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powerful_Rogue said:

Great review @ecraig , thank you.

I've got them coming out on the 25th to do an installation.

Yes thanks @ecraig, we have them round ours on the 4th of November...

Alnat1

@Screwdriva

No, you expect the payback time to increase but after it's paid back you save more than you would without a battery because it powers the overnight load for free for 7-8 months of the year.

Screwdriva

Alnat1 said:

@Screwdriva

No, you expect the payback time to increase but after it's paid back you save more than you would without a battery because it powers the overnight load for free for 7-8 months of the year.

Wouldn't that depend on the battery lasting for more than a decade, which is what, I believe, the warranty period is? 

powerful_Rogue

ecraig said:

That's really soon indeed. Hoping for a clear and cloud free day for you.
Today was an ok day for solar production. Washing machine was on 3 times, plus oven, dishwasher and shower. We have 73% battery left right now. It's being hammered today. 
Maybe I wish I had two batteries..... 

Thank you. What size battery did you go for? We were quoted with a 6.5kw battery, but after paying the deposit paid for an extra 6.5kw battery giving us 13kw in total.

ecraig

powerful_Rogue said:

ecraig said:

That's really soon indeed. Hoping for a clear and cloud free day for you.
Today was an ok day for solar production. Washing machine was on 3 times, plus oven, dishwasher and shower. We have 73% battery left right now. It's being hammered today. 
Maybe I wish I had two batteries..... 

Thank you. What size battery did you go for? We were quoted with a 6.5kw battery, but after paying the deposit paid for an extra 6.5kw battery giving us 13kw in total.

Just the 1 6.5kwh growatt. It can go down to 10% before it stops doing anything.
I think it's wise to go bigger. And at the price point for these batteries it's not too expensive to buy an extra one.
Good decision.

Magnitio

Screwdriva said:

Alnat1 said:

@Screwdriva

No, you expect the payback time to increase but after it's paid back you save more than you would without a battery because it powers the overnight load for free for 7-8 months of the year.

Wouldn't that depend on the battery lasting for more than a decade, which is what, I believe, the warranty period is? 

I don't think the batteries expire when they reach the end of the warranty period, although they might only have 80% of their original capacity.

Harry1986

ecraig said:

Harry1986 said:

ecraig said:

We had light renewables do our installation. 12 panels with the optimisers. Same panels, same ac dc stuff and the same battery. Price was virtually the same but we didn't have the iboost but had 12 panels vs 10.
Really happy with the equipment, quality, neatness and speed of installation.
If you want 14 panels, ask for 14. It will probably be around £1200 more.
Half the companies we contacted suggested optimisers. Half said not. I'm glad we did for the insurance of future shading as trees do grow..! 

I am having installation done soon by them.
do you mind sharing how their installation works? Like scaffolding, time etc 

Straightforward, no nonsense approach. Maybe our house setting was simple.
They done 2 installs in the area on my install day. I was the afternoon Job. 

Took between 7 to 8 hours 'start to finish'. 

Nothing was delivered in advance.

Daryl, Mike and an electrician (matt, I think) came in the morning to drop off a bunch of boxes and to clarify with me where the panels were going and to clarify where the external wires go. The electrician checked the loft etc. All of this was already discussed at survey, so no new surprises.

Afternoon arrives and 3 roofers come with the panels and battery in the van. No scaffs used for ours. Just ladders.
I guess they would otherwise spend 4 hours putting up and down a platform tower.

Then they make a whole load of noise and put the panels up. Avoid Teams calls when the roofers are there! Maybe spent 1.5 hrs each side of the roof, so 3 hours on the roof fitting the rails, optimisers (which are huge), wires and panels. Very kind and courteous guys. 

They done the job well, kindly asked to use the loo, and asked for us when they wanted to show us what they had done and check if we were happy.

Then electricians, wire runners, people, Daryl come whilst they are here, and do all the fuse board, external wiring, and loft stuff/inverter/battery stuff. They just get on with it, don't faff around. They took good time to build a rapport and demonstrate the equipment/apps. 

In all I think I saw 8 different people, all of whom were professional and courteous and kind. I regularly offered drinks but they came prepared. 

Installation finished at around 7.15pm I guess. Maybe 7.30pm.

No solar production as it was too dark, and I didnt see any solar production happen till around 10.30am the following morning (Saturday). But I think that's the time when the solaredge was activated

Invoice followed on the next working day. I paid it that day in full and got paperwork extremely fast. G98 pending.

All in all, very easy. You're in safe hands. 

Thank you very much. This is really useful. Did you get MCS certification and warranty documents with invoice?

ecraig

Harry1986 said:

ecraig said:

Harry1986 said:

ecraig said:

We had light renewables do our installation. 12 panels with the optimisers. Same panels, same ac dc stuff and the same battery. Price was virtually the same but we didn't have the iboost but had 12 panels vs 10.
Really happy with the equipment, quality, neatness and speed of installation.
If you want 14 panels, ask for 14. It will probably be around £1200 more.
Half the companies we contacted suggested optimisers. Half said not. I'm glad we did for the insurance of future shading as trees do grow..! 

I am having installation done soon by them.
do you mind sharing how their installation works? Like scaffolding, time etc 

Straightforward, no nonsense approach. Maybe our house setting was simple.
They done 2 installs in the area on my install day. I was the afternoon Job. 

Took between 7 to 8 hours 'start to finish'. 

Nothing was delivered in advance.

Daryl, Mike and an electrician (matt, I think) came in the morning to drop off a bunch of boxes and to clarify with me where the panels were going and to clarify where the external wires go. The electrician checked the loft etc. All of this was already discussed at survey, so no new surprises.

Afternoon arrives and 3 roofers come with the panels and battery in the van. No scaffs used for ours. Just ladders.
I guess they would otherwise spend 4 hours putting up and down a platform tower.

Then they make a whole load of noise and put the panels up. Avoid Teams calls when the roofers are there! Maybe spent 1.5 hrs each side of the roof, so 3 hours on the roof fitting the rails, optimisers (which are huge), wires and panels. Very kind and courteous guys. 

They done the job well, kindly asked to use the loo, and asked for us when they wanted to show us what they had done and check if we were happy.

Then electricians, wire runners, people, Daryl come whilst they are here, and do all the fuse board, external wiring, and loft stuff/inverter/battery stuff. They just get on with it, don't faff around. They took good time to build a rapport and demonstrate the equipment/apps. 

In all I think I saw 8 different people, all of whom were professional and courteous and kind. I regularly offered drinks but they came prepared. 

Installation finished at around 7.15pm I guess. Maybe 7.30pm.

No solar production as it was too dark, and I didnt see any solar production happen till around 10.30am the following morning (Saturday). But I think that's the time when the solaredge was activated

Invoice followed on the next working day. I paid it that day in full and got paperwork extremely fast. G98 pending.

All in all, very easy. You're in safe hands. 

Thank you very much. This is really useful. Did you get MCS certification and warranty documents with invoice?

Mcs and building regulation cert on the same day as the invoice, so 1 working day after install. 
Note that I paid in full on the day they sent me the invoice.

Hies warranty stuff followed after a further 2 working days.

Happy to answer any further questions. 

Harry1986

ecraig said:

Harry1986 said:

ecraig said:

Harry1986 said:

ecraig said:

We had light renewables do our installation. 12 panels with the optimisers. Same panels, same ac dc stuff and the same battery. Price was virtually the same but we didn't have the iboost but had 12 panels vs 10.
Really happy with the equipment, quality, neatness and speed of installation.
If you want 14 panels, ask for 14. It will probably be around £1200 more.
Half the companies we contacted suggested optimisers. Half said not. I'm glad we did for the insurance of future shading as trees do grow..! 

I am having installation done soon by them.
do you mind sharing how their installation works? Like scaffolding, time etc 

Straightforward, no nonsense approach. Maybe our house setting was simple.
They done 2 installs in the area on my install day. I was the afternoon Job. 

Took between 7 to 8 hours 'start to finish'. 

Nothing was delivered in advance.

Daryl, Mike and an electrician (matt, I think) came in the morning to drop off a bunch of boxes and to clarify with me where the panels were going and to clarify where the external wires go. The electrician checked the loft etc. All of this was already discussed at survey, so no new surprises.

Afternoon arrives and 3 roofers come with the panels and battery in the van. No scaffs used for ours. Just ladders.

I guess they would otherwise spend 4 hours putting up and down a platform tower.

Then they make a whole load of noise and put the panels up. Avoid Teams calls when the roofers are there! Maybe spent 1.5 hrs each side of the roof, so 3 hours on the roof fitting the rails, optimisers (which are huge), wires and panels. Very kind and courteous guys. 

They done the job well, kindly asked to use the loo, and asked for us when they wanted to show us what they had done and check if we were happy.

Then electricians, wire runners, people, Daryl come whilst they are here, and do all the fuse board, external wiring, and loft stuff/inverter/battery stuff. They just get on with it, don't faff around. They took good time to build a rapport and demonstrate the equipment/apps. 

In all I think I saw 8 different people, all of whom were professional and courteous and kind. I regularly offered drinks but they came prepared. 

Installation finished at around 7.15pm I guess. Maybe 7.30pm.

No solar production as it was too dark, and I didnt see any solar production happen till around 10.30am the following morning (Saturday). But I think that's the time when the solaredge was activated

Invoice followed on the next working day. I paid it that day in full and got paperwork extremely fast. G98 pending.

All in all, very easy. You're in safe hands. 

Thank you very much. This is really useful. Did you get MCS certification and warranty documents with invoice?

Mcs and building regulation cert on the same day as the invoice, so 1 working day after install. 
Note that I paid in full on the day they sent me the invoice.

Hies warranty stuff followed after a further 2 working days.

Happy to answer any further questions. 

ecraig said:

Harry1986 said:

ecraig said:

Harry1986 said:

ecraig said:

We had light renewables do our installation. 12 panels with the optimisers. Same panels, same ac dc stuff and the same battery. Price was virtually the same but we didn't have the iboost but had 12 panels vs 10.
Really happy with the equipment, quality, neatness and speed of installation.
If you want 14 panels, ask for 14. It will probably be around £1200 more.
Half the companies we contacted suggested optimisers. Half said not. I'm glad we did for the insurance of future shading as trees do grow..! 

I am having installation done soon by them.
do you mind sharing how their installation works? Like scaffolding, time etc 

Straightforward, no nonsense approach. Maybe our house setting was simple.
They done 2 installs in the area on my install day. I was the afternoon Job. 

Took between 7 to 8 hours 'start to finish'. 

Nothing was delivered in advance.

Daryl, Mike and an electrician (matt, I think) came in the morning to drop off a bunch of boxes and to clarify with me where the panels were going and to clarify where the external wires go. The electrician checked the loft etc. All of this was already discussed at survey, so no new surprises.

Afternoon arrives and 3 roofers come with the panels and battery in the van. No scaffs used for ours. Just ladders.
I guess they would otherwise spend 4 hours putting up and down a platform tower.

Then they make a whole load of noise and put the panels up. Avoid Teams calls when the roofers are there! Maybe spent 1.5 hrs each side of the roof, so 3 hours on the roof fitting the rails, optimisers (which are huge), wires and panels. Very kind and courteous guys. 

They done the job well, kindly asked to use the loo, and asked for us when they wanted to show us what they had done and check if we were happy.

Then electricians, wire runners, people, Daryl come whilst they are here, and do all the fuse board, external wiring, and loft stuff/inverter/battery stuff. They just get on with it, don't faff around. They took good time to build a rapport and demonstrate the equipment/apps. 

In all I think I saw 8 different people, all of whom were professional and courteous and kind. I regularly offered drinks but they came prepared. 

Installation finished at around 7.15pm I guess. Maybe 7.30pm.

No solar production as it was too dark, and I didnt see any solar production happen till around 10.30am the following morning (Saturday). But I think that's the time when the solaredge was activated

Invoice followed on the next working day. I paid it that day in full and got paperwork extremely fast. G98 pending.

All in all, very easy. You're in safe hands. 

Thank you very much. This is really useful. Did you get MCS certification and warranty documents with invoice?

Mcs and building regulation cert on the same day as the invoice, so 1 working day after install. 
Note that I paid in full on the day they sent me the invoice.

Hies warranty stuff followed after a further 2 working days.

Happy to answer any further questions. 

Thank you very much. I am having it installed on 31st October hence questions. Do you know what sort of torrid you will switch to after from energy providera

ecraig

Harry1986 said:

ecraig said:

Harry1986 said:

ecraig said:

Harry1986 said:

ecraig said:

We had light renewables do our installation. 12 panels with the optimisers. Same panels, same ac dc stuff and the same battery. Price was virtually the same but we didn't have the iboost but had 12 panels vs 10.
Really happy with the equipment, quality, neatness and speed of installation.
If you want 14 panels, ask for 14. It will probably be around £1200 more.
Half the companies we contacted suggested optimisers. Half said not. I'm glad we did for the insurance of future shading as trees do grow..! 

I am having installation done soon by them.
do you mind sharing how their installation works? Like scaffolding, time etc 

Straightforward, no nonsense approach. Maybe our house setting was simple.
They done 2 installs in the area on my install day. I was the afternoon Job. 

Took between 7 to 8 hours 'start to finish'. 

Nothing was delivered in advance.

Daryl, Mike and an electrician (matt, I think) came in the morning to drop off a bunch of boxes and to clarify with me where the panels were going and to clarify where the external wires go. The electrician checked the loft etc. All of this was already discussed at survey, so no new surprises.

Afternoon arrives and 3 roofers come with the panels and battery in the van. No scaffs used for ours. Just ladders.

I guess they would otherwise spend 4 hours putting up and down a platform tower.

Then they make a whole load of noise and put the panels up. Avoid Teams calls when the roofers are there! Maybe spent 1.5 hrs each side of the roof, so 3 hours on the roof fitting the rails, optimisers (which are huge), wires and panels. Very kind and courteous guys. 

They done the job well, kindly asked to use the loo, and asked for us when they wanted to show us what they had done and check if we were happy.

Then electricians, wire runners, people, Daryl come whilst they are here, and do all the fuse board, external wiring, and loft stuff/inverter/battery stuff. They just get on with it, don't faff around. They took good time to build a rapport and demonstrate the equipment/apps. 

In all I think I saw 8 different people, all of whom were professional and courteous and kind. I regularly offered drinks but they came prepared. 

Installation finished at around 7.15pm I guess. Maybe 7.30pm.

No solar production as it was too dark, and I didnt see any solar production happen till around 10.30am the following morning (Saturday). But I think that's the time when the solaredge was activated

Invoice followed on the next working day. I paid it that day in full and got paperwork extremely fast. G98 pending.

All in all, very easy. You're in safe hands. 

Thank you very much. This is really useful. Did you get MCS certification and warranty documents with invoice?

Mcs and building regulation cert on the same day as the invoice, so 1 working day after install. 
Note that I paid in full on the day they sent me the invoice.

Hies warranty stuff followed after a further 2 working days.

Happy to answer any further questions. 

ecraig said:

Harry1986 said:

ecraig said:

Harry1986 said:

ecraig said:

We had light renewables do our installation. 12 panels with the optimisers. Same panels, same ac dc stuff and the same battery. Price was virtually the same but we didn't have the iboost but had 12 panels vs 10.
Really happy with the equipment, quality, neatness and speed of installation.
If you want 14 panels, ask for 14. It will probably be around £1200 more.
Half the companies we contacted suggested optimisers. Half said not. I'm glad we did for the insurance of future shading as trees do grow..! 

I am having installation done soon by them.
do you mind sharing how their installation works? Like scaffolding, time etc 

Straightforward, no nonsense approach. Maybe our house setting was simple.
They done 2 installs in the area on my install day. I was the afternoon Job. 

Took between 7 to 8 hours 'start to finish'. 

Nothing was delivered in advance.

Daryl, Mike and an electrician (matt, I think) came in the morning to drop off a bunch of boxes and to clarify with me where the panels were going and to clarify where the external wires go. The electrician checked the loft etc. All of this was already discussed at survey, so no new surprises.

Afternoon arrives and 3 roofers come with the panels and battery in the van. No scaffs used for ours. Just ladders.
I guess they would otherwise spend 4 hours putting up and down a platform tower.

Then they make a whole load of noise and put the panels up. Avoid Teams calls when the roofers are there! Maybe spent 1.5 hrs each side of the roof, so 3 hours on the roof fitting the rails, optimisers (which are huge), wires and panels. Very kind and courteous guys. 

They done the job well, kindly asked to use the loo, and asked for us when they wanted to show us what they had done and check if we were happy.

Then electricians, wire runners, people, Daryl come whilst they are here, and do all the fuse board, external wiring, and loft stuff/inverter/battery stuff. They just get on with it, don't faff around. They took good time to build a rapport and demonstrate the equipment/apps. 

In all I think I saw 8 different people, all of whom were professional and courteous and kind. I regularly offered drinks but they came prepared. 

Installation finished at around 7.15pm I guess. Maybe 7.30pm.

No solar production as it was too dark, and I didnt see any solar production happen till around 10.30am the following morning (Saturday). But I think that's the time when the solaredge was activated

Invoice followed on the next working day. I paid it that day in full and got paperwork extremely fast. G98 pending.

All in all, very easy. You're in safe hands. 

Thank you very much. This is really useful. Did you get MCS certification and warranty documents with invoice?

Mcs and building regulation cert on the same day as the invoice, so 1 working day after install. 
Note that I paid in full on the day they sent me the invoice.

Hies warranty stuff followed after a further 2 working days.

Happy to answer any further questions. 

Thank you very much. I am having it installed on 31st October hence questions. Do you know what sort of torrid you will switch to after from energy providera

I've just moved from EonNext to Octopus on their standard rates first for both gas and electric.

The switch took 3 working days from calling them. 
They tried to dissuade me from joining really well but when I explained that I want to eventually join agile and agile outgoing they understood qne accepted my rationale.