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Inverters
Good morning all. Another question from a trainee pv'er! I'm receiving quotes at the moment and I have a question about inverters. 1. If a quote includes an inverter that is a 5.0 KW (GivEnergy 5.0) does this imply that a G99 will have to be applied for and given? Does the 5k give me a worthwhile amount of power over a…
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Solar Quote - thoughts
Hi - I have had quite a few quotes recently to get solar panels on my roof. Some have bothered have got back to me and some have not. Some have been extortionate as well taking advantage of current demand I guess. Anyway I have sort of boiled it down to potentially this system - price is just under £13k. What are people's…
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Looking to get solar again
Hi In 2005 I purchased a 4kwh solar system with no batteries. It cost £4.9k and when I moved out 2021 I had probably made around 3.5k meaning a payback period of around 8 years. The majority of benefit was fit payments. I have been quoted 11k for a 4kwh system with 5.6kwh battery2×2.8kwh, another is similar price Annual…
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Distances questions .....
Good afternoon, I am going to have the inverter and batteries in my garage. It currently looks like an AJ array of panels, a Solis inverter and some Pylontech either US300 or US500 batteries. The issue is that I have my consumer unit in one half of my double garage and I would prefer to have the batteries some 25 feet away…
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Lead times on solar and battery as well as price increases
Back in March 2022, I paid the a 10% deposit for a 5 panel solar 2kWp and 15kWh home storage battery system install by a solar MCS installer . At the time I was told the lead time was 8 to 12 weeks. However, due to supply shortages I've been continuously been informed of delayed delivery of parts because the suppliers have…
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Electricity costs going up but why is SEG staying so low?
Perhaps the simple answer to this question is 'greed' on behalf of the energy companies but given the massive growth in electricity prices driven by underlying gas costs, why isn't the SEG rate for domestic production going up? Surely buying at a (maximum) of 5p/kWh and being able to 'sell' on at the wholesale price is…
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Air source, solar and battery quote
Opinions on prices, what's being supplied/fitted and the spec, Central Scotland. Any recommended upgrades? 11 x Trina Full Black 385w Perc Mono Solar Module 4.235kW PV Array, £6300 Zyphen Cube 4.9kW Battery, £5,900.00 Warmflow 11kW Zeno AS02, 200 litre HW tank with 50 litre buffer, Hive and renew all radiators and…
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Solar quote
Hi, I have received a quote for solar install and I wanted to sound out the price with you knowledable lot and maybe any opinions on the quality of the brands being offered. I have tried to gather a number of quotes but so far have only had a response from one company which makes it really hard to know if this would be…
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Ecoegg laundry products
Bagged at local car boot sale last weekend - two Ecoegg products all boxed and complete. These were on two totally different stalls and were bought out of curiosity really. At home they turned out to be for 864 and 720 washes respectively at a cost of £2 and 50p. Based on the 3 washes I do a week that is 10 years of…
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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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DNO request
My solar panels have been fitted and already generating quite a bit. I have my MCS - i have been informed that the email regarding the DNO has been sent. Does anyone know generally how long these are taking to get a response. Obviously i need before I can sort an outgoing tariff.
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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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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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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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Advice on electricity use and smart meter
Hi looking for some advice as my electricity costs seem to be going up and up and I’m worried about the upcoming price cap rise. i live in a new well insulated house. A lot of the time it’s just me in the house. I was under the impression that the smart meter costs included the standing charge but looking at eon next they…
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Old Solar Panels - is it worth getting a battery now?
I had my solar fitted in 2014, I have 3.6kW. I've since heard that you can have batteries to store up energy, is this something that a company could fit to my existing solar panels? I don't know where to start or even if its worth the cost (or how much the cost would be). Are there any solar experts on here or can anyone…
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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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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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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…
