Domestic Solar PV Quotes 2020

MAULBROOK wrote: »

Nice, as we all tilt our heads to the left:D

Welcome to a chronic addiction to the app and a shxt load of weather apps

Ha! It was the right way up on my phone. Using boards on mobile so didn’t see a preview of the image.

Looking forward to complaining about the weather even more than usual.

irishchris wrote: »

Nice neat setup. Don't suppose you know the size of that cable trunking he used. Moving my setup out to garden shed this month and looking for something to tidy cables into but most I have seen are too small so be interested to see size of that one

Looks like 50mm x 50mm.
Plenty of sizes available in Electrical wholesalers and very cheap

remoteboy wrote: »

I’ll dig out a measuring tape and find out for you.

Appreciate that as will pick some up tomorrow from electrical wholesalers when know the size. Cheers

Also anyone know if there is any issue with putting DC and AC cables in same trunking in short distance such as in this install in the picture as wasn't sure whether to run two trunking or not?

remoteboy wrote: »

Give that man a prize. It’s 50mm x 50mm.

Cheers, pitched one up today, exactly what was needed thanks

tommy249 wrote: »

A complete novice here so wondering if there is much of a difference between quality of the panels available in the market. I have received 2 quotes from the one company for their "standard" panels and their "superior" panels.

Their standard panels are Longi 360w and superior panels are Rec Alpha 370w.

In summary the quotes are for 10 panels, 2.4kw battery and iboost.

Net of the grant the quote is €7,800 for the superior panels and €6,700 for the standard

Any thoughts?

Got a new quote from a 3rd supplier that I am happier with

4.3kw system
12 longi 360 panels
4G inverter
Eddi controller
On-line monitoring

€5,400 after grant

6kw inverter. 6kw of panels, hot water diverter, 4.8kw pylon batteries, €7k after grant thoughts?

2 year anniversary of my system install and going strong.
Over 11 MWh generated. Don't as how much I exported but all I can say is. Your welcome ESB Networks.

deravarra wrote: »

And did your electricity bill drop by much after installing it?
That's the cookie in the jar everyone is looking at

The most expensive was €114 for the winter months and the lowest so far was €48. The unavoidable shxt like tax, pso and standing charges comes in at about €45.
Above are bimonthly bills.

deravarra wrote: »

Thats excellent. Would the solar water diverter give you anything during the winter months?

And I would say the savings go even further with no need for oil or gas to heat the water during the summer months - or at least very little need.

Last winter was the first time I charged the battery (7kw) to full on night rate and discharged during day when needed. on good winter days I did get some water heating but the oil was used to top up the hot water tank.

I know a lot on here poo poo charging the battery on night rate but my thinking is, I have it I might as well use it.

The best way to use solar IMO is that everyone in the house needs to buy into it and plan ahead. That's easy for us as there is only two of us in the house.

samdeluxjones wrote: »

When the weather got frosty and clear was there any point in trying to charge the battery during those days?

I also won't mind one bit charging at night if needs be.

in December the worst was .8kw but the best was 11.3kw and the total was 154.3kw.

Got my date for mid July.
I look forward to spending many hours looking at my app and seeing how much I'm generating

thecat777 wrote: »

Please can you let me know what type of panels are they using and what kW?

They did mine mid May, used JA solar 365w.Used Schletter mounting system.

thecat777 wrote: »

Does anybody have experience with xxxxxx.ie, what type of panels are they using, are you happy with their service.

No naming of companies, site rules.

JJ O Malley wrote: »

Cheers. The diverter has 'tank 1' and 'tank 2'. I only have one cylinder fed from it so presume that means I can use the hot tub as the second tank. Appreciate ur input and as u say hopefully someone else can confirm before I agree to buy this tub!!

Cheers
John

You could do this I think but you'd have to decide which to heat first. I'd suggest to buy 2x PT1000 RTD's to measure the temperature of each 'cylinder' so that you could manually change temperatures as required. You could of course just decide to always have the hot water tank go to max temp before switching to 'tank 2' which could be your tub.

As for actually heating the tub, I don't have one but I think they use (or can) use a standard 3kw immersion type heater. Maybe someone else will advise better on how best to do that.

Can you post a link to the hot tub you're thinking of and we might be able to figure out what kind of heater it uses.

steedevaney wrote: »

Hi all,

Wondering is it worth getting 5 south facing panels in Dublin from the company that can’t be named. Quote just in, but no reduction in price from what I can see. Given that 5 will only produce 1.8Kw will the grant be halved as a result when not hitting the 2Kw?
Any point getting a panel or two installed on the north facing roof (if they would fit)?

What size panels are they ie 300w or 360w. No point on fitting in the north side roof.
If you can only fit 5 then aim for the larger wattage panel

MAULBROOK wrote: »

What size panels are they ie 300w or 360w. No point on fitting in the north side roof.
If you can only fit 5 then aim for the larger wattage panel

Seem to be the 360w. The quote didn’t exactly specify but I will ask for further details.

steedevaney wrote: »

Seem to be the 360w. The quote didn’t exactly specify but I will ask for further details.

What was the quote