Solar Panels

pepper33

All these adverts about solar panels, all free? Has anyone tried these?
As I was originally thinking of having them installed, but then saw the price.

dmxdave

Quick forum search!

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4371145

Beachview_2

I'm thinking of getting the free solar panels. I couldn't afford to spend thousands to buy them, so I'm happy to just get the free electric. I saw a company advertising in the Saturday Belfast Telegraph, this week and a few other weeks too. I contacted a few others but some didn't do free ones. Another company was to send someone out to look but we waited in all day and nobody came.

warmhands.coldheart

Beachview wrote: »

I'm thinking of getting the free solar panels. I couldn't afford to spend thousands to buy them, so I'm happy to just get the free electric. I saw a company advertising in the Saturday Belfast Telegraph, this week and a few other weeks too. I contacted a few others but some didn't do free ones. Another company was to send someone out to look but we waited in all day and nobody came.

If you have a Mortgage on your house, you need to check with them too as although these are not in theory "Permenant", if you have a mortgage on your house and you are putting these on your roof and technically you don't own them (if you are having them installed free), I'm sure they would need to know as they do have a vestedinterest in the house..

irishjohn

Was chatting to a guy tonight who has had a quote for the "free" system. Apparently it is funded by Barclays Bank and he is required to pay a monthly sum for 10 years - with the supplier telling him he would fund this from the savings made through getting some electricity free and through being paid for the electricity his panels will generate.

I looked at the figures and it did not add up - I bought my system in Nov 2012 and my system is doing well - I am getting about half my electricity free and I think I will generate an income of around £750 from the units generated. However my system cost was much less than the price quoted to be covered by the "bank loan" which makes it "free" to install.