Domestic Solar PV Quotes 2020

irishchris wrote: »

Excellent cheers. Do you know roughly what distance your were short at both top and bottom? Tried to find pictures of your setup Phil as remember seeing it earlier in posts but can't find it.

I think I was about 6cm short top and bottom, can't remember.

DrPhilG wrote: »

I've got 9 panels on one side and 11 on the other.

Thank you DrPhilG, i appreciate your help
Apologies for asking the same question, I just read page 48 or so of the forum and you had the same dilemma. Will read up first ðŸ‘

daughy wrote: »

Just read your post from a few months ago, I'm going for an Eddie and a zappi, but for the Eddie if anyone knows, I have that wifi switch but hadn't installed it yet, is the Eddie OK with being switched on and off and still keep its memory?

Why would you want to that ? What are you trying to do / avoid ? It's likely you can achieve what you want with settings

daughy wrote: »

Basically if I had a zappi and a car on charge I would switch the Eddie off through the WiFi, I would hate to think the hot water diverter is taking the energy from the zappi. Just an idea, if I just use a wifi switch with no diverter in place it would consume the 3kw until the tank is at the desired temp, being ireland the weather is very temperamental.

The whole point of the Eddi and Zappi being linked is that if the Zappi is set as the priority, it will always charge first.

The Eddi only kicks in if the car is full, not plugged in, or if the surplus is below 1.4kw which is the minimum that the Zappi needs to start a charge.

Mickeroo wrote: »

You can set it to prioritise one over the other without messing about with wifi switches, they're designed to work together.

Thank you Mickeroo, I appreciate that. Tnx guys

unkel wrote: »

Are you sure about the Eddie? If we get a feed in tariff in the next few years (which is highly likely), the Eddie will have lost you significant money

Bad investment...

Hi unkel, I have seen your posts regarding this subject, it's possible we might get the feed in tariff. I just can't wait for these guys to finally take the finger out and help insentivise others to go green etc and give us something back rather than increase prices while more and more people are stuck at home from covid. I had to switch energy providers yesterday and not a call back from the company I have been with for years to even try to make me stay. What a shower of ****

daughy wrote: »

Hi unkel, I have seen your posts regarding this subject, it's possible we might get the feed in tariff. I just can't wait for these guys to finally take the finger out

Even if we won't get a FIT, an immersion diverter is a poor investment that is doubtful it will ever pay for itself, unless you have a substantial solar PV array (>=4kwp) and / or your current way of heating water is very expensive (i.e. ancient inefficient boiler)

If we get a FIT, even in 5 years time, even paying just 5c / kWh, you will lose money on that €500 Eddie (incl installation cost). Up to you of course what you do with your hard earned, but just so as you know it will cost you money, not save you money.

If you could buy an immersion diverter for €100 second hand and fit it yourself, that's of course a different matter. I'd even consider doing that myself.

unkel wrote: »

Even if we won't get a FIT, an immersion diverter is a poor investment that is doubtful it will ever pay for itself, unless you have a substantial solar PV array (>=4kwp) and / or your current way of heating water is very expensive (i.e. ancient inefficient boiler)

If we get a FIT, even in 5 years time, even paying just 5c / kWh, you will lose money on that €500 Eddie (incl installation cost). Up to you of course what you do with your hard earned, but just so as you know it will cost you money, not save you money.

If you could buy an immersion diverter for €100 second hand and fit it yourself, that's of course a different matter. I'd even consider doing that myself.

That's true unkel, I'll keep an eye out for something. I just liked the one app myenergi for monitoring everything, i have heard myenergi might be coming out with they're own battery, not that I'm interested in batteries at the moment, just interesting to see what they bring to the table.
Plus they're ct Clamp energises the hub without needing to connect to the main breaker.

championc wrote: »

Not quite correct - a CT Clamp can power a Harvi - which is used to send CT data over radio 868mhz to the Zappi or Eddi (whichever is the Master device. The Hub is connected by Ethernet to your internet link, and the Hub is powered by a regular Plug type PSU.

Eddi's and Batteries only make sense if you have spare cash now which you have no immediate use for, for which you can then use to lower bills into the future - so to semi protect yourself from future increases in the cost of energy

Apologies guys, you right championc, the harvi is connected to the ct clamps.
Guys before I return this 5kw solis hybrid can anyone help with this question, I'm getting under grid voltage alot on this inverter, shutting the inverter down, I have the grid standard set at EN50438IE, honestly I really think this is the correct setting for ireland but I could be wrong.
It can be as low as 210 ac volts going to the inverter, max I have seen is 226 volts, nearly all the time it's 219 volts, just doesn't seem right

championc wrote: »

Have you not got a digital meter to check the voltage at the main board ? It could just be that supply in the area is bad, but that your other devices just do not complain.

If you do get 230 at the board, then turn off the inverter and check it at the point going into the inverter. Then does it change when the inverter is turned on ?

True, I will wait for low voltage and check the AC disconnect at the main board, then recheck it at the inverter ac disconnect. I recently checked the AC disconnect at the inverter with a multimeter and it read 217,just as the inverter had said. I should have checked the main board but wasn't thinking. It could possible be a bad ac disconnect that came with the inverter.
Thank you championc, sorry guys for posting here as I know it's really for solar quotes etc..

daughy wrote: »

That's true unkel, I'll keep an eye out for something. I just liked the one app myenergi for monitoring everything, i have heard myenergi might be coming out with they're own battery, not that I'm interested in batteries at the moment, just interesting to see what they bring to the table.
Plus they're ct Clamp energises the hub without needing to connect to the main breaker.

The solar iboost works well and very easy to install at about €250. No online monitoring though but you can read locally what it’s consumed in the last 24hr, 7 days, 28 days and total ever.

So we are allowed to name suppliers? Some clarification would be really nice!

irishchris wrote: »

well finally got my system up and installed today. excellent job by mysolar company and reasonably priced at 2,700 after grant. 2.88kw system sw facing and so far on overcast day 4.1 kw in 4 hours

Congratulations, you will be glued to the app for a while.
:D:)

MAULBROOK wrote: »

Congratulations, you will be glued to the app for a while.
:D:)

You are right about that! found myself refreshing it quicker than the auto refresh at times :-)