Domestic Solar PV Quotes 2020

My kids wanted to move back to Dublin a few years ago. Said its always raining down here. ☔🌈 Is all we see. But I suppose God has to test out His rainbows somewhere. Might as well be here.

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.

Thanks for your info.

It's a new build, A2 BER so the insulation/air tightness is insane. Thanks for feedback. When I get some quotes I will share for feedback. I am expecting something in the 10K + bracket.

Glad to share. Unless you're very much edge case, it would be super unusual to be spending more than €10K+ on solar .... that would give you a LOT of power.

Now that said, you may very well need it, and with the uptick in EV's our electricity usage is going to explode over the next few years and also , as others have said, no one every complained "I have too many panels" :-) but I wouldn't like to see you super massively over provision what you need either. I'd highly encourage you to do the math.

You've already got a good installer there from Maulbrook and I can send you another if needed (PM me) but they'll be about the same price.

Looking at something similar in size and price any recommendations pms for suppliers in Kerry/ Cork ?

Thanks. I actually contacted them today. They quoted for Dyness as they were out of stock of Pylontech. They said they will be getting more is so requoted with Pylontech (same price)which im happier with as it seems to be a well known brand without any issues that I have seen.

You will need a hybrid inverter for a battery.

Like I have always said go as big as you can.

Your supplier should help you out with the inverter and everything else TBF.

I can put more on the east. Grant is available per kW of panels(300) if I also have a battery (600)

I'm just not so sure if paying double the price for a hybrid inverter is worth it. The 600 would be swallowed up

Hi all. Newbie to all this really. Is there an optimum output from the PV panels, inverter and battery you should aim for regarding cost effectiveness, grants and overall electricity use? I have a South facing 40 degree roof. Thanks.

Well a 40 deg roof is a fantastic help, particularly for the winter months with short days and a low sun.

You obviously want to try and cover the base load during cloudy days.

Aim to be spending €1k per 1kWp of panels. If you only plan for about a 3kWp battery less system, consider SaaS.

IMO, you'd really need a minimum of about a 4kWp system to consider for EV charging.

Remember that a 5kW battery will save you about 4 units of electricity for about 200 days per year - so maybe only save €100 per year, and might only have a lifespan of 10 years

For a guy that wants to forget about SAAS,you need to let it go.

Fair play, we've all done it, be careful with that plant though.😀

You will never regret having too many but you will regret having too few.

Thats too expensive, it can be bettered. IMO

Get the 5G/6kw Solis inverter, it will give you extra capacity if you need to expand in the future. Feck all difference in the price on the inverters, so go bigger.

The correct answer may depend on what immersion heater(s) you either have or plan to have.

My eddi is installed next to the fuse board, but I only have a single feed from the fuse board to the hot press so can only support a single heater element despite it being a top entry dual sink/bath element. I have seen comments that using the eddi to switch between a top entry sink/bath immersion has little benefit as they both work off a single thermostat so no benefit in having the eddi in the hot press.

If on the other hand you have two immersion elements, ie top side/top entry and bottom side entry, then having the eddi control both probably worth it if you have a large enough hot water tank. What wiring you have, or plan to have, may influence your decision on where to located the eddi.