5.4kW with 14 panels and a diverter.
Also the last BER was done before I bought. Had no internal doors, ripped open fireplace, and a bogey front door.
We are doing the same with AIB. Its a bit of a flaf but worth it.
This is one the other major benefits of solar and other home improvements.
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Job done. 9 panels on the roof. Job done in 2 hours.
They sent 4 installers and 2 sparks and the boss even came down.
3 jobs down today and 1 more in the morning.
Cant complain about the service.
Generating 2.6kw on a 3.24kw system and using 0.6.
Time for the dishwasher to go on.
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Welcome to the club SW, a great week to start.
can you pm me the details of the installer, and how much did it cost?
Looking to get this done as well.
Can someone who had it done recently in the Kildare/Dublin area pm me on the details of the company they used please.
Thanks in advance
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To start great thread!
Got two quotes in the last few days, clearly one is better than the other but what is the risk of falling into the "you pay for what you get" category?
Quote 1:
4.56kW system, 5kW Inverter, i-solar Hot water diverter, no battery.
€6200 after grant of 1800
Quote 2:
4.18kW system, 4kW Inverter, Eddi hot water diverter, no battery
€4200 after grant of 1800
Well the second one is close to the 1k/1kwp benchmark, it's a decent quote.
The eddi is a more expensive and more premium product than the iboost too.
If you can get quote 2 up to a 5kw inverter for no or very little increase then it looks good.
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Anyone have any recommendations on best invertors out there and advice on ones to especially avoid?
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I just stumbled onto this thread, a lot to trawl through.
I am getting quotes in over the next week or so, and have received 2 quotes for now. These 2 quotes differ in the fundamental basis of design: one system covers approx. 50% of yearly usage, the other one 100%.
Average usage in our house is ~19 kWh without EV. I estimate with recent acquired EV this will go to 23 kWh average.
First system quoted was 4.3 kW, second system 7.3 kW, both including 4.8 kWh battery.
What size system should I go for?
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I'm view is go big as you can reasonably afford. Solar is like a drug you will always want more.
If you can afford it, AND not being overcharged for it, go big.
the small one wont cover 50% of your annual usage, nor will the big one cover 100%.
Theres a major surplus in the summer, and nearly total use of the solar in the winter.
eg, today, I have produced at 5pm have produced 40kwh, batteries were full at 10:30, exported 25kwh! - but this is a good day
in Jan/feb can vary from 2 to 10kwh/day, march gets a bit better, and things really start ramping up in may/june
you say your house consumption is 19kwh/day, do you know how thats distributed?
I do not know how the consumption is distributed at this instant. We have a smart meter installed but as far as I can see there is not much functionality available for that (yet). I have installed a smart meter (clip on) myself so i hope that will give me some information. What would you use this information for?
It will give an indication of actual savings, and getting a monitor is very good, even knowing the usage can change behavior and generate saving.
(You'll also see that some things use so little it's within measurement error (the old thing about standby lights etc, modern appliances use a tiny amount of power on standby!)
Now in July, my solar covers my base load of the house from about half 6 to about 8ish, where the battery takes over.
I'm not saying don't get solar, just don't get fooled with inflated savings
For those who got solar as a service.
Did you get a form for the ber assessor to complete?
I had my own ber done separate to the solar as a service. He did his ber and had to upload the ber report online
Whose 'he'? I assume you mean the assessor. A friend had his assessor call today and she asked for a form the installer should have left.
SAAS left me a4 booklet with all the system details, my BER guy took pics of it and did the rest.He sent me BER cert and I sent it to SAAS.
Its a nonsense having to get the BER yourself it should of been included in the install price and let the supplier deal with it.
At the end of the day they do this all the time and it saves on the haste of finding a BER assessor and uploading forms.
Just my 2 cents.
SAAS did my panels they did all the work on grant side, was last November when I started. Installed in April with covid restrictions. I thought that was the deal I did ask who was responsible for BER and was told they took care of all. Got my grant and gave it to SASS and now pay the 19.99 one month at bigger payment.
I arranged and paid for my own, was told they had no affiliated BER guys in my location, did'nt see it as a problem and they looked after me. The cost of a BER varied wildly in Galway ranging from E200-420.
Sorted it out. Get the assessment done and give the cert to them. They will upload it with the paperwork
I've no issue with it. Got ab assessment done before the work was done to be sure I'd qualify. Get him back over to add in the pv.
420??
I'd be wanting an extra panel thrown in for that 😁
Have to say, I was impressed with them.
Had 6 guys on site. 4 installers, 2 sparks and the boss.
They got 3 of us done day 1 at 2 hours each and the 4th next morning. They were then back home to louth.
2 got 9 panels and 2 got 8. West and south facing.
Just had my new Ber assessment.
House went from a C1 to a B3 with 9 panels.
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