Solar Panel Guide Discussion

keith_r59

digitaltoast wrote: »

I wonder who nominates the "forum manager", who they answer to, and what particular guidelines they have to adhere to, and why notes aren't left as to reason for deletion. All the forums I've ever been involved with insist that any deletion is accompanied by a note explaining it. I'd truly like to see the guidelines which get a very useful and impartial post deleted by a member just because they're also from a company.

One presumes that they validate adherence to the terms and conditions of use of the site.

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/site/terms-conditions

digitaltoast

keith_r59 wrote: »

One presumes that they validate adherence to the terms and conditions of use of the site.

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/site/terms-conditions

Right, but in this case as the poster did adhere to the conditions, specifically 9.2.2, and the removal of the post didn't relate to any of those conditions, that's why I'm asking the question.

keith_r59

digitaltoast wrote: »

Right, but in this case as the poster did adhere to the conditions, specifically 9.2.2, and the removal of the post didn't relate to any of those conditions, that's why I'm asking the question.

As no reason has been given for the removal of the post how do you know that the poster adhered to all the conditions?

Anyway, it looks like you are in breach of condition 9.6 - "You must not use the forum to argue any decision of our Forum Team."

Hungerdunger

keith_r59 wrote: »

Anyway, it looks like you are in breach of condition 9.6 - "You must not use the forum to argue any decision of our Forum Team."

digitaltoast isn't arguing the decision; he/she is merely trying to establish the reasoning behind the decision.

digitaltoast

Hungerdunger wrote: »

digitaltoast isn't arguing the decision; he/she is merely trying to establish the reasoning behind the decision.

I was just about to come here to post exactly the same - you beat me to it! I was going to say how can I argue a decision that doesn't exist

JustineR_2

I selected UKSolarPanels for my 4kWp solar pv system. Dealing with them was very straightforward - there was no pressurised sales calls or 'need to meet you and your wife for 90 minutes' type requests. Their initial visit to our home was for a full MCS survey and we received a full written report the very next day. Their staff have been very helpful throughout the pre-sales and installation process and their pricing was very good. They supplied us with Suntech panels and an SMA inverter.

UKSolarPanels

JustineR_2

Lots of solar panel suppliers out there seem to be adopting the old double glazing salesmen techniques of the the 1980's! I found two solar companies that act differently....ecovision and UKSolarPanels.com.

Both gave straightforward advice and we ended up selecting UKSolarPanels as their response time was very good (they surveyed within 2 days of us first contacting them) and their pricing excellent for w high spec panel/inverter package.

orthopodo

My home roof is east and west facing but garage is south and north facing can i get solar panels on my garage roof?

Dave_Fowler

orthopodo wrote: »

My home roof is east and west facing but garage is south and north facing can i get solar panels on my garage roof?

The panels can be put anywhere provided there is access from the panel installation to your main supply board so that the generation meter can be fitted. Also there are the obvious things like the roof has to be strong enough to support the panels, be at a suitable pitch (30-40 degrees is best) and be mainly unshaded.

Dave F

digitaltoast

I just got an email from the selfbuilder.tv mailing list.

Perhaps I'm getting the wrong end of the stick, but isn't the following just total BS, especially the last para? (My bolding)

Like most gold-rushes there are some cowboys out there, so you really need to be very careful who you contract and how the job is completed. Equally important is the quality of kit you install since small differences in the efficiency of the systems can cost or gain you thousands of pounds over the next 25 years of the scheme.

This is where the two products I've been filming this week work together to increase the efficiency of a solar PV installation by as much as 10% while giving you a 20 year guarantee when the industry standard is just 5 years.

A 10% efficiency gain would mean, for an average installation, an extra £100-120 per year grant for 25 years and once more it's index linked to the RPI.