Northumberland wrote: » Check out another thread here under Renewable Energy - PV Feed in Tariff, and you will see a little more. Smart meter best for PV set ups? Actually not at the moment, several power companies, I know Energia for one, actually offer a better deal - if you use most of your grid electricity at night, with just a Day/Night meter - and if you switch to a smart meter it appears that your night rate will increase substantially - counter-intuitive, but that is the way it looks at the moment. I have also been contacting several power companies, but none so far claim to know anything about the Export Payments supposed to start in July - or if they say anything, it is - oh - ESB will handle all of that - contact them. Of course ESB knows nothing either. It would obviously make most sense if the same electricity provider chosen by a household for 'import' would also handle the 'export' and offset the export payments against the bill for imports. But that is clearly too logical. It does not work like that in England, you can choose a different power company to handle your 'export payments', and even if you choose the same power company, they set up an entirely parallel system.
cubix wrote: » Thanks, is it still the case there is an install charge for a separate night meter, if so it may not not be viable and is there any other recurring charges.
MAULBROOK wrote: » My personal hunch is that FIT will not be ready by July2021. Its all to quite and no information. The following excuses will be COVID, BREXIT, EAMON RYAN and Tony Holohan ect ect
SouthWesterly wrote: » I knowTony has a lot of power but I don't think he has anything to do with solar.
MikeyJoyce wrote: » Just had my solar system installed last week 15 x 360W Longi Panels 6kW Solis inverter Eddi Diverter with Harvi Online Monitoring €6,437 after €1,800 grant Its been great so far with the good weather. But I noticed I have an old analogue meter and its spinning backwards when exporting and the meter reading number is going down. Is this normal?
Northumberland wrote: » Mickey, you will see this has been discussed in other parts of this same forum, search or check it out, one or two contributions under my name. You have what someone else on this wonderful Blog called a Soviet Style Meter, probably made in the former Yugoslavia. You are very lucky! you will get what someone else on the Blog called 'net metering', you will get the perfect deal, every kWh you export during the day will pay you back exactly one kWh during the night when there is no sun, what better could you want?. They are talking in the Dail about introducing a payment for export in July this year (see the separate thread here on this) , but no details yet, but it will probably be something like you will get one quarter of a kWh back for every kWh you export, and it is by no means certain it will happen this year, or next!. So enjoy! - just hope that ESB do not discover your old meter and change it! - and try not to export more than you import so the final monthly reading for this month is not less than last month, or the electricity Bots will go galactic and start asking questions, and send ESB to install a new meter at your place! This meter spinning backwards was a very common thing among solar pane installers n England and Australia until about 5 or so years ago, and I am having exactly the same thing right now in a country where I keep a house, far away from Ireland. My electricity bill there went down from Euros 200 a month to Euros 10 per month after I installed my solar set up there, my only challenge is to keep trying to ensure that next months meter reading is greater than this months meter reading, by throttling back my solar generating system!
Patmwgs wrote: » And when the esb find out you will get a meter change quicker than the rest of us waiting for ours.
_dof_ wrote: » They'll find out as soon as your installer submits the NC6 form to them. That'll trigger their special ops ninja section to identify you have an old electromechanical meter and contact you straight away to replace it with a digital meter and that would be the end of your happy times.
slave1 wrote: » Rubbish, they have no idea who has these old meters
_dof_ wrote: » What makes you think that? The meters are ESBN property and they know who has what type of meters. I know for a fact that they contact people who have installed solar panels to arrange replacement of electromechanical meters.
slave1 wrote: » No way the ESB know what meter a house constructed in the 60's/70's has, do you think they kept or retained records that far back?
slave1 wrote: » ...and if they do make that call for replacement you simply decline, they have no right to replace your meter as found out with their Smart Meter tactics.Oireachtais confirmation
tonybodhran wrote: » Hi could someone please pm me with their preferred installer and setup they were happy with, I can't find any links to any companies anywhere. Thanks in advance. Want to get an install before the summer if possible. Cheers.
MAULBROOK wrote: » PM sent
v10 wrote: » I got a quote today for10 X Monocrystalline Solar Panel 325w 1 X Solis 4G Series Inverter Free Panel Monitoring and Surveillance System €6,325.00 after €1800 grant or €10446.00 for a 20 panel system after €1800 grant 20 Panel would provide approx 50% of my annual use apparently but roof will unlikely have space for much more than the 10 Panel system. Based on other quotes I'm seeing here, this quote seems very expensive. What do you think ?
Alkers wrote: » Nearly 2e per w installed with no battery or diverter, shocking price, at least double what it should be! You can get 2.5kW array for 2400e after grant with some shopping around - 96c per w installed and that's a smaller system so the price per panel installed should work out higher. Tell them they are insanely uncompetitive and move on!
championc wrote: » Or even buy the solar as a service deal
v10 wrote: » Excuse my ignorance, what's solar as a service ?
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