Domestic Solar PV Quotes 2020

After reading about 1/2 this thread and a few others, I'm now ready to find a company to quote for a system for me, so to that end looking for recommendations (via pm) for any decent companies who work in West Dublin (Lucan). Thanks, and will post quotes here.

Agreed. This is a good price even without the BER.

Also got another quote which seems like alot better value. Guys didn't seem quiet as knowledgeable as other companies and weren't as clear on warranties for individual parts etc. but hard to look past the price if its going to produce similar to others for 3k less! Would welcome any feed back from you knowledgeable folks on the equipment proposed in terms of reliability and thoughts on value for money here!

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That's pretty good from what I've seen myself. Since it's hard to remember what everyone needs/want, your not going for a diverter then for the immersion? Fiscally, it's not a great move. €500 or so, which will take _a long time_ to pay back in terms of hot water, but many (myself included) see the convenience of it for 6-7 months of the year.

When looking 5-6 weeks ago, one of the quotes I got was 12x380 (4.56Kwp) with 5kw inverter, 5.2Kwhr battery with EDDI and that was for €7500. PM me if you need the details.

Yes agree but just checked the the Seai info and 3.2kW plus battery the grant would be 2.7k.

Tbh it pretty much summed up the installer in terms of lack of detail.

Hi all

As so many here are doing I am now shopping around for a solar/battery combination. I *think* I have a quote from a popular installer in enniskillen (I guessed the name so a pm to confirm it would be great!)) and it matches what many here have received. I am wondering if anyone has a picture of an installation with this or similar setup as I want to put it in my garage and I'd like to understand the space needed especially for the batteries. Regarding the panel installation I don't have a lot of space on the garage but I do have a perfect spot in the garden for a ground mounted system. Has anyone any recent quotes for this? Is it much more expensive than a roof system?

12 PANELS 340 WATT.4KW. JA SOLAR 25 YEARS GUARANTEE.

4.8 PLYON TEC .BATTERY .

5KW HYBRID SOLIS INVERTER.

EDDI WATER DIVERTER.

WI FI DONGLE.

PRICE 10500 EUROS

TOTAL 7500 EUROS (INC SEAI GRANT)

I am going to drop the Eddi as I have a heat pump already heating the water so I don't think it makes sense. If the ground mounted system isn't too much of an overhead I'll increase the number of panels as I think we would benefit

Have you priced a ground mount?

Hi all

So just after asking the question on the ground mounted system I received a quote for a 6.08 kW ground mounted system with a 5kW givenergy inverter and 5.2kW battery. For €8293 after the grant. This sounds pretty good to me. However, after the wonderful news this morning hat we may have blackouts this winter my concern has now shifted to performance of the system when off grid!

The givenergy system seems to have a max output of 2.6kW in backup mode but the solis seems to go much higher (provided I have enough batteries I presume) I just need to run the lights and router probably but I just like the idea that I could have up to 6kW (I think! I'm not clear on what the solis is capable of)

For the eddi I always presumed that leaving the heatpump on during the summer for just the hot water was more efficient than using the immersion (esp when both are being fed by solar) never thought of actually turning it off but maybe I should??

Very few systems will run when the grid is down. The inverter likes to see voltage there from the grid. The logic there is that you house can't tell a deliberate blackout from a tree knocking down a wire. Last thing you want is for your house to be pumping out 220v onto your local community circuit when some sod is up a pole thinking that the grid is "off" and he's then dealing with a live wire when he thought that it was safe. So virtually all the inverters don't work when the grid is down (as ironic as that sounds)

Some of them do have a 3 pin socket on the battery though, so you can often plug in an extention cord and run a few things off it. Should be fine for running the telly (100w) and a few other things.

Your right, you could do that with the heat pump in summer, turning off the heating and just using it to heat the water in the tank. Thing is though with heatpumps is that while they are efficient usually giving you 2-3Kw for every 1kw you put in, you still have to put that 1Kw in if you follow. With solar in the summer you will (invariably) have excess. The EDDI will only use excess production. The heatpump , which usually is on 24x7 (including nighttime) won't.

Question then is what you do with the excess. You could export to the grid and if we get a decent FIT, then that may offset that 1Kw or whatever your putting into the heat pump. Alternatively an EDDI will use up some of your excess into hotwater. Again, do not take that as "go get one". It depends on your situation, but I just wanted to give you the thought to process yourself. It might not be as clear cut as you thought.

They aren't terrible quotes (we've all seen terrible ones) but yeah, of the three I reckon the 3rd one is the best.....ring around though, you might save 500-1000 on it. With 5Kwp in panels I'd probably go for a bigger battery, but that's very much down to your usage.

That's my thinking. Go with the smaller battery, monitor my usage and if I'm exporting a lot to the grid upgrade the battery myself down the road. Doing it this way I reckon it be the cheaper method and less money spending up front

Could someone please PM me with the name of the Enniskillen installer? Thanks!

Good thinking Batman. I think you have answered you own question then.

@bullit_dodger I used the EnnisKillen Boys...

Some pictures (bear in mind I've since sold the batteries and built DIY).