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3.6kW 48V Complete Off-grid Kit: 12 x 300W solar panels, 5000W hybrid inverter, 24kwh battery £6699.99 at Photonics Universe / ebay
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sorted byThe 1 year warranty on it all makes this a massive gamble in my eyes & I can't see why anyone go for this deal?
Solar is a great investment but I think going about it this way isn't wise.
1, buy 4-6 panels and fit yourself to a shed/garage and buy an inverter. Ideal self install with youtube videos if you have power already into the garage etc.
2, buy the equipment and pay a roofer to install panels and pay an electrician to install the rest. You won’t get MCS certificate that way so you can’t sell excess electricity back BUT the install saving outweighs that.
Note self installation is legal. Helpful DIY solar groups on facebook etc.
in the 3 years my 'super effecient panels' in effect has paid for just the lighting in the house.
The TV, shower, cooker, computers, laptops etc is all still being paid to EON
My opinion is that Solar panels are really the most worthless investment ever.
Last year my Panels produced 5673kwh..........a little more than keeping the lights on.
My opinion is that solar panels are really the most worthy investment ever.
Complete waste of money and time, like i said earlier if energy to light my house and thats it, as for heating, washing, cooking etc i still relie on the grid.
Dont get me wrong in the years and years to come maybe it may all come good.
Solar would be ideal in Africa and Asia with an abundence of sunlight. But the west will never allow countires like India, Iran, North Africa to dominate world influence purely on power generation.
But as for now its a shambles that people are all jumping onto - renewables cannot power the UK fully.
Better insulate your house and forget the solar........................for now!
These look like old panels - not a great deal and don’t forget you need to be certified to take advantage of the feed back tarrifs on offer
Those panels are really really old. 300w panels have been a main stream thing for like 5/6yrs. Most common panels are 420w nowadays. Also those batteries are lead acid chemistry means you will have quite high degradation if you go over 50% utilisation and discharge. And being lead acid the charging current will be low - otherwise risking damaging the batteries.
In all fairness, wouldn’t touch this system with a barge pole unless you think you can get all your returns back within 5yrs (edited)
12 panels.
anyone got a website that can accurately give proper figures?
we live in the borders and it rains a lot not like the south
We have a solar divertor that sends any excess to the immersion in our HW tank, remaining excess sold to Octopus.
12 x 400w panels, 3.6kw inverter, £5.5k install last sept, £5k interest free loan over 5 years from Scottish government.
a work colleague said his neighbour had a install on his garage and it will take 17 years to pay for itself I would like to see his figures
sadly we get some of the lowest amount of sunshine in the UK
We're home mostly through the day, this makes a big difference in payback.
Absolutely if you use enough electric to justify it. I wouldn't be buying these ones though!
"they don't work in the UK"
I am currently sat in the middle of Storm Mathis down here in Cornwall, its pouring with rain and:
Yes, that's 1.5kw of solar being generated during rain.
I would suggest doing your own research though rather than listening to some of the absolutely nonsense and incorrect comments on here such as exporting electric is impossible.
I have solar panels too. And if I'm being honest 8 months of the year they produce next to bugger all. Especially December. In fact I just checked in December they produced a grand total of 23kwh so less than 1kwh per day. And in June they produced over 10 times that amount.
Anyone thinking solar means that you can live off grid or not pay for leccy every again is having a giraffe unless you are putting a massive 100kw array on your farmland and have £20k worth of batteries for winter.
I cannot see anyone posting links to anything even near equivalent for someone looking for an off-grid solution.
I am pretty sure you can buy cheaper if you buy direct from China on aliexpress without warranty. But that applies to any and everything!
Spend another 1k or so and at least get more modern batteries and panels, maybe something like this:
energian.co.uk/pro…398