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Please check my parents Solar plans
I'm hoping the MSE hive mind can do it's thing and check my parents solar plans. I confess to not knowing much about the market or technology. But a quick google of their proposed new supplier Social Energy linked them to an installer with a poor record of over promising and under delivering and over charging - Project…
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Bulb Energy raises their SEG tariff
If you missed the FIT incentive, you're pretty much stuck with the SEG tariff. Recently, Octopus tag teamed with Tesla to launch an impressive tariff of 11p for those with a power wall. For the rest of us, Bulb's new tariff comes very close to the highest fixed rate available, besting Octopus's outgoing fixed rate of 5.5p.…
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Luxpower monitor web dashboard !!
Hi, all Luxpower monitor users, as someone that is relatively new to this I have a few questions about what I see on the webpage dashboard about my Solar PV, Battery, Grid and my consumption numbers. On the first image, I’m confused by the PV saying its producing 2325 and yet I appear to be exporting 2579 to the grid ? How…
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Anyone looking for a possible cheap 10 panel solar set up ?
Hi All, Firstly, I have no connection to the seller of this package, I want to make that clear. Secondly, if I am breaking any rules by posting this then sorry moderators please remove this thread. My motivation is purely to let others here know about an ad I have just spotted on Gumtree that may save someone some money.…
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Project Solar Quote Advice
Hey Guys I was scrolling through facebook when I came across an ad from Project Solar. I just had a rep come around this evening and gave me a quote for £12.9k. Weve got a detached house and the rep said we could get the maximum number of panels allowed on there (generating 5.6kwp?). She estimated we would generate £65…
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Still trying to make the numbers work for a heat pump
Our deemed heat usage on the EPC is about 13k heat and 2.5k hot water. Our actual usage (high efficiency Gas boiler) is about 17k heat (we heat 24/7) and 14k hot water (we like to keep clean). This means that what we can get form the RHI is much lower than the cost of installing a GSHP or ASHP. However we can probably get…
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Door Fitter in Bristol
I have managed to obtain the first primary quote for cavity insulation, however for the second phase, i am unable to find any organisation that is able to fit a french door replacement. I have contacted few of them which they decided to opt out of the government schemes and the remaining cant be bothered to respond to my…
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Need Help New Solar 8kw Install
Looking for help, if you guys have the time to help I was looking to get installed a 8kw solar system installed at my home, but i was told if i go over a 3.68kw inverter i need G99 application Which is hard to get ? as your not allowed to send more than 3.68kw down the grid without this What would be my best option 1, Go…
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Is Solar PV still worth it?
I am seriously considering Solar PV but I am not sure if it is still worth it? Having received a quote for 12 panels (5KW output) with a sofar 6.0 inverter & 10KWH battery at £9,000. I use roughly 10,000 KWH of electricity a year (fully electric house) It would make a big dint into that but £9,000 is 8 years worth of…
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3 Phase Solar Inverter on a Single Phase connection : Future Proofing
Hi I have a single phase residential supply. I have been quoted £4500 with VAT by DNO to install 3Phase... I don't have an EV car but eventually will have one..so I want to delay the install of 3 Phase by DNO. However, I am installing Solar PV+Battery. ( 6KWH+ 13-16KW battery) Question: 1. Can I have 3 Phase Inverter…
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Solar panel quote
Hi Everyone I know this has been done a million times but I just wanted an opinion. I have been quoted £6995 for a 5kw array with 4.8kw of storage. Is this a fair price?. On had such a spec be found for less? From my calculations this is a very good investment financially and in terms of reducing my carbon foot print. I…
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Faulty Gas Boiler - Should I replace with a heat pump?
My 35 year old gas boiler has finally given up. I have the choice of replacing it with a modern combi-boiler or make use of the government incentives and install an air source heat pump. (My house is a small 2 bed semi, if that makes any difference?) For environmental reasons I would love to move away from fossil fuel. But…
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Solar PV panels tariff help
Hello people. Looking for some clarification of my PV panel tariffs I bought a bungalow in November with 8 panels on the south facing roof. The sale was done through a solicitor acting as power of attorney and there was hardly any info supplied (about anything !). The panels were fitted in 2011. It took me a few weeks to…
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Has anyone ever applied to the DNO to install extra solar?
Apparently you're limited to about 5.7kw of panels (3.6kw? inverter) unless you send an application, which takes months, and I was told they just say 'yes' or 'no'. I was wondering if anyone had any experiences with this, so I might be able to figure out if it's feasible or not.
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My OctoChargeCalc - Octopus Agile pricing tool
Not sure why, but my original and rather lengthy "My Octopus Agile & Go tariff analysis/comparison website" thread has been removed? Don't this understand as it was the place we all talked about Agile / Go etc? Very strange. Ah well...... onwards and upwards......…
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Am I reading this right?
I bought a house with solar panels and have just been given the info on them. I cant get my head around this? Is it really saying I will.only save £40 a year!
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Green Homes Grant Installers which actually do heating controls
The scheme controls for heating controls such as thermostats and thermostatic radiator valves as a secondary measure. I have yet to find an installer in the East Midlands that actually does heating controls under the scheme. It seems that this because the installers needs to have a City and Guilds Heating Controls…
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Green Homes Grant - Solar Thermal - Maximum Voucher Value?
For homes with an existing airing cupboard and hot water cylinder, the typical cost for solar therma,l seems to be about £6 000, for 2m squared collector and 200 litre, twin coil cylinder. It seems that many of the the installers, don't want to do systems which currently have a combi-boiler, this is partly due to technical…
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Solar Generation - Forecasting vs Actuals
Hi Forumites, Apart from PVGIS, are there any other tools or online calculators for forecasting solar generation please? I have a system, mounted on 4 roofs (so 4 strings, going into 2 inverters) - 33 x 385kW JAM60S20-385/MR panels. Have included a picture showing roof orientation and number of panels installed on each…
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Compostable plastic bags and cling film.
I absolutely hate any plastic food coverings that aren’t recyclable and reuse small plastic food bags (for sandwiches and freezer etc) over and over, of course washing out between uses. My wife was browsing through the Lakeland catalogue and pointed out they now sell compostable cling film and bin bags (although the latter…
