Solar panel quote

sajag83

I am new in the solar world and if you folks could give opinions on this quote from https://electrifusionsolutions.com - both value for money and quality of proposed components?

EcoFlow Ocean Pro - generation from the system 5011 kWh

• 14 x 485w Longi X10 Himo Artist Black N Type Mono Panels ( 25 years product warranty/ 30 years performance warranty) 
• 1 x EcoFlow 6kw integrated  Hybrid Inverter - 15 years warranty
• 2 x EcoFlow Ocean Pro 5.1kWh battery ( 10.2kwh) - 15 years warranty: 95% depth of discharge: 6,000 charge/ discharge cycles - maximum capacity 15kwh
• Clenergy Roof mounting frame
• Free bird protection
• Scaffold -  2 x 2 storey elevations
• Wifi enabled monitoring app
• All components & cabling required
• DNO G98 Application ( see attached explainer)
• MCS registration and handover pack ( handover pack usually within 10 working days of completion)
• 15 years workmanship warranty

Total Price £10,995If you wanted to add an additional battery to increase the storage to 15.3kwh the price would be £11,967

also if you guys can recommend any good company i can go for as i said this all new to me so do want to get ripped off

Screwdriva

A few thoughts to help give you perspective:

1. Longi are a very unethical, low end Chinese brand
2. EcoFlow have a 95% depth of discharge (i.e. your real world capacity will be ~9.8 KW)
3. The installer is clearly quoting a suboptimal G98 application instead of the full 6KW G99 application. This is a red flag as it would restrict your system export potential and return on investment,

For perspective, the installers I use to help others offer:

14 X Eurener 515W bifacial panels (7.2 KWp system size + bifacial gains VS. 6.8KWp)

1 X Tesla Powerwall 3 with Gateway 2 (13.5KW usable with superior cold weather performance. Built in Inverter can be set to 7KW)

~£11.5K installed with 10 year workmanship warranty, G99 application and bird netting included.

You can do much better than the overpriced quote you have shared!

sajag83

hi thankyou so much i noticed something in your reply you have mentioned 10 year workmanship but the quote i received mentions

• 1 x EcoFlow 6kw integrated  Hybrid Inverter - 15 years warranty
• 2 x EcoFlow Ocean Pro 5.1kWh battery ( 10.2kwh) - 15 years warranty: 95% depth of discharge: 6,000 charge/

sajag83

so sorry one more reply just got an email from spectra solar with quote

Description of Goods Qty Unit Price Total Price

14 X Aiko Neostar 3S 485W N-Type ABC, Mono Glass,

All Black, Solar Panels
Price includes all cable & electrical sundries
(25yr Product Warranty- 30yr Linear Power Warranty)

1 INCLUDED INCLUDED

Emlite NET Gen meter 1 INCLUDED INCLUDED
Tesla Powerwall 3
13.5kWh Battery Storage (100% Usable)
(10yr Manufacturer warranty)

1 INCLUDED INCLUDED
Renusol Roof Mounting Kit 1 INCLUDED INCLUDED
Wi-Fi Dongle for Cloud Access/Mobile App 1 INCLUDED INCLUDED
Electrical Ancillaries Including Earthing Rod 1 INCLUDED INCLUDED
Outdoor Canopy 1 INCLUDED INCLUDED
Bird Protection + Installation 1 INCLUDED INCLUDED
Description of Services Qty Unit Price Total Price
Design, Installation & Setup 1 INCLUDED INCLUDED
MCS Cert, DNO(G98/G99), Elec Cert (EIC), HIES Warranty IBG 1 INCLUDED INCLUDED
Free Site Survey prior to Installation 1 INCLUDED INCLUDED
Free Online Monitoring 1 INCLUDED INCLUDED
24 Months defects “return to site” warranty 1 INCLUDED INCLUDED
Goods & Services Sub Total: £11,342.88
Scaffolding: £0.00
VAT @ 0 %: £0.00
Total: £12,292.88

Screwdriva

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82076887#Comment_82076887

The 2nd quote offers a much better battery but I would insist on 1) the Eurener 515W bifacial panels (instead of the Aiko monofacial panels) and 2) 10 year workmanship warranty (instead of 2 years).

You should be paying £11.5K or thereabouts (instead of £12.2K)