Domestic Solar PV Quotes 2020

Ush1 · 22-04-2021 07:47AM

Deagol wrote: »

100 a month or 100 bi-monthly?

100 per month so 200 bi-monthly.

slave1 · 22-04-2021 08:50AM

Ush1 wrote: »

I'm a bit green(scuse the pin) to all this but am interested in getting solar.

I have a south facing roof, a Zappi charger which can connect to solar I believe and a Nissan Leaf. I have a combi boiler so don't use electricity to heat the water.

Current elec bills are roughly 100 quid a month, would it be worth my while to get solar?

Are you at home during the day? If not then lots of PV will go to the Grid, as an example I put around 13kWh into the EV yesterday so on good days it well worth it.
From Nov to Feb you will likely have no excess to put into the EV.

Ush1 · 22-04-2021 02:46PM

slave1 wrote: »

Are you at home during the day? If not then lots of PV will go to the Grid, as an example I put around 13kWh into the EV yesterday so on good days it well worth it.
From Nov to Feb you will likely have no excess to put into the EV.

Yeah well my missus drives the leaf and she would be there a lot during the day so it could be charging then. Would that be worth it in terms of the investment?

raytaxi · 22-04-2021 06:56PM

Price I got quoted was 6 a month per panel, total would be 720 or 600 if paid off straight away.
This was off the company suppling as a service since we can't name them. Think 1800 for 3 extra panels was too expensive.

Deagol · 22-04-2021 07:07PM

raytaxi wrote: »

Price I got quoted was 6 a month per panel, total would be 720 or 600 if paid off straight away.
This was off the company suppling as a service since we can't name them. Think 1800 for 3 extra panels was too expensive.

That's a crazy price. Panels are ~150eur each, mounting hardware ~30eur.

Deagol · 22-04-2021 07:08PM

Ush1 wrote: »

100 per month so 200 bi-monthly.

That sounds like you are using plenty power during the day then. I know my bill goes from ~200 bimonthly in winter to ~80 in summer mainly because of the panels.

MAULBROOK · 22-04-2021 07:25PM

Ush1 wrote: »

I'm a bit green(scuse the pin) to all this but am interested in getting solar.

I have a south facing roof, a Zappi charger which can connect to solar I believe and a Nissan Leaf. I have a combi boiler so don't use electricity to heat the water.

Current elec bills are roughly 100 quid a month, would it be worth my while to get solar?

Its worth it because electric prices are only going one way. Solar is a long term investment.

Ush1 · 22-04-2021 08:22PM

Deagol wrote: »

That sounds like you are using plenty power during the day then. I know my bill goes from ~200 bimonthly in winter to ~80 in summer mainly because of the panels.

Thanks. So what equipment would I need and any idea of ball park cost? I'm based in Dublin.

22-04-2021 08:47PM

raytaxi wrote: »

Price I got quoted was 6 a month per panel, total would be 720 or 600 if paid off straight away.
This was off the company suppling as a service since we can't name them. Think 1800 for 3 extra panels was too expensive.

Did you ask them for a justification of the price?

MAULBROOK · 22-04-2021 08:50PM

Ush1 wrote: »

Thanks. So what equipment would I need and any idea of ball park cost? I'm based in Dublin.

The only thing I can say is fit as many panels a possible.

raytaxi · 23-04-2021 03:20AM

Was talking to office and they seemed very much take it or leave it. Install happening very soon so I will just get it done after with direct labour.

SouthWesterly wrote: »

Did you ask them for a justification of the price?

championc · 23-04-2021 07:36AM

raytaxi wrote: »

Was talking to office and they seemed very much take it or leave it. Install happening very soon so I will just get it done after with direct labour.

But at a cost of 20 per month, with a system that will give you a decent chance for 100% of self use, and a payback of maybe an average of half of that, it's an excellent starter. There don't seem to be many quotes on here for €2400 for a 6 / 7 panel system.

And so long as it's started in a top or bottom corner, you could buy it out and then expand the system, starting at an SEAI approved basis. You'd also be fully registered up with ESB with the NC6.

If I was starting again, I'd be jumping at this.

23-04-2021 08:25AM

MAULBROOK wrote: »

Now your talking, is the BER included?

OK I misread what was proposed, the BER isn't included.

MAULBROOK · 23-04-2021 08:45AM

Deleted User wrote: »

OK I misread what was proposed, the BER isn't included.

It takes the hassle out if the BER is included, so from start to finish the installer takes care of everything from install to grant.
Yes it costs more but they know what they are doing.

clusk007 · 23-04-2021 09:41AM

Looking to get a solar pv system on a fairly large detached house and have gotten a number of quotes, but this seems to be the most competitive. Any thoughts on the following?

5.4kwp system
14x 380w JA panels Monocrystalline
14x Optimizers
1x Solis hybrid 5kw inverter plus WIFI dongle
2x Pylon 2.4kwh batteries
€7200 after grant

Should I be looking for a 6 kW inverter with this instead or would it make much of a difference?
Good value?

Silent Running · 23-04-2021 09:46AM

clusk007 wrote: »

Looking to get a solar pv system on a fairly large detached house and have gotten a number of quotes, but this seems to be the most competitive. Any thoughts on the following?

5.4kwp system
14x 380w JA panels Monocrystalline
14x Optimizers
1x Solis hybrid 5kw inverter plus WIFI dongle
2x Pylon 2.4kwh batteries
€7200 after grant

Should I be looking for a 6 kW inverter with this instead or would it make much of a difference?
Good value?

Can you PM the installer please?

garo · 23-04-2021 09:48AM

Why are you getting 14 optimizers? Do you have shading issues? if so, you definitely don't need a larger inverter as your panels would rarely produce full power.

Look for the 6kWh inverter only if your panels all face south or you are looking to expand later. If you have an E/W split (or SE/SW or any other orientation) a 5kW inverter should be enough for 5.4kW of panels.
Price is reasonable though others have done better recently. Having said that the 14 optimizers must add at least 400 to the quote. Ask how much the price reduces by if you drop one of the two batteries.

23-04-2021 11:31AM

I have to actually fit an immersion filament into my tank (am actually replacing old tank)

Is a standard immersion element used? Don't want to make assumptions

MAULBROOK · 23-04-2021 12:24PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I have to actually fit an immersion filament into my tank (am actually replacing old tank)

Is a standard immersion element used? Don't want to make assumptions

Yep standard in mine and all good

candysapple · 23-04-2021 12:39PM

Finally managed to get someone to look at our house in person today. We'd really hoped for at least a 4kW system but it's not to be, the max number of panels we can fit will give us a 3kW system.

We're going to proceed with a 3kW system but now the decision on the other pieces are even harder. We want to maximise our personal usage (2 adults, 2 kids) of anything generated first and then whatever excess the system might generate direct elsewhere. I just can't see there being enough excess for FIT to influence our set-up.

I'm trying to keep in mind that in non-COVID times we're not home during the day.
We could put in a HW diverter but we've a new gas boiler so it probably makes more sense to use that for heating water. We could put in a battery and capture excess there to draw down as needed during the evening.
And, we've a Leaf that could be charged when home during the day (there's a Zappi already in place). That would only be at the weekend though and it's charged twice a week max.

We're thinking an Eddi and a battery so we can control where everything goes. And maybe when restrictions on planning permission change and we've the funds we could put panels on a separate string on our gable end wall to lift up the system.

We've gone to 5 suppliers so far and they have all suggested combinations of the above working but we're just not sure where to go from here.

Any, and all suggestions on set-up are welcomed.

Boscoirl · 23-04-2021 12:40PM

I am not 100% but I dont think you are eligible for the Battery grant unless you put in a 4kW system

candysapple · 23-04-2021 12:55PM

Boscoirl wrote: »

I am not 100% but I dont think you are eligible for the Battery grant unless you put in a 4kW system

SEAI say, for 3kWp we'd receive €2100 for 3kWp solar panels plus €600 for the battery system.

SD_DRACULA · 23-04-2021 03:31PM

Yeah if you go for 3kw or higher but without battery you only get 1800.
So if you go for something like 4kw without battery and then decide you want the battery you only get 600 instead of 1200 that you would have gotten all in one go.

onlinemathsgr · 24-04-2021 04:10PM

Freewheel wrote: »

Have a quote for €4,300 for a 2.1kw (7 panels is most I can fit on roof) with a 2.2kw battery. Does that seem reasonable. Doesn’t include hot water diverted which I’ll probably get to maximise as as not at home during the day much.

Any chance you can PM me who that was with?

27-04-2021 09:21AM

I wasn't going to post it but people should be informed and be able to make a decision.
One of the more popular installers, quoted here, came to my place to do a survey.

I just mentioned that it'll be good when we get back to normal, when the vaccine rollout gets up and running.
I then had to listen to anti-vax statements and how the vaccination process is some global conspiracy to silence "honest" doctors and scientists. Etcetera ad nauseum
Every topic, from that point on, had a comment about how vaccines were bad.

No thanks buddy

27-04-2021 09:32AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I wasn't going to post it but people should be informed and be able to make a decision.
One of the more popular installers, quoted here, came to my place to do a survey.

I just mentioned that it'll be good when we get back to normal, when the vaccine rollout gets up and running.
I then had to listen to anti-vax statements and how the vaccination process is some global conspiracy to silence "honest" doctors and scientists. Etcetera ad nauseum

No thanks buddy

It's ( not so) obviously company policy and part of their sales pitch.

Am getting a ber today to see if 2.5kw will bring me over the line for the grant.

irishchris · 27-04-2021 10:31AM

A quick question but probably no the answer is already no :-). I had a 2.88 kwp system installed last year and received a 1800 grant. Since then I have installed a 3.6kwp ground mounted system and added a pylontech battery. I assume there is no way to apply for the €600 battery grant now that I added it later and installed myself?

27-04-2021 10:46AM

irishchris wrote: »

A quick question but probably no the answer is already no :-). I had a 2.88 kwp system installed last year and received a 1800 grant. Since then I have installed a 3.6kwp ground mounted system and added a pylontech battery. I assume there is no way to apply for the €600 battery grant now that I added it later and installed myself?

That battery was a self install Chris if I remember correctly.
Any recent photos of your ground system?

slave1 · 27-04-2021 11:14AM

irishchris wrote: »

A quick question but probably no the answer is already no :-). I had a 2.88 kwp system installed last year and received a 1800 grant. Since then I have installed a 3.6kwp ground mounted system and added a pylontech battery. I assume there is no way to apply for the €600 battery grant now that I added it later and installed myself?

;fraid the work is done now and also as a self install, both count you out I'm afraid, below from the SEAI

Choose and appoint a company and agree a formal contract with them to get the works done.
It is critical that homeowners do not start works until they receive the grant offer. (Grant offers are valid for eight months.)

Grant would have been worth €1,200

27-04-2021 11:33AM

slave1 wrote: »

;fraid the work is done now and also as a self install, both count you out I'm afraid, below from the SEAI
Choose and appoint a company and agree a formal contract with them to get the works done.
It is critical that homeowners do not start works until they receive the grant offer. (Grant offers are valid for eight months.)

Grant would have been worth €1,200

What's 1200 compared to the satisfaction he got doing it himself

Domestic Solar PV Quotes 2020

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