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Solar installers in Buckinghamshire - Recommendations please
please recommend solar PV installers in Bucks. thanks
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Recommend PV supplier / installer in East Midlands?
Looking for recommended solar PV suppliers / installer in the East Midlands. Thanks
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This quote look ok?
Hi everyone, Like a lot of people I'm looking at a solar panel system...I'm a bit clueless. Does this quote look about right: 22 x JA Solar (380 watts) 22 x Tigo Optimisers 1 x GivEnergy battery with BMS (8.2kwh) £13,000 We use about 6500kw per year and have a southish facing roof, no shade Thanks in advance
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How to "use" the solar panels on my house?
Hi all, I've been lazy.... 7 years of lazy. In short, we moved into a new build (first owners) back in 2015 and on the roof were solar panels. At the time, they had issues connecting them up, found they were installed upside down a few other issues. All rectified however other priorities took place and we just forgot about…
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Suggestion needed for a Battery Backup System
Hi All, Given the rising energy prices, I have been looking at ways to reduce ongoing cost. I live in a 5 bedroom property with 3 adults and 4 teenagers. Our electricity usage is about 20-26KW daily. Both adult work from home and at least 1 adult will always work from home . I was planning a DIY battery backup option, but…
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Feed in tarriffs and the huge increase in electricity prices
We have solar panels and regularly pump 2kw or more into the national grid during the day. Our electricity bill is set to increase considerably, should not our feedin tariff be increasing inline??? Or are the energy companies simply being allowed to greatly profit from everyones solar panels which they didn't pay for???
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EV home charger and throttling
Hi I got an EV home charger fitted Nov 2020 and since having solar PV and all the other off peak white goods on it is getting throttled. A little but of digging has shown that the quick way the EV installer gets around submitting the paperword to the Distribution Point Network Operator os to set the site ampage on the…
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Any grants available to add renewables to a home?
I inherited solar panels on moving house. I would love to extend them to include storage batteries. Maybe a domestic wind turbine - again with storage batteries. Convert my wood burner into a a back boiler situation. Am in Scotland - any financial assistance around?
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EON - Solar Panels - Thoughts on my quote please
Hi All, With all the craziness lately I have been exploring my options in terms of solar, had a number of quotes, the best of which seems to be from EON. Some notes on the house - south facing, minimal shading, 35 angle of the roof, some older appliances (kitchen) that will be updated in the near future. I work from home…
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Monitoring house energy
Hi all I know a few of us have some sort of solar monitoring and battery monitoring and even EV charger monitoring as well as IHDs for smart meters. But I'm wondering if anyone has went a step further and opted for a home assistant or similar type setup? I seen this screenshot a few days ago and it got my head spinning I…
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Where does the solar energy go?
I have a new solar panel install with an Iboost. I don't yet have my g99 form as it is being processed. Installer didn't get on to it so I had to chase. So this means I am not exporting to an energy company yet as I need the g99 to apply for the tarrif. My question is: once the iboost has heated my hot water, and I am…
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Could anyone sanity-check my fag-packet solar ROI calculation?
I've been thinking about having solar panels on our roof (in South West London) and have been using this utility to attempt to calculate the energy which I might be able to produce per annum: https://re.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pvg_tools/en/#PVP I've selected the "Crystalline silicon" technology, and an "installed PV power" of 2.4…
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Iboost not diverting all solar
Hello I’ve seen a few other iboost posts but can’t see this issue having been discussed- my iboost doesn’t seem to divert all the solar power generated, though I know it is diverting some as the display show “heating by solar” and the kw. I have a zappi charger and app that shows my solar generation and exporting to the…
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Lead time and price increase for domestic solar installation?
With the recent rise in energy prices, installing a solar array on our 32 m2 south facing roof would seem to make more sense. I would imaging we are not the only people to have had this thought! Have forumites seen an increase in lead times or prices recently??
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Battery Storage management systems
Looking for an energy provider to charge battery storage system at home on a night-time cheap rate before committing to installing such a system. Octopus offer a night-time tariff of 7.5pkwH but this is only for the Tesla home power pack system. Cannot find any other providers?! Does anyone have a battery management…
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Solaredge battery systems
You all seem to be keen on pylon tech. My question is - are pylontech battery systems compatible with solaredge inverters? And has anyone any opinion on solaredge battery storage?
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Iboost power question
My iboost setup is new. I love it, obviously. But can anyone tell me how much energy in KWH (in their experience) it takes for an iboost to heat a large tank (250l) from cold? Mine put over 13 kwh into it one day and the water was lovely and warm, but I still don't know how much energy it would take two 3000W immersions to…
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Top fill water butt
I have a down pipe that comes off a shed that I would like to put a water butt under. There is a water butt there already but it’s really old and I think the previous owner just cut a hole in the lid to make it work. The water butt just overflows making the shed damp - something I want to stop. Most water butts I’ve seen…
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Renewables - self sufficiency, is it possible without financial assistance?
Hi. We have spent the past 4 years converting a barn in approximately 1 acre. The site is very exposed with a South facing slight slope, ideal for renewables. Our idea when starting this project was to have a number of wind turbines and ground mounted solar panels to allow us to be energy self sufficient and have built two…
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PV & battery quote, Advice & comments please.
Good Morning Moneysavers, Before I start, I would like to say although I only joined the Fourm today, I have been a long time lurker in the background and have been greatly impressed by your knowledge and helpfulness on all things PV & home energy related. I have been thinking of adding PV to my house for the last few…
