Solar Panel Maintenance Countracts

Kryff

I had solar panels installed in 2012 and this included a maintenanance contract for the life of the panels (25yrs) and replacement of the 2 inverters, every 10 years. However, the installation co., like many others, went broke a few years ago and I am looking for a company to provide anual maintainance and replacement/repair of any parts of the system that may fail in the future. 
What would I expect to pay of this type of maintenance deal?
What should I expect to be covered?

Gerry1

Kryff said:

What would I expect to pay of this type of maintenance deal?

What should I expect to be covered?

Far too much.

Everything that doesn't go wrong.

matelodave

You didn't get any benefit out of what you've already paid so do your own saving instead.

The only thing that's liable to go wrong is the inverter so put £20 a month into a savings account and in a years time you'll have £240 and nearly £500 in two years towards a new one rather than giving it away to someone else who may or may not go bust. 

Verdigris

All insurance is a con. Just buy what is mandatory, vehicle and building.

tim_p

Did the original company ever come and perform any ‘maintenance’?  

About all they could possibly do would be to clean the panels and even this isn’t worth the bother of getting up there to do it. UK rain does a pretty good job on mine. 

greyteam1959

Verdigris said:

All insurance is a con. Just buy what is mandatory, vehicle and building.

Buildings insurance mandatory ??
Not as far as I am aware.

Verdigris

greyteam1959 said:

Buildings insurance mandatory ??
Not as far as I am aware.

Not strictly, but mortgage companies/banks pretty much insist on it.

matelodave

greyteam1959 said:

Verdigris said:

All insurance is a con. Just buy what is mandatory, vehicle and building.

Buildings insurance mandatory ??
Not as far as I am aware.

It may not be mandatory in a legal sense like car insurance is but it's probably the best value if something nasty happens, fire, flood or major accident.

Most of the rest of it isn't, we have our insurance savings account which has enough cash to purchase or maintain most of our stuff.
£50 a month saves £600 a year which bought us a new tumble dryer last year and also covered replacement of an underground water pipe in July this year which depleted it by £1400 but we've still got over £4.5k left in the kitty.

greyteam1959

Yes common sense to have buildings insurance but not mandatory !!

Kryff

Thanks for all your help. I will abandon search for a maintenance contract and pay as and when someting fails.
Cheers!