert as much surplus power as possible to my standard HW system .. no need to change immersion or thermostats. Every £1 you spend on this switch will directly…
Solar Panels - Energy Saving
From a link on this site I register to see if I was entitled to 'free' installation of panels. I received a phone call from a company and was advise the they had looked at a satalite of my house and I would, but there would be a £100 charge. Some one came around today and explained that due to my location I could have 16…
Feed in Tariff Buy Back
Just had a cold call from a company called Imesco (www.imesco.com) offering to give me a quote to buy out my feed in tariff. Presumably a discounted capital sum based on what the panels would be earning over the remainder of their lives. On the "no such thing as a free lunch" principle I'm naturally assuming that whatever…
Feed in tariff payments
Due to a faulty inverter, the readings on our generation meter stopped moving forward. Our inverter was finally replaced after a long time. As such, we did not receive any Feed in tariff payments during this time as we were not able to submit readings. 1) was energy still being exported to our power company during the time…
LST Radiators
Are these worth it for the home. Was thinking of installing these to be able to turn the heat down on the boiler and thus save money. My Radiators need replacing anyway as now over 20 years old.
Savings account or PV?
A discussion that has been around these boards a lot is that of whether it's better to put money in the bank and get interest or into solar panels. Very often the discussion has started with some saying something like, 'well 8% a year from PV is better than 2% a year in the bank' followed by someone else pointing out that…
Solar now seems much less efficient
With the recent sunny days I thought the solar system would work rather better, but found that especially the rear panels are now giving out less that 1kW when last year they gave out a lot more, enough to heat the hot water anyway. I tried to contact the supplier TP solar but they seem to have gone out of business. I then…
Solar Power for Community Hut
Can anyone tell me what the best solar energy system would be for a community hut which is off grid? The size of the hut is 30ft x 15ft. I understand we will need the following components. Is this correct? * Solar Charge Controller * Battery Bank * DC Disconnect (additional) * Off-Grid Inverter * Backup Generator…
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