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solar batteries, are they worth the investment?
I'm looking at changing my inverter soon to something like the lux hybrid as i have 40 x 285w panels to fit and want to be able to set it to zero export as i wont get paid for any export.
as i use around 50 kwh per day i'm wondering if it is worth getting a big battery bank and maybe even charge them with economy 7 in the winter or would i be better to invest the cost of the batteries in something else as that might make more than i'd save on my power bills?
thanks
as i use around 50 kwh per day i'm wondering if it is worth getting a big battery bank and maybe even charge them with economy 7 in the winter or would i be better to invest the cost of the batteries in something else as that might make more than i'd save on my power bills?
thanks
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Best to raise this in the Green & Ethical thread when all issues to do with Solar PV & Batteries is discussed.0
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I think you had better do your sums very carefully - only you can really decide whether the initial cost of the batteries etc will pay back within a reasonable amount of time.
You'd have to save an awful lot of money on your energy bills to make them a viable proposition.Never under estimate the power of stupid people in large numbers0 -
ASavvyBuyer wrote: »Best to raise this in the Green & Ethical thread when all issues to do with Solar PV & Batteries is discussed.
sorry, i didn't notice that area of the forum, thank you
can anyone move this post there?
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Can I just state, you would need permission from your DNO as well. Not sure if the proposed Installer has made you aware of that?0
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