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Domestic Solar PV Quotes 2020
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How long have you had it? Doesn't give a good impression of myenergie products if you'd had so many replacements.
Have it since Jul this year.
Had one power surge/cut on the estate in Aug after which Harvi started to behave strange and died soon after, Eddi colapsed a week or two later.
The other Harvi died in Oct.
Maybe I am just unlucky, who knows.
We have a few power cuts in a year in the estate, different time of day and night. Maybe the equipment does not like it.
I did not read much complaints on quality of these products in here and I think they are quite popular?
First Harvi and Eddie replaced in 3-4 days (dealt with by the installer). Second Harvi took a bit longer as I had to order the replacement myself from myenergi. But no cost to me.
On the good side: I quite like the app and now there is web service as well
What happens if you sell your house in year 5 for example. Where dose the new owner stand or yourself for that matter.
I have to repay in full and then terminate before the sell, or new owner take over the contract.0 -
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I've a slightly larger system but realise now eddi is not much use in October and onwards into winter. At one point I turned it off completely. Looking at my export figures most days in October was 0.5kWh or less. In November I never have surplus after charging battery. Its the one item if I was doing this again I would not get
Exactly. No point in installing both with such small system. I have Eddie with my 2,48 and after installation, seeing generation and usage patterns, it will probably never pay for itself 0 -
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SouthWesterly wrote: »If its on a roof and you don't touch it, what's to go wrong from your side.
For the company for sure nothing can be wrong, they decide if it's a defect
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Surely the cost is in some way index linked ? Would you really still be paying 20 every month in 9 years time ? Is it a standing order pushed from you to them,or a direct debit pulled by them from you ? Direct Debits could easily be increased (like direct Debits for household utility bills). And surely there is a down payment - the installer would be out of pocket by quite a bit for quite a number of years, if only collecting 20 per month
Yes you would, at least that is what T&C of the contract state. For the agreed term - 120 months - you pay monthly a fixed amount which is listed in the contract through DD.
There is no downpayment but remember about the grant. I assume most of the customers, unlike me, gives the grant away and settle for 20 euro per month.
So 1,8k covers material + labour for this basic system and then you just book in the stream of revenue over the next 10 years.
Not sure how it works for the bigger systems though.For the company for sure nothing can be wrong, they decide if it's a defect
Found this in T&C:
Client Damage” means:
a) wiring or other electrical issues, damage (including accidental damage or loss), negligence or misuse of the Work Product by the Client, including but not limited to the accumulation of dust and debris;
(b) voltage limits for the Work Productbeing exceeded;
(c) exposure (of the Work Product) to mechanical stresses and strains that are not in accordance with the intended use or manufacturer’s specifications;
(d) electrical supply conditions, including supply spikes, over-voltage and ripple current control systems that are outside the specified limits of the Solar PV components and those defined by applicable supply standards;
(e) alteration or repair of the Work Product(other than by or on behalf of the manufacturer or Company), including making any changes that impact on the Work Product in accordance with Schedule 2;
(f)any action or inaction which is inconsistent with the manufacturers’ recommendations for maintenance or otherwise; or
(g) failures or damage caused by events beyond the reasonable control of the Company and/or the Client (for example lightning strikes, windstorms, sandstorms, natural disasters, acts of war, terrorism, civil disobedience, riots, malicious mischief, vandalism, impacts, fire, prolonged submersion, acts of God or nature).
And for Termination fee, I just had a look and it is calculated as a sum of:
1) any overdue payments you owe (plus interest)
2) any future monthly payments you would normally pay under the 120 term less 3% of total outstanding payments.
3) any extra cost linked to termination of the agreement (I do not see any under T&C)
4) any taxes on the outstanding payments.0 -
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Gotcha, so they take the grant as payment for the system and have a revenue stream, per month, for the next 10 years. It's actually not a bad deal really, in that the grant is absolutely subsidizing the system.
Mind you, if it saved you an average of €10 per over the year, then over 10 years, the system would only cost €1200. However, it would only be at that point that it would start to pay for itself, so saving only €10 per month from year 10 onwards will take another 10 years to break even.
But overall, I'd say that it's more likely to save more than €10 per month. €10 per month is just 33c per day, which is maybe 2kWh - very achievable.
If I was starting out, I'd jump at it, but then, most likely, buy it out pretty quickly.
Yeah financially it made sense to me.
€20 over 10 years is 2400 but if you include time value of money (I used 3% for inflation) then you have ~€2050 for the whole system after grant. I also got extra panel for free so ended up with 2,48kWh.
Looking at my generation, €10pm should be easy to achieve (esp south facing - I am west) even on 2,17kWp(which is what they were selling in Jul).
Since mid Jul I generated 730kWh and used 630kWh.
I forecast 1850 generated and 1600 used for the year out of which 35% will be diverted to hot water. (have it as well - long story) My calc gives me around €180-190 saving per year not including any price increases for the energy. Without a diverter it would be around €140-150 a year.
This will be even better financial wise if/when the FIT are introduced, especcialy if you get both, grant and then FIT 0 -
Yeah financially it made sense to me.
€20 over 10 years is 2400 but if you include time value of money (I used 3% for inflation) then you have ~€2050 for the whole system after grant. I also got extra panel for free so ended up with 2,48kWh.
Looking at my generation, €10pm should be easy to achieve (esp south facing - I am west) even on 2,17kWp(which is what they were selling in Jul).
Since mid Jul I generated 730kWh and used 630kWh.
I forecast 1850 generated and 1600 used for the year out of which 35% will be diverted to hot water. (have it as well - long story) My calc gives me around €180-190 saving per year not including any price increases for the energy. Without a diverter it would be around €140-150 a year.
This will be even better financial wise if/when the FIT are introduced, especcialy if you get both, grant and then FIT
Those figures aren't to be sniffs at. All the system is costing you is 90 a year. And its paid off in 12 to 26 years. Not too far beyond your final payment.0 -
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