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PV Quote 12.3KW
Just about ready to go ahead and thought it's only sensible to see what others may think of my quote. We are a high usage household. South facing. No shade. 30x JA Solar 410W 30x SolarEdge Optimisers 1x SolarEdge 10kw inverter 1x SolarEdge 10kw battery ~ £22,000 all in (labour, equip, install)
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Two separate battery and inverters on the same house
This might be a daft question. Can you have two separate battery and inverter setups in the same house. I mean separate as in two different brands with totally different charge/discharge rates? I find information that seems to suggest that this is possible with solar inverter and a battery inverter and I am curious whether…
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Banking / Pension driven carbon- what's your tonnage?
https://calculator.mymothertree.com/ So I'm contributing a concerning 31tCo2/year, but could save 50% by switching out from Barclays to Nationwide or Triodos and switch my pension fund to ESG options. . Very interesting...
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Octopus Flux - Net exporters only?
On other parts of the internet, I've seen quite a few people say Octopus Flux is best for "net exporters" Agile is best if you've got a heat pump because you probably aren't a net exporter. Even then, people often have at least 20 kWh worth of batteries. Then use solar diverters to hear water Go/Intelligent Octopus is best…
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Are Solaredge Optimisers Always Worthwhile?
We are planning on putting panels on a sloping roof, orientation 190 DegT (just W of South). There are no obstacles to cause shading. One installer gave a detailed pitch on how the Solaredge optimisers work, but his concrete examples with figures were all where shading occurs at certain times of day, for example from a…
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Using Growatt hybrid inverter with third party batteries
Is it possible to add non-Growatt batteries to a hybrid Growatt inverter (SPH3600), which already has one 65.kWh Growatt battery connected? For example, it seems that I can buy an array of Nissan Leaf batteries for a few hundred pounds. That's only a small fraction of what a Growatt unit would cost. Can I connect these to…
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Insulating my walls
I have a property built in 1996 which uses white wool fiber in the cavity, I feel like a lot of this has dropped in the walls where its got damp from water tracking across the cavity in places, the house really struggled to maintain heat in the winter and it takes a lot to heat to a comfortable temperature. As I don't…
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Heat storage battery for hot water?
I'm looking at the possibility of replacing my hotwater tank and using an electric heat storage battery for hot water. Anyone done this or have any advice?
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Solar hybrid inverter - 3.6kWh or 5kWh?
I have recently started looking into getting quotes for a solar + battery installation and been recommended 10x425W panels giving 4.25kWp (south facing). The installer recommended a 3.6kWh hybrid inverter and a 9.5kWh battery. Costwise I've been told there won't be a big difference if opting for a 5kWh inverter, and I've…
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Cost of a battery add on to pv?
I have a 2.5kw split over 2 roofs 4 and 2 panels. I'm using around 25% of what I generate. I have a inverter which you can't install batteries too. I have 2 options replace the inverter and install batteries to that in the loft, which I don't like the idea off. Or install another inverter with battery batteries under my…
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Trashnothing..??
I've only recently come across this site and I'm somewhat perplexed. The hype seems to insist that it gathers together ads from both Freecycle and Freegle... and yet a cursory investigation of my local scene shows that the vast majority of ads from those two sources don't make it onto Trashnothing... and a whole load of…
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Air Con/Heating
Hi we're looking to install AC into 1 room, and I gather some units can also function as a Heat Pump in winter. I've contacted local suppliers for quotes, but does anyone have an idea of costs and recommendations on what units to go for? Thanks LS
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Solar Panel advice
Hi Guys. I'm in the early stages of looking into getting some Solar Panels. We have a detached house with 2 South East Facing Roofs on the house itself and a detached extra-deep (roughly 2.5 car lengths) Garage with a South Facing Roof, albeit the South-facing side of the roof faces towards our neighbours and the garage…
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Solar together
Hi all, We have had a quote from home smart energy through solar together and wondered if anybody else has had any dealings with them? Thank you Martin
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Green Central Heating Boiler/Hydrogen Boiler/Air Source Heat Pump - which one and how
I had a quote from British Gas for a Worcester Greenstar regular CH boiler. I have a month to make up my mind about whether I buy it from them. I am assured in writing it is more efficient than my Potterton which is 20 years old and will not last forever and it is anyway inefficient. The total cost is £3,599. I would…
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Solar & Battery Install Remote From House
Hi, We didn't look at solar originally as we wouldn't qualify for FIT, however now prices look as if could easily be cost effective. I'm awaiting some opinions an quotes, but wondered if there are any issues with our specific electrical layout. The panels would go onto a metal Dutch barn with a huge S facing (190 Deg to be…
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Advice on quoted inverter size 3.6kw
Starting getting some quotes as moving into a new place and want solar. My current consumption is 4500 kWh ( no EV as yet but wife works from home hence washing machine etc always generally on). One quote is 10 x 450 panels but the inverter is the smallest: solar Growatt 3.6kw inverter With a growatt 6.5KW battery. -- Plan…
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Thoughts on cost and equipment for solar
Hi As per my post ref Inverter, I have had 3 quotes, all rough as not moved in yet. 2 companies are local and both I know in some ways. Supplier 1:, 13 x 410KW (Sharp), Fox ox Hybrid ESS inverter 5.33KWh and 5 KWh Fox battery, iboost, manual change over (if we get a powercut) bird protection: £12k give or take. Like the…
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Which is the best solar intelligent immersion switch
I read up on this a 5 years ago, and couldn't decide between an iboost+ and SolarImmersion. There must be better ones on the market, and reliability should be more proven. What is the current best buy, and where are they cheapest? (google search brings back very outdated posts/reviews). I have a 6.9KW system, Megaflo CL170…
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Solar diverter - flawed return on investment calculations
I've now had my solar panels installed for over 4 years and so I thought it would be a good point to see how the return on investment projections provided by the installer were measuring up to reality. I was expecting the sums to reveal that I was ahead of the projection given the recent increase in electricity prices.…
