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Is my Inverter dead?
Just noticed my panels aren't generating anything. I had panels fitted 7 years ago with a Solis 3.6kw single phase Inverter. The Inverter power light is on but the operation light is flashing and the display just keeps saying 'initialising' whilst the inverter clunks intermittently. Is it dead? I think it is under warranty…
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Free solar panels?
A friend that lives in Leeds has recently had free solar panels fitted I thought that free solar panels were no longer being funded. He tells me it's a government scheme. I got solar panels fitted over five years ago and my FIT is around 5p. He is saying he needs to get them registered for the FIT and he is looking at…
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Hot water debate
I know this subject gets debated a lot, but I have a slightly different question that I haven't noticed discussed recently.Back in February when I had solar installed, I also put in a 1.5kW immersion heater, controlled on a timer which has proved to be very effective at using our solar generation or off-peak electricity.…
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Solar panel Layout
Hello, so I've recieved the lay out for my Solar layout. I'm not convinced it looks right and must be a better way. They say the yellow line represents a 450mm edge which should be around the whole array. So I've came up my own designs on paper, I've scaled these as accuratley as I can. Option 1 This is theirs which I'm…
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Quotes for solar any good
I am in the market for solar in an effort to mitigate the impact of the forthcoming rises and try to be a little greener.My annual consumption is just over 3,000kWh.I am gas fired heating and hot water. Everything else is electric.The roof slopes face roughly east-west. I have had several quotes all varying in price and…
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Alternative to AC - Might be useful going forwards
I've seen this https://www.greensquare.co.uk/blog/2020/8/19/air-conditioning-how-cooling-your-home-can-be-from-clean-renewable-energy-too And that does seek pretty decent as a way to not only heat your house but to then also recover that same heat, for use later on. I'm sure they're not the only company doing that too
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dirty solar panels, warm weather, lower power output?
hi guys, had solar installed about a month ago - at points i have seen my solar generate as high as 7.5kw at any one moment, but at the moment the highest i have seen them hit is about 5.7kw - clear skies, is the warmer weather affecting my output? or we also had some kind of dust / sand storm and everyones cars look…
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Questions from newbies! PV capture 'capping' ? Different PV voltages?
Hi all, We are new to the solar generation world and are trying to understand the wealth of information we are getting from our monitoring application. We have a 6.84kWh solar panel array (18x JA Solar 380W Mono panels) on a south facing roof in Northumberland, with a Luxpower LXP 3600 Hybrid inverter and 2x Aoboet…
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Expanding a 100W off grid 12V solar system
I currently have a 100W panel on my shed with a charge controller and 100Ah battery supplying 12VDC to some LED lighting inside and outside the shed plus the pump and led's in a water feature. I'm looking to add another 4 100W panels, upgrade the charge controller, add another battery and an Inverter to enable me to run a…
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Solar install recently (boiler replacement options)
We’ve recently had solar and storage installed. 5.2kw Panels and 9.6kwh batteries. We have a Baxi back boiler now needs replacement. The boiler has bitten the bullet and the whole system is very old and woefully underperformed. I had planned to swap out our electric shower to use the hot water tank to use the spare solar…
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2kw system over east and west roofs. What are your experiences?
I'm having A solar array installed 3 panels on West and 3 on East. Giving me a 2kw system. Looking at my energy bills I use around 2100kwh a year, so quite a low user I'd imagine. I'm usually out between 8am to 5pm Mon to Thursday Fri to Sun In and out a bit more during the day, but I don't think my energy consumption…
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Solar PV is it worth it?
I was one of the first in my part of Yorkshire to get spv and got something like 53p per unit, cost was £14k. We left 6 years ago and I get regular grief from the other half about it 2/3 times a year. Is it worth getting now? We have several different rooves facing SSE ESE and WNW.
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Octopus Energy - Smart Meter Install wait times?
Greetings! I called to switch over to Octopus Energy's variable tariff today to try to take advantage of their outgoing Agile variable solar tariff. I was told that they will not be able to offer this tariff to me without a SMETS-2 meter (I have an older SMETS-1) and that they had a "long" waiting list. During the…
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Solar I boost thermostat
We have ecodan heat pump with solar I boost diverting excess energy to heat the water. However, it is heating the water too hot..and I understand there is an independent thermostat on the immersion heater..but no idea where it is and how to adjust...
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Getting a smart meter.
I understand that to get the seg payments you require a smart meter? I, don't have one I'm currently with octopus and would like a Smeg 2 meter to benifit from SEG payment. I'm currently on a waiting list. Is there away of getting one installed sooner? I'm Thinking of switching providers then back again, I'm interested in…
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FIT READING NOT ACCEPTED BY SCOTTISH POWER
Good morning all, i have tried to enter my 90 day fit reading of 1,700 Kwh but via both the website or the phone in system, it says " READING IS HIGHER THAN EXPECTED" ?!! Well, surprise surprise, it's been VERY SUNNY !!! I have averaged over 19.75Kwh daily during this last quarter; Today i managed to get through to a…
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Inverter temperatures & location
I'm interested in all sorts of data and one thing I wanted to know was how having my inverter in my loft would effect temperatures. I used an IR thermometer today and the casing of my Huawei Sun2000 was 53 degrees C. Heat sink at the rear was 60 degrees C. I've been assured by the company who installed it that this is…
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Are hear recovery systems worth it?
So I got the keys to my house on Monday. I noticed that the tiny bit of garage area (or what uses to be the garage), and a little bit of room in the attic, which had insulation in it, were incredibly warm. Would it be possible to recover the heat from those locations and both vent it for... heat and also the reverse too?…
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Another Solar/Battery System Quote - Opinions Please
I've been quoted the following in North East Scotland. 4Kw solar mono panels Solis Inverter 5.2 GivEnergy battery Total - £9,500 How does that sound please? If I've missed anything or any questions, please ask.
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Is this quote right? Any opinions?
We decided to look into getting a solar system back at the end of 2020 but never took it any further than the quote stage. We are now again looking at getting an installation done. The system I’ve been quoted for is a 6.6kw and we have a quote also for a Tesla Powerwall. The demand for solar has increased and as we are all…
