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Citric acid
I bought some Grohe shower cleaner as that was the only one recommend by Grohe when we had a new shower fitted. It sells for the remarkable price of £15. I downloaded the COSH sheet for it and noted that the only active ingredient is citric acid. Citric acid sells for around £5-10 per kg in crystal form (even food grade).…
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Solar Panels - apparent failure
Hi, Yesterday, a lovely sunny day, I generated nothing. Today the same. Looking at the inverter it all appears fine, just showing zero generation. So it looks like no power is getting to the inverter. I'm thinking maybe a mouse has chewed through a cable or something, probably outside as I'm pretty sure I've got rid of all…
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Lancashire solar panels?
Hi all, half of our roof on our house in Preston, Lancashire is west facing and large enough for solar panels. I just wondered.... - Anyone else in Lancashire had panels installed? Was it worth it? - Any Preston / Lancashire solar panel fitters that anyone can recommend? Thank you in advance for any replies!!
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Help with LuxPower system, please - disagreement with smart meter
Relatively new to this: I have a system consistent of 5.4 kW solar generation (18 panels), 12 kWh battery. Recently moved to Octopus GO with the following plan: As part of this, Octopus installed a smart meter. Fill battery overnight, so that is full at 4.30am. Use battery power from then on, until either there is enough…
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Battery Quote
Hi, Would anyone mind commenting of a battery quote I've received? £3850 for Sofar charge controller and 2 X 2.4GWh pilontec batteries to be added to an existing Solar Edge PV system. I'm hoping to integrate it with a zappi charger too so any comments on any possible pitfalls will be gratefully received. TIA.
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Battery install and Smart meter
I am going ahead with adding batteries to my Solar system which was fitted 6-7 years ago. During the survey one of the first questions they asked was whether I had a smart meter. I don't. The quote I have subsequently received indicates I should advise my supplier of the battery install and check whether I need to have a…
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iboost+ immersion heater question
My hot water tank (gledhill stainless) has two immersion heaters. Sparky has wired up my upper and lower immersions the wrong way round - lower to htwr1 and upper to htwr 2. This is contrary to the installation instructions, which say it is necessary for the top immersion heater to have priority. Is this going to be a…
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EON Green Homes Grant
It's listed that they can improve insulation in roofs, walls, floors and even add external insulation and that as long as the work comes to less than £10,000 there will be nothing to pay. Has anyone had any experience with this?
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Batteries Make Sense for Everyone?!
EDF appear to be offering a tariff that charges 4.5p per unit between midnight and 5am and about 40p/min at all other times (fixed fro 2 years) Compare this to the price cap tariff from April on of about 30p per unit - the off peak units are 25p per unit cheaper. The average household use 3700 kwh of electricity per year…
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Solar Panel sell back to Grid rates
Hi Martin, is there any opportunity of campaigning for a higher return on sales back to the grid? 54% would be a nice starting point for the Feed In Tariff. I have had panels on last 2 houses but more recent tariff is not worth having (£13 last period). kevin
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Suppliers, batteries and inverters
Our roof is south facing, in Hertfordshire, with no shading. We currently use 5500 kWh of electricity a year, home all day, do a lot of baking etc, but no EV. We have quotes from Eon for 12 360W panels, string inverters and 5.2 kWh battery for £9630 or 8.2 kWh battery for £10381. We also have a quote from The Solar People…
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Plug in solar panels?
With the price increases in energy should I buy some plug in solar panels? The kit has an inverter and we can give it a dedicated spur. We have a big garden to put the panels in. The kit is 320w with inverter. It costs just over £700. Anyone done it, and experience of these please
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Solar Panel Advice
Hello, I am buying a new build property (detached 4 bed, not built yet), due to move in back end of this year (2022). Luckily it is with a small builder who is happy for me to request any changes/additions throughout the build. It will be fitted with an air source heat pump as standard (underfloor heating for the whole…
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Bead Cavity Wall Insulation - Advice/experience really appreciated
We have lived in a 'self build' house for the past 20 years (original build around 1985). It wasn't built by us. Unfortunately, we have been told over the years that the cavity space in the outer walls would not allow for 'foam' style of insulation, so we have never progressed at all re insulation. I've now come across,…
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Unsolicited Phone Call re Solar Panel Servicing?
Bit of a bizarre one this - I've just spoken to my 87yrs old dad on the phone and he told me someone is coming round to check his solar panels tomorrow. Apparently he had an unsolicited phone call last week from someone saying his solar panels must be checked because they hadn't been serviced for over 10 years? He doesn't…
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CT Clamp question
If I already have an iboost for hot water, and I want to install a Zappi solar car charger, does it matter that it also uses a CT clamp to calculate energy?
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Woodland Carbon Code
Does anyone have experience of planting trees and selling carbon credits through this scheme? I have a piece of land which I could potentially use for this purpose, but would need to understand it better first. In particular, I'm not clear on whether it generates a regular income or simply a one-off payment. thanks
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PV benefit in the day / cold months
Hi everyone - this is for experienced Solarists to give advice to those awaiting install on the benefits. Is there any point putting the delay timer on my Washing Machine /dishwasher in the winter months, the better to catch a few rays and save some costs? Or would it be a negligible benefit?
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Solar vs Annuity
I was thinking that, in some ways, solar panels are pretty similar to an annuity in terms of a pension product: - They require a lump sum invested for a (almost) guaranteed return. - They are index linked. - They are worthless when the owner(s) pass away So comparing a similar annuity rates vs solar Solar, £10k would buy a…
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iBoost problems
I
recently had solar panels and iboost installed. I hoped to use the iboost to probably
heat all my water in summer and certainly it was a good way of effectively
storing some of the energy from the panels. I am disappointed to discover that only
a little energy is being stored in the tank. It quickly reaches WATER HOT…
