Domestic Solar PV Quotes 2022 - No PM requests - See Mod note post #1

I personally love the hot water diverter esp. when the oil boiler is off for 7-8mths. looks decent quote, just make sure you trust them and they're going to be available for snags, after commission clarifications!

Any opinions on this quote? Seems high to me, especially looking at some of the quotes on here, but I don't know much about it. The Eddi was quoted at 1379 but they agreed to throw it in for free. This is excluding the grant. Apparently it's upgradeable to a battery but I see that's not such a big deal any more. I plan to get another quote elsewhere.

Install 10 No. 410W Jinko Solar Panels (4.10 kWp) 7,039

Sofar 4000 inverter 4,069

Solar Eddi Diverter nil

BER assessment 389

Supply and fit 2 panels in landscape layout 158

TAX 13.5% 1,391.04

TOTAL 11,695

If it helps, my annual usage last year was about 5000 Kwh. Re the Eddi, I have one electric shower but also two pumped showers from the hot water tank.

Just to give you an idea of the markup they are charging; an Eddi costs 499 including VAT; and it’s a 30 minute job to screw it to the wall and terminate the cable.

The Sofar 4000 hybrid costs about 1300 also including vat.

jinko 415 n type panels are about 200 each including the vat. Dunno if your getting quoted for a n-type or not.

mounting - cables - switches - misc say 1000 euro.

ballpark 4800 for the gear. I think you can do much better

As an American general once said in response to a German demand to surrender, NUTS!

You can do much better looking elsewhere.

It's nice to see that people actually do the math. Respect.

Couple of things to note that you haven't included in your thinking. Right now (and probably for the next 12 months or so) you on a D/N meter will get "deemed export" irrespective of if you export 1Kwhr or 1000Kwhr you will get the same thing.....meaning that you might as well fill your battery with solar excess RATHER than export it as you will paid for the export irrespective. Effectively you get paid twice for the same unit. Long may this last! :-)

(I wouldn't bank on it, but it's worth mentioning anyway)

Price per Kwhr is better with a larger battery. Additional inverter cost from "normal" to "hybrid" is the same if you get a 2.5Kwhr batter or 10Kwhr battery, so assuming you can "cycle" the battery everyday, your payback with a larger battery will be quicker.

While I would generally recommend getting a battery (even if the payback is iffy)......I also wouldn't borrow for a battery.

You also have to take into account in summer the units that you wouldn’t have exported during the day; and instead stored for later use (a lot of time you get great sun for an hour or two; then the clouds come out and you can run off the battery; then the sun comes back and you can run the house and fill the battery again) In the summer months with a 10kWh battery and your level of usage (about 13-15kwh per day) there is no reason why you couldn’t be totally off grid March - Sept.

but this is a more complicated calculation; but I’d say with only 5kWh battery you would struggle to make it work. I have 10kWh and may add an additional module to give me 15kwh once I’ve seen a full year of data. But I can only fill my battery at 5kWh; which means it already takes 2 full hours to fill the 10kWh that I already have, adding another 5kWh would mean I’d not be getting the cheapest rate to fully fill it which is a shame. Most battery’s charge from the grid slower than this; so it’s worth asking what this rate is for the battery they are supplying. Also ask about expansion in the future; is it possible / easy.

you also can’t be sure about the 21 cent feed in rates; this is sure to change over time too. My perspective on a battery is really that you are giving yourself the greatest level of control and autonomy over the energy providers.

Got a quote (prior to survey) from a company linked to Electric Ireland (i.e. I clicked on an "I'm interested in Solar etc." ad.

They rang me recently - :

7 panels with hot water - 7600 minus 1980 grant = €5,632

OR

7 panels with 5kw battery €14300 minus 1980 grant = €12320

Not interested in any battery at that cost, and have a small house. Appreciate view please. Thanks.

Think you can do better to be honest. All going to plan, I'll be getting 12 panels with 5kW battery installed this month, for about 9.5k after grant.

Is that figure including the seai grant?

Good afternoon,

I recently installed a Zappi Charger and Harvi sensor for my EV, and I'm now looking at solar panels.

I got the following quote from the company who installed the Zappi.

Do you think I should go for it?

Thanks!

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Pack 1:

•  10 x 400w panels 

•  Hybrid inverter 

•  5kwh battery storage 

•  My Energi hot water diverter  

•  Roof mounting equipment 

•  All labour works

•  All electrical testing and commissioning 

•  Online monitoring to see each day exactly what your system is producing

The total cost of the above system will equate to €13,500.

Pack 2:

•  10 x 400w panels  

•  PV inverter 

•  My Energi hot water diverter  

•  Roof mounting equipment 

•  All labour works

•  All electrical testing and commissioning 

•  Online monitoring to see each day exactly what your system is producing

The total cost of the above system will equate to €9,500.

The two systems will qualify for a €2,400 SEAI Grant.

Please note that this system and quote is pending a site survey.

If you wish I can book you in for a site survey. Please note that there is a €150 charge for a Solar Panel Survey - this €150 is redeemable off of the price of the system that you go for. 

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Thanks!

Probably €2.5k overpriced.

A lot of installers will arrive with a different size panel due to availability. My own install was quoted as 345w panels but they had 395w panels when they arrived so they just recalculated the number required to my advantage.

Mine rocked up with lower output panels. So do check and take a photo of the details on the back of them (make, model, output...). They said it was all they got but weren't going to mention until I caught it. Then they added panels at no cost to get to same overall output.

Just try to remember there is a major supply issue at the moment so a lot of installers are waiting on shipments to arrive either from a wholesaler here or further afield like the UK and China so are limited to what's available in some cases. It's not ideal but once you get the same sized system you paid a deposit for that's what counts at the end of the day for me. Others would have a different view though.