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Please has anyone used either of the following companies? Greenday (based in West Midlands) or Elltec (based in Bridgend)?

stoozey

zeupater wrote: »

Hi

I'd guess (;)) a roof level scaffold for 4kWp (about 10m length) and 1/2 day to a day for a sparkey would cost a little more than that around here ...... what is the hourly rate for a jobbing electrician or plumber these days ??

HTH
Z

Well Id pay tops £300 for the scaffolding and £200 for the sparky. Maybe 100 for materials.

zeupater

stoozey wrote: »

Well Id pay tops £300 for the scaffolding and £200 for the sparky. Maybe 100 for materials.

Hi

One of the larger national companies who offer a fixed installed system price wanted to charge over three times the above scaffolding cost as an extra !! .... needless to say, they didn't get any business .

Anyway, as you've already ordered your system it's all academic .... did you manage to check your annual savings of £2000/year off a 3.8kWp system which the installer quoted ?

Z

ceivegz

jerryd wrote: »

I have just ordered a 3.92 kWp system using Sharp Panels and Fronius inverter for under £12500. That's almost the largest size you can have and still get the best FIT. Installers offering 20% off or £1000 off if you order today are salesman and are usually selling something that is way over priced. I expect to get Fit payments of £1600 pa, £50 for units returned to the grid and save £150 per year on units used. Total C £1800 all tax free. :rotfl:

Who did you get this quote from? This works out at £3.06 per W/h!!! :eek:

I'm starting to regret putting down a deposit for a £14,000 system consisting of 16 panels/2.16kwh with Solatricity (although Kyocera panels sound better than average and they have a well-paid referral scheme that gives you £1000 per installation)

stoozey

zeupater wrote: »

Hi

One of the larger national companies who offer a fixed installed system price wanted to charge over three times the above scaffolding cost as an extra !! .... needless to say, they didn't get any business .

Anyway, as you've already ordered your system it's all academic .... did you manage to check your annual savings of £2000/year off a 3.8kWp system which the installer quoted ?

Z

It starts getting installed tomorrow. Based on other people here getting 20KWH per day from similar systems then I'm on track. Im consuming on average 28.7KWH per day so with a 70% reduction is big money!

free_juice?

stoozey wrote: »

It starts getting installed tomorrow. Based on other people here getting 20KWH per day from similar systems then I'm on track. Im consuming on average 28.7KWH per day so with a 70% reduction is big money!

Most of my consumption occurs overnight so you may be guilty of being wildly optimistic.

If the solar installation makes you very much more aware of consumption than you were you might find your saving from being alert to the situation will save as much as the panels do.

I am saving about 4000 kWh a year on current projections; there is no way the solar is responsible for all that. (3.2kW system).

zeupater

stoozey wrote: »

It starts getting installed tomorrow. Based on other people here getting 20KWH per day from similar systems then I'm on track. Im consuming on average 28.7KWH per day so with a 70% reduction is big money!

Hi

I agree with freejuice, you'll find it impossible to use all/most of your generation (unless you're using over 3.5kW continuously). You will find that you will become more aware of the energy you use and reduce consumption, but then again, you could easily do this with buying an energy monitor for £30(ish) and save yourself a tidy sum.

28.7kWh/day is a massive sum which I can only assume includes some form of heating .... we average around 7kWh/day and BG publish that the national average for dual fuel is just over 9kWh/day. It's very unlikely that you will be able to generate a significant amount of power at the time of year when heating is required. Allow around £100 of electricity savings as a direct result of self generation and you won't be too disappointed.

Z

zeupater

ceivegz wrote: »

Who did you get this quote from? This works out at £3.06 per W/h!!! :eek:

I'm starting to regret putting down a deposit for a £14,000 system consisting of 16 panels/2.16kwh with Solatricity (although Kyocera panels sound better than average and they have a well-paid referral scheme that gives you £1000 per installation)

Hi

£3.06/Wp is a good price (if you can get it) ..... £6.48/Wp is definately not. Kyocera panels are probably average panels, no better than that. As for the referral system paying £1000 ..... I'd be far too embarrassed to ever recommend that any of my friends or relatives spend this kind of money on a system, therefore the referral payment might just as well be £1m as it's very unlikely that there would be any takers, even if there were, they're unlikely to ever call you 'friend' again, or at least not for a long while.

HTH
Z

stoozey

I know I am a heavy user, the main cause is 0.7kw 'always on' level which is 16kwh per day on it's own:eek:

Google powermeter is really good for breaking down consumption.

I run a couple of servers in my office at home which are the main culprits.

zeupater wrote: »

Hi

I agree with freejuice, you'll find it impossible to use all/most of your generation (unless you're using over 3.5kW continuously). You will find that you will become more aware of the energy you use and reduce consumption, but then again, you could easily do this with buying an energy monitor for £30(ish) and save yourself a tidy sum.

28.7kWh/day is a massive sum which I can only assume includes some form of heating .... we average around 7kWh/day and BG publish that the national average for dual fuel is just over 9kWh/day. It's very unlikely that you will be able to generate a significant amount of power at the time of year when heating is required. Allow around £100 of electricity savings as a direct result of self generation and you won't be too disappointed.

Z

keith_r59

ceivegz wrote: »

Who did you get this quote from? This works out at £3.06 per W/h!!! :eek:

I'm starting to regret putting down a deposit for a £14,000 system consisting of 16 panels/2.16kwh with Solatricity (although Kyocera panels sound better than average and they have a well-paid referral scheme that gives you £1000 per installation)

You are paying far too much for a 2.16 kWp system. Is there any possibility that you could cancel and get your deposit back?