Domestic Solar PV Quotes 2020

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Thats a good point what are the interest rates charged by SaaS. Anyone want to share that info. It could be very helpful to know.

That looks ok but you could do a little better i think. Good starting point.

Thanks. Better on spec, better on price or both? Any help appreciated and if you had a suggested option feel free to PM if not ok to post.

A word to the wise, Pylontec battery's are out of stock in Ireland at the moment.

Pylontec have a good reputation here in Ireland, will this herald the arrival of a cheaper substitute battery.

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Original quote was €6.3k after grant for 18 panels, 5kW inverter, 2.4kWh PylonTech, iBoost (or Solic maybe, can't recall) and Zappi 2 charger.

Prior to install I added 2 more panels and the cost increased by €400 (200 per panel. Also swapped the iBoost for an Eddi.

If I add more panels now to the existing system it's still €200 per panel fitted.

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Met with the installer from NI yesterday he mentioned the pylontech battery shortage said he was expecting a delivery in the next few days. I'm waiting for an updated quote before pulling the trigger.

Voice of reason Maulbrook.

It's a shame they (Saas) don't offer larger options as packages rather than add ons. If they did, and kept their competitiveness that they have on the smaller sphere, they could be disruptive in the market, but yeah. The main thing of us arguing over a few quid one way or the other is probably not where we want to be .... which is saving poor sods a few quid (and I include myself in here from July this year!).

I'm still amazed by the experience and willingness of people to help each other here on this forum. Sure many of us (incl me) are quite passionate about renewables, specifically solar, but I applaud us all. Awesome to see.

Personally, it's the freaking hardcore gouging on the €10K+ installations that i have major issue with. They don't sit well with me, that you have someone who wants to do the right thing by Gretta and save a few quid off their leccie in the process .... and they get robbed blind for lack of knowledge in this space. So us solving that is a good community service! :-)

Yeah, enough about SAAS, can anybody arrange a few sunny days for me.😀

Diverter: LOL - that's always a tough one to answer definitively. In reality no one probably "needs" a diverter. Leaving the heat pump aside for a bit, even without a diverter someone could manually flick the switch on the immersion when you see it's sunny outside and utilize manually your PV generation to heat your water. Albeit your manually doing what the diverter does. Heat pump aside again, i think the once off cost is worth it for me personally. I don't have a heat pump and the thoughts of instant "free" (LOL) hot water 7-8 months of the year - yeah, that's kinda neat.

Fiscally though you'll probably take decades to get back your 400-500 euros, so on the money side it's not great. Gets more complicated if you have a heat pump. It's less advantageous for you, but I wouldn't go as far personally as to say it's pointless. The heat pump still requires energy, and while you might be getting a COP of 2-3 (more?), that input energy might be coming from the grid as opposed to an eddi only using excess.

Really does depend a lot I think on your usage, how much hot water you get through, the times of day that there is demand on the water. etc. If you need it early morning before sun is up and your not well insulated you may not have enough hot water etc. If your going hard core on a 8Kwp system that's going to be rocking in at €10K or above (ballpark). I'd probably get one, as it doesn't massively affect your overall cost, but yeah, your probably should think about your usage.