Solar PV Panels

zeupater

Goldwing1 wrote: »

OK fine.

I clearly don't have a clue what I'm talking about. I'll keep my solar panels and continue to be very happy with my improved bank balance.

Hi

I actually do believe that you know what you are talking about, but the figures you provided to support your saving don't stack up and I would like to understand why .... is it an issue with the FiT figure of £500/year or the £20/month anticipated saving, can you supply any other data regarding your system to help us understand .....

To help, my system will likely attract FiT payments averaging somewhere around £1300/Year and I cannot save anywhere near £20/Month (£240/Year) on my bills ..... I appreciate that at around/below 2600kWh/year my household is a low user of electricity (having taken many steps to reduce consumption to this level), but if you consider that BG suggest that an average household with access to gas for heating uses around 700kWh/year more than me, it's not that low.

Regards
Z

malch

oops system being fitted tommorrow, call today saying we may not get 12 panels on your roof maybe only 11. do you still want it? well yes as long as the price is adjusted accordingly. if it is only 11 panels i think a twelth should be knocked. it mean system should be paid off in the same time. but the returns will not be quite as much. so from £8500 down to £7750 seems fair to me.

Cardew

Goldwing1 wrote: »

OK fine.

I clearly don't have a clue what I'm talking about. I'll keep my solar panels and continue to be very happy with my improved bank balance.

The bottom line is that your panels generate around 1,200kWh per year(to give you an income of approx £500)

There is no way that 1,200kWh can reduce your gas and electricity bills by £240 a year.

Even taking an impossible scenario that you used all generated electricity in your house, that would equate to about £120 a year.

In practice even 50% usage is difficult to use. So with 50% that will save you £60 a year.(so £5 a month not £20)

Dave_Smithson

I've had American Solar fit Solar PV for me about a month ago now and I'm already saving.Great service from start to finish.I'd recommend them.I had a 2kw system installed.

Cardew

Dave_Smithson wrote: »

I've had American Solar fit Solar PV for me about a month ago now and I'm already saving.Great service from start to finish.I'd recommend them.I had a 2kw system installed.

Welcome to the forum.

Not much good for us I am afraid on this British forum;)

Dave_Smithson

Cardew wrote: »

Welcome to the forum.

Not much good for us I am afraid on this British forum;)

They are an American company but they have a branch in Manchester, England.

Equaliser123

Dave_Smithson wrote: »

They are an American company but they have a branch in Manchester, England.

How much did you pay for your system and what did you have installed?

Dave_Smithson

2.2kw (12 panels) £10,800.Not sure how that compares?

Equaliser123

Dave_Smithson wrote: »

2.2kw (12 panels) £10,800.Not sure how that compares?

Quite poorly I would say depending on the panels and inverter.

I paid £9.9k for 3.29kwp (14 Sharp panels) and a SMA transformerless inverter

malch

Dave_Smithson wrote: »

2.2kw (12 panels) £10,800.Not sure how that compares?

it seems you have a very simular system to me 12 sharp panels rated at 2.16kW for which i paid £8500, or should say i have paid 25% deposit, i have not paid the balance as yet as the big selling point of the people i decided to go with was that the powerone Aurora would kick in at 125v unlike the 175v or 200v of other inverters. however after the system was fitted i noticed in the operators manual that the Aurora minimum input voltage for grid connection is 200v dc. i contacted the firm the next day and i am still waiting for an email from the sales guy or failing that from someone from the tecnical staff, still waiting after 7 days.