Solar Panel Guide Discussion

shena

birdgarden wrote: »

you are lucky i cannot contact them at all have been onto cheshire trading standards and have sent aletter telling them of breach of contract as advised by ts not heard anything yet, contacted the company who install the panels and they haven't had anything to do with them since jan 2012, i was told by therm that they are still trading from their address in marple cheshire. we paid by debit card
thanks

I am hoping to get my ?£379 BACK i CANT AFFORD TO LOSE THAT MUCH MONEY.

gaynormurray

xbr500 wrote: »

I wonder if you can help me out, i too have been misled by this company and have parted with £397 back in October. I was informed in Feb by the solar panel installers that my roof does not qualify for free panels, so i have gone back to Think Green Earth for my refund with no joy. Unfortunaely i do not have a copy of the refund policy as i viewed it online and didnt think to print a copy off. Would anyone have a copy of their refund policy stating a refund if your roof is not suitable? If i can get a copy of this then i can claim from my credit card company.

Regards
xbr500

Did you have any luck with a refund or a copy of terms and conditions? We too were ripped off in february by this company, just looking to see if we can claim our money back from our debit card?
Kind regards
G&G

gaynormurray

birdgarden wrote: »

you are lucky i cannot contact them at all have been onto cheshire trading standards and have sent aletter telling them of breach of contract as advised by ts not heard anything yet, contacted the company who install the panels and they haven't had anything to do with them since jan 2012, i was told by therm that they are still trading from their address in marple cheshire. we paid by debit card
thanks

Hi We too paid £397 for a survey that never happened, paid by debit card - has anyone had any luck with contacting this company or getting a refund from debit card? I am really annoyed at hubby for paying in the first place (last february) and we really cant afford to lose this money? Any advice please?!!! Thankyou!

jeanne_100

Cannot recommend this company. Beware. We feel we had a lucky escape, on the day of installation they aborted project after 9 months of waiting to complete the process.

Hobbo2006

Just been researching Solar PV Immersion Relays and come up with this website.

http://www.immersun.co.uk/

Does anyone have one or have a PDF brochure with costs?

Update: Just received a call back. Stock is being released at the end of the month and the installed price will be £500 - £600. Very easy, for an electrician, to install as only needs one clip on sensor and power supplied. also comes with a timer and diverts 100% of excess solar energy to the immersion element.

orrery

Hobbo2006 wrote: »

Just been researching Solar PV Immersion Relays and come up with this website.
http://www.immersun.co.uk/
Just received a call back. Stock is being released at the end of the month and the installed price will be £500 - £600.

There seem to be a real trade off here as the various devices have different functionality. The cheap ones have simple on/off functionality which is of little use, others have clever functionality with proportional control of the immersion and intelligent measurement at a prohibitive price. Not much use really.

sly_dog_jonah

Moved my response to the Hobbo2006's ImmerSun posting to the other thread he posted in. If anyone has any comments I'd suggest you reply in this thread.

dafranmo

keith_r59 wrote: »

It is up to each individual to determine whether Solar PV is a good investment for them and that will generally depend on their own personal financial circumstances.

If you are risk averse, and believe that you can get a better return sticking your money in a savings account, then Solar PV is definitely not for you.

Oops! Good point, my mistake.

dafranmo

TrickyDicky101 wrote: »

You've made a mistake there - the £32k already includes the initial £12k capital.

TrickyDicky101 - Oops! My mistake, thank you for pointing it out.

HeyRevolver

Hi... a month or two after i'd had my solar panels installed my electricity company asked me for my electricity meter reading. It was then I realised my meter was running backwards. I now know this is a common problem. I informed my electricity supplier Scottish Power (my FiT is with British Gas). I'm told I will have my electricity meter changed (still waiting a month later).

In the meantime they are still estimating my readings - over estimating now I have solar panels.

Any one experienced this. I just wonder how they will settle this ? They will eventually have to bill me on my actual usage won't they ? They surely can't charge me a final bill on a reading they've estimated can they ?

Any experiences would be of interest...