Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

John_Pierpoint

Hi Oscar,

I am more than happy to talk on here, as our experience should be of value to any other members who do a search of MSE with the same problem.

Just one thought - I think we debated it here about 5 or 6 years ago, when Martyn was adding extra panels to his roof - what defines my installation? I think the answer it is the panels not the inverter?

I ask this question because I have a somewhat uneasy relationship with my FiT provider British Gas (Centrica) - I chose BG back in 2012 because it was the only provider prepared to register me over the Email, rather than by snail mail and there was a chaotic rush to meet the end of march deadline.

BG always guestimate my end of March reading by about £5 in their favour - a couple of years ago I went through a routine of giving BG an extra reading for the end of March but it really isn't worth the hassle of getting involved in a manual process.

This year I had another drawn out exchange of emails because BG or its computer simply refused to believe we had a glorious sunny (lockdown) spring and as a result I had generated a record quarterly total from a deep blue sky free of Stansted "Contrails". 

BG internal audit regularly sends me a certificate to fill in and return saying that there have been no alterations to my set up; so I don't want to be caught out in a white lie, should I end up replacing  the inverter. [As suggested on the sister thread to this one.]

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/search?Search=https://redelectrical.co.uk/product/growatt-3600-3-6kw-dual-mppt-inverter/

EVandPV

EVandPV said:

Good job the house batteries are full though. Tomorrow looks grim. 

And they weren't kidding, 1.4 O's here. 
Some dirt cheap leccy on Agile tonight to compensate though.
As low as 1.8p and not much more than 3p from 00.30 to 6.00am. 👍

Oscargrouch

Down, down, deeper an Down... 3.04 O's....

Coastalwatch

An in between 2.32 O's here today. Hoping for a better tomorrow(as always!).

Oscargrouch

John_Pierpoint said:

Hi Oscar,

BG internal audit regularly sends me a certificate to fill in and return saying that there have been no alterations to my set up; so I don't want to be caught out in a white lie, should I end up replacing  the inverter. [As suggested on the sister thread to this one.] 

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/search?Search=https://redelectrical.co.uk/product/growatt-3600-3-6kw-dual-mppt-inverter/

From my understanding, you can switch your FIT provider to whoever you want, that are accepting new customers.  I have been with Eon from day one: They provide Online readings, exact payments within 5 working days; I think that they now will only accept existing customers, (Although I left them some years ago) but they have currently competitive rates for Gas & Lecci. As you rightly mention 'changing an Inverter on your system', does not constitute a change in the system's capacity.  Make the phone call to ABB about your inverter ASAP, Please.....

legoman62

Washout here on the E coast. 2.025 O's today😤😡🤮

ASavvyBuyer

Worst day of the month; just 1.7 O's for yesterday

John_Pierpoint

Oscargrouch said:

John_Pierpoint said:

Hi Oscar,

BG internal audit regularly sends me a certificate to fill in and return saying that there have been no alterations to my set up; so I don't want to be caught out in a white lie, should I end up replacing  the inverter. [As suggested on the sister thread to this one.] 

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/search?Search=https://redelectrical.co.uk/product/growatt-3600-3-6kw-dual-mppt-inverter/

From my understanding, you can switch your FIT provider to whoever you want, that are accepting new customers.  I have been with Eon from day one: They provide Online readings, exact payments within 5 working days; I think that they now will only accept existing customers, (Although I left them some years ago) but they have currently competitive rates for Gas & Lecci. As you rightly mention 'changing an Inverter on your system', does not constitute a change in the system's capacity.  Make the phone call to ABB about your inverter ASAP, Please.....

Hi Oscar,

I think it is time to switch to my other thread - suffice to say "FIMER S.p.A"  is honouring the ABB 10 year warrenty and has set up a UK subsidiary office in Worthing BUT it could take weeks with SARS-CoV-2 as the excuse (well they were in the thick of it).

I also notice that their current range of domestic inverters are still branded as ABB on their web site but looking nothing like the original "Power One" design.

Watch this space:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6173295/photo-voltaic-pv-roof-panels-inverter-gone-phut 

Coastalwatch

4.58 O's today so still bumping around the 90% pvgis mark for July.

EVandPV

4.5 0's here today and  currently 110% for the month.