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Caesium

Member Since: 21 Sep 2021
Location: Essex
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Solar PV

Having taken the plunge and ordered my next car (an EV) I am considering the Solar PV option.

We use a lot of electricity here, to the point where this is my renewal cost

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has anyone else made the step to solar energy and seen a decent reduction in their bills? It concerns me that the payback is looking at about 20 years at the moment, hardly worth while. Christian.

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17th Aug 2022 3:43pm

AJGalaxy2012

Member Since: 11 Jun 2018
Location: Gainsborough
Posts: 1464

2012 Range Rover Vogue SE 4.4 V8 Bonatti Grey

End of April this year my Solar PV & Battery was installed. I was on Octopus GO for EV etc and my monthly outgoing was £178. Octopus wanted to increase it to £565 but looking at my previous years use and using the new tariff prices £465 was the right amount.

I couldn't stomach this rise so researched solar, I got loads of duff information and recommendations I then received a call from the people who eventually supplied my system. The people on the phone for a change were not sales people, they were technical and that made a huge difference.

The net result is our payment are less than £70 per month, this will go up as winter approaches but by modelling theSolar generation and our use, our bills shouldnt hit much more than £80 per month. Our payback time is circa 3 years or so. If electricity prices go up in October and January that will be even shorter.

I can put you in touch with the company and the design consultant I used if wish. The system is fully guaranteed and is exceeding all predicted performance. BMW i3 Electric Car
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17th Aug 2022 7:22pm

AJGalaxy2012

Member Since: 11 Jun 2018
Location: Gainsborough
Posts: 1464

21 / 22 Usage, end of April Solar PV switched on. BMW i3 Electric Car
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17th Aug 2022 7:24pm

dingg1

Member Since: 29 Jun 2013
Location: PORTUGAL
Posts: 1340

2007 Range Rover Vogue SE 4.2 SC V8 Stornoway Grey

13 panel system tied into a 3.6kwh inverter, no batteries, lucky enough to obtain a grant for 60% of the cost, run a swimming pool pump (750w 8hrs a day) and ashp when required last months bill 34e.

17th Aug 2022 7:39pm

Bill

Member Since: 18 Nov 2017
Location: Essex / Normandy
Posts: 1230

AJGalaxy2012 wrote:
End of April this year my Solar PV & Battery was installed. I was on Octopus GO for EV etc and my monthly outgoing was £178. Octopus wanted to increase it to £565 but looking at my previous years use and using the new tariff prices £465 was the right amount.

I couldn't stomach this rise so researched solar, I got loads of duff information and recommendations I then received a call from the people who eventually supplied my system. The people on the phone for a change were not sales people, they were technical and that made a huge difference.

The net result is our payment are less than £70 per month, this will go up as winter approaches but by modelling theSolar generation and our use, our bills shouldnt hit much more than £80 per month. Our payback time is circa 3 years or so. If electricity prices go up in October and January that will be even shorter.

I can put you in touch with the company and the design consultant I used if wish. The system is fully guaranteed and is exceeding all predicted performance.

I’m gobsmacked octopus go wanted to lump it up so much, I thought they were supposed to be cheap for EV charging…ie 0.075p per unit.

Aprecuate a pm with consultants contacts

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17th Aug 2022 11:32pm

AJGalaxy2012

Member Since: 11 Jun 2018
Location: Gainsborough
Posts: 1464

Octopus are cheap and you’re correct £0.075 off peak. The price hike at the end of tariff went from £0.05 / £0.132 to £0.075 / £0.292 along with 4p on the standing charge. Gas went from £0.023 to £0.113 per kWh too. We’ve moved water heating over to electric and we will be making greater use of heatpumps this winter.
Since we’ve had solar you can see our peak rate use is almost zero, that’s made a huge impact on energy spend.

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18th Aug 2022 2:34am

S60R

Member Since: 23 Mar 2022
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 50

Can you give details of who you used please?

I would like to look at this…

Thanks

18th Aug 2022 5:59am

AJGalaxy2012

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18th Aug 2022 6:06am

DrRob

Member Since: 16 Apr 2015
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AJGalaxy2012 wrote:
I can put you in touch with the company and the design consultant I used if wish. The system is fully guaranteed and is exceeding all predicted performance.

Please can you put me in touch with them.
Currently chatting to JoJu about a system and need to compare etc
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18th Aug 2022 6:14am

Navydoc

Member Since: 01 Jun 2014
Location: Perth
Posts: 79

2015 Range Rover Vogue SE SDV8 Loire Blue

Hi can I have company details too please 🙏
Thanks
Jamie

18th Aug 2022 6:42am

RSW

Member Since: 13 Oct 2015
Location: Devon
Posts: 44

Solar works but you need to be aware of the differance between being North and South of the country makes to the equation for payback
https://solargis.com/maps-and-gis-data/download/united-kingdom
It's pretty shocking how quickly it drops the further North you go

18th Aug 2022 7:12am

AJGalaxy2012

Member Since: 11 Jun 2018
Location: Gainsborough
Posts: 1464

Totally agree from the SolarPV perspective but put a battery into the equation, charge it up off peak / agile and again, youre on a winner. I'm just starting on nailing together another battery, with it's own inverter and BMS etc, dead easy build, loads on youtube.
Total cost of all parts including 'A' grade EVE LifeP04 cells, Seplos BMS and Victron Inverter just under £4000. Saving on todays prices of electricity £1130 per year, When the October price rise comes in, £2250, less than 2 years break even. BMW i3 Electric Car
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18th Aug 2022 12:20pm

pgerman

Member Since: 25 Apr 2017
Location: Milton Keynes
Posts: 8

2011 Range Rover Vogue SE 4.4 V8 Zermatt Silver

@AJGalaxy2012 - could i have the details of who you used also please?

Thanks
Paul

19th Aug 2022 6:37am

Kot

Member Since: 10 Mar 2021
Location: broadland
Posts: 1195

Can you also PM me please with details 2018 SE SDV8 4.4 Byron Blue

19th Aug 2022 8:00am

LiftedDisco

Member Since: 13 Nov 2019
Location: Towcester
Posts: 31

I feel a theme going here…. Please could you PM me with relevant contact details etc?

Many thanks!

19th Aug 2022 7:21pm

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