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Questions check list?
Good evening all …. I now have a few site visits in front of me and a couple of “desk top” quotes received to make sense of. The problem is that I have worked out that buying a solar PV system seems to me a bit like the wild west, and even if you choose a CMS certified installer it might not be anywhere near sufficient or…
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Octopus Export Tariff up to 15p
Have just had an email from Octopus stating that from 20th Sept my export tariff will go up from 7.5p to 15p per kw This is for the fixed rate . A little bit of good news
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solar panels not registered ( with DNO)
hi I would like some advice on my solar panels and battery which I had fitted by Zanussi solar a couple of years ago they set me up with a energy company who I thought were using the excess to supply the grid but then went under OFGEM passed me to British gas and I am still working at getting a solar contract up with them…
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Thanks …..
The purpose of the note is to simply say a “general thanks” to those that help others on this forum. I’m going to be buying a Solar PV system and have found the answers to the few specific questions I asked and also reading through back many threads to gain some basic groundings has been enormously helpful. I was struck by…
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Wanting to reduce gas usage - New Heating Design Circuit - will it work?
Hello, I'm looking at installing a new central heating system with UHF on the ground floor and normal rads on the 1st Floor. The design was initially to have at its heart an System Boiler and a Telford Tempest 500l Indirect Cylinder but I would like to reduce my Gas consumption and have been particularly impressed by…
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GivEnergy 5kw inverter Gen 1 v Gen 2
Hi all, We are shortly due to have solar panels installed on our house. Our installer has let us know that there is a shortage of gen 2 giv energy inverters and is suggesting we go for a gen 1 as these are currently available. We are having 16 panels installed 16 x 390w and a 5.2 kw battery. Does anyone have any experience…
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EV charger new build - misleading
Sorry, not sure which board is the best one to post this on so hopefully it’s moved if needed. I reserved a new build house back in April and exchanged and completed in August. We were sold the house as having EV charging points. We haven’t owned an electric car before due to the costs of installing a charger and the fact…
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WHICH LTD - Wondering whether it's worth forking out for solar panels? We've crunched all the num -
Seen something like this recommended to you on your feed recently? You're not the first. Please don't trust anything these charlatans have to say. "The vast majority of the association's income comes from the profit it makes on its trading businesses" - that means fooling you. If you want to learn about solar panels then…
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Another Solar Quote…
Another solar quote for comment / feedback, please. I had a solar install scheduled but the install cancelled (after 11 weeks) because they’d over committed and couldn’t get the parts, so now I’m looking again. We don’t have a very large roof space, but it’s south facing. 8x Panels ( 4 x JA SOLAR 395W, 4 x JA SOLAR 385W )…
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Solar Together experiences?
I’d appreciate feedback from anyone who has participated in a local government Solar Together initiative. Feedback with respect to has the process actually delivered on it’s cost-saving promise? Was the estimate less than other comparable quotes? Was the installation carried our promptly? Were there any issues encountered…
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Smart Meters and Solar PV and battery questions …….
I am struggling to find answers to some basic questions, so hope for some patient advice!! I currently do not have a smart meter and I am considering having one installed and having a Solar PV system with batteries installed later this year. I’m also thinking that “island” isolation mode might be a good idea as we do get…
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PV Quote - So Energy
We recently had a quote from So Energy and would appreciate any feedback on whether it is a reasonable quote and also the battery size. 24 panels (estimated to generate 7,852 kWh per year) for £10,231 (no vat) With 5kWh battery = £14,299 With 10kWh battery = £16,309 The brochure says the panels are Eurener Zebra 375W I'm…
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First PV system installed yesterday - exposed cables on the roof is this alright?
Just looked out out onto our roof and can see black cable running from one panel to another across our old style cement roof tiles - may 20 inches of it just on top of the tiles. Because of the shape of the roof the they had to split the panels. Is this alright or will the cable sheath be damaged by constant exposure to…
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Getting an "A" EPC Rating
After what feels like a 2.5 year journey, our London semi-detached was re-rated with an "A" EPC score. Our surveyor stated this was the first one their company had seen in 17 years and was the only retrofit 30+ year old property in Central London to achieve this rating. Incase there is interest in what it took to achieve,…
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New to Solar PV - any advice?
Hi I am looking at installing Solar on my roof. Been quoted £7k for 11 SHARP All Black Solar Panel 400W panels. This does not include storage. With a battery its £10k and return on investment within 8 years. They have also said that they could integrate the panels into the roof by stripping the tiles and installing on the…
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Rate my quote and equipment please
I am planning to have the following Solar System and need your critical reviews please. 26 x Jinko Tiger Neo 420W 26 SolarEdge S440 optimisers 1 x Solaredge HD Wave SE8000W Inverter 1 x Generation Meter 1 x SolarEdge Import/Export Meter 1 x SolarEdge Energy Bank 10kW 1 x Myenergi Zappi PV materials: £19,500 Labour: £2,020…
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Ways of having sockets live only when generating PV power
I'm looking into a way of powering some sockets to charge items when the solar is generating. The only way I can see how to do this is using a ct clamp like this on the meter tails https://myenergi.com/product/ct-clamp/ Then wiring to the A1 A2 terminals of a 230v contactor. Would the CT clamp close the contactor when…
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Cambridgeshire installer recommendations for AC coupled battery
Hi All I posted in the battery thread, but thought I’d go for a separate post. I am looking for recommendations for installers for an AC coupled battery, and potentially a couple of extra panels in ballasted consoles on a flat low roof, who covers Cambridgeshire / East of England. Does anyone have any recommendations based…
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Help understanding Solar Panel inverter information
Hi We have just had an install carried out via a local authority grant for 10 x solar panels and a Fox ESS F3000 inverter. Nothing really has been explained to us through the process and I've just discovered that the inverter has an app where I can follow our usage etc. Now looking at the graph and power flow on the app,…
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Everyone talks about solar, what about wind turbines?
Hi all Wanted to guage people's thoughts on the availability/viability of wind turbines at home. Has anyone had them installed? Do they play nice with solar being installed? Are the "quiet" turbines actually quiet? I am asking as it's abnormally windy where we live and I think for an all day generation it would be…
