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Solar batteries retrofit thoughts
Hello all I've had a solar system recently fitted and it's really annoying me that I'm generating three times more electricity than I need but still needing to pull power from the grid at night. I've looked in to battery solutions but can't seem to find a lot of information on it, mainly around price and reviews. So I was…
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Solar Power Shed
Hi All I have been considering using solar to get power in my shed rather than running a mains cable out there. I dont really use power tools so it only needs to cover lighting and charging. I keep going round in circles at the moment. One option being a 12 or 24V battery system with an inverter. The other option is can I…
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Choice of intelligent switches ?
Choice of Immersion Switches Tempted to go for the Intelligent Solar Immersion Heater Switch – Mark II @ £233 delivered for self install. but noticed the Immersun, twice the price. http://www.immersun.co.uk/ I have already changed immersion to a 1kw element, so think ISIHS Mark II is the one I will go for.…
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Ye olde worlde meters
Had PV for almost 3 weeks now, what have people done with meters going backwards? Should my installers have changed (or advised to change) them (only day is going backwards, not E7 one). I suppose it makes no difference what i get paid as I'm on 50% export?
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Wi-fi reading?
I am new to solar panels, I submitted my second reading last week. I did have a few problems to start with, in relation to my smart meter for my duel fuel energy supplier, Scottish Power. Scottish Power gave me a reading of the ammount generated by my solar panels, I see you guys on here about readings for a single day.…
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Milk In Glass Bottles
Not exactly ethical money saving since a pint of semi-skimmed milk in a glass bottle costs 81p delivered (Milk & More) compared with 4 pints in plastic for £1.10p (Iceland). But that's often the way with ethical products: For example you won't get a litre of Ecover washing up liquid for the 59p you pay for your washing up…
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House Purchase with Solar Panels
Hi, My husband and I are in the middle of purchasing a house with a number of solar panels on the roof. However, the seller hasn't been able to provide any paperwork for the panels and we've been advised by our solicitor that it could cause problems with our lender if no paperwork is able to be produced. The vendors…
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Replacement Inverter Query
Our 3 phase Samil Solarlake 7000 Inverter is dead - Code 079 Relay failure. Warranty is just about useless apparently as Samil has pulled out of the UK market. If you take it from the commissioning date, it lasted one day less than the installers guarantee of one year. Our installer has offered (at our cost - problem for…
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Project Solar quote - is it a good deal?
Hi, I have received the following quote from Project Solar, and was hoping someone could check over my quote and let me know if it is a good deal. The numbers seemed to add up over the years but wanted a second opinion. Core components 13 x Evolution Max Life solar panels Solax Single Tracker inverter Voltage optimiser K2…
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iBoost+ Buddy,, Worth it?
Had my PV install last week, have the iBoost+ but fed up with going to airing cupboard and also outside to look at dials. Kid with new toy etc lol Is there a device like the buddy that will measure import export via clamping, there are so many "smart" meters out there in gets a bit confusing
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baseline reading?
I've been away for a week and thought I'd check and thought it was a good opportunity to check my baseline usage. So I've worked out I've been using .048 Kwh per hour (8.4Kwh over the 174 hours I've been away). How does this compare with other peoples usage? (3 bed house with a fridge/freezer, router and a TV on standby -…
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SolarEdge dashboard issue!
Just retruned home from a weekend away to discover that the SolarEdge dashboard ceased recording after 8am this morning, thus showing only 3.69kwh for the day till then. The inverter is confirming current output around 6kwh so presumably the signals are either not getting through or there's a malfunction further down the…
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FIT experiences
As the title suggests, what are your experiences with FIT companies? I have asked BULB (who i am with at the moment before PV) but they said they are running a beta programme, so not totally convinced by them.
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Immersun server connection problem
Anybody else having troubles? My bridge is currently (for last few days) not communicating with the server -red right led. All other Comms/devices ok and bridge is linked to Immersun unit. Online chart/display has icons but otherwise blank, as one might expect.
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4kw Solar panel quote
I have had a quote for 14 x 270 watt panels, a 3.6 dual MPPT inverter, installation, all MCS paperwork etc for a new build property at a cost of just over £4000. My main query is whether the savings sound right. Year 1 estimate for Annual PV generation is 3366 kWh. The FIT estimate is £134.62, Export tariff is £88.19 and…
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10kWh storage £3.5k
Been playing with building a solar store from recycled laptop batteries it's sat at 2.5 kWh but slow going May have found a short cut 10kWh of batteries from a crashed EV Worked out can get the batteries which have already been reconfigured for powerwall use. A charger/inverter which will ac charge leaving current grid tie…
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New Build solar panels on lower rate FIT - help
Hello. Not a big poster but a big reader of MSE. Myself and my Girlfriend bought a wonderful new home from Taylor Wimpey with little fuss. However when looking to apply for the Feed In Tariff on our south facing solar panels, we have been put on the lower rate because TW managed to do our EPC certificate after installing…
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iboost problem
Already on my third unit in 2.5 years and now it just says "water hot" all the time. Got a new thermostat on order as it may be that but any other ideas?
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Failed PV Panel
Last autumn I noticed that one of the panels on the garage roof looked slightly different from the others; in certain lighting conditions it looked slightly lighter and the silver strips connecting the cells in the module appeared to shine much more. Checking on the SolarEdge monitoring there was a 5% loss of output…
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Opinions on this PV
12 black Panels of 300w each 3.6kw Solaredge (i have some shading) iBoost Total £7k fitted