| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... 10:08 - Sep 13 with 4246 views | itfcjoe |
...just in time for the summer to end and the price cap to be reinstated....!
But they are an incredible bit of kit, no one is at home today but the sun we've had this morning has basically already fully charged my 8kw battery to use later in day when we are back
And anything used that isn't covered by sun will be replaced by cheap rate electrcitiy during the night for us to then use this morning
Sending lots back to the grid as well now so doing my bit for the planet as well |  |
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| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 10:22 - Sep 13 with 3443 views | bluelagos |
Just applied for the quote - via a Suffolk council thing (They bulk buy and get competitive quotes)
How much did the whole thing cost Joe? Thinking it will be worth using some form of electric heating rather than gas? |  |
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| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 10:25 - Sep 13 with 3407 views | lowhouseblue |
have you got the app which tells you what you're generating and what % of capacity it is. a bit addictive. |  |
| And so as the loose-bowelled pigeon of time swoops low over the unsuspecting tourist of destiny, and the flatulent skunk of fate wanders into the air-conditioning system of eternity, I notice it's the end of the show |
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| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 10:31 - Sep 13 with 3357 views | itfcjoe |
| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 10:25 - Sep 13 by lowhouseblue |
have you got the app which tells you what you're generating and what % of capacity it is. a bit addictive. |
I have, I'm hoping that I look at it less over coming days than I have in the first 24 hours of it being installed!
There seems to be an Octopus tariff that I can sell back to the grid now as well so looking into that as they are my supplier | |
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| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 10:33 - Sep 13 with 3331 views | giant_stow |
excuse my ignorance, but if there's a power cut in your area, does your battery mean you'll be unaffected (and for how long?) |  |
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| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 10:37 - Sep 13 with 3304 views | BarcaBlue |
| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 10:22 - Sep 13 by bluelagos |
Just applied for the quote - via a Suffolk council thing (They bulk buy and get competitive quotes)
How much did the whole thing cost Joe? Thinking it will be worth using some form of electric heating rather than gas? |
I'm having solar panels installed next month in a house in the Pyrenees. I won't have battery storage but will use "smart" radiators to store energy during the day. 10 445W panels, all the bits and bobs and installation for around €8000. Don't know how that compares the UK though.
Joe, are you able to monitor energy production?
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I see you have an app for that [Post edited 13 Sep 2022 10:39]
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| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 10:44 - Sep 13 with 3252 views | nodge_blue |
Im very jealous. Ive spoken to companies that have so much demand that that just aren't interested in coming out.
But Ive also got a listed building and Im not sure the council will approve....though they did say I could have them in the garden! |  |
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| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 10:45 - Sep 13 with 3239 views | giant_stow |
| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 10:37 - Sep 13 by BarcaBlue |
I'm having solar panels installed next month in a house in the Pyrenees. I won't have battery storage but will use "smart" radiators to store energy during the day. 10 445W panels, all the bits and bobs and installation for around €8000. Don't know how that compares the UK though.
Joe, are you able to monitor energy production?
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I see you have an app for that [Post edited 13 Sep 2022 10:39]
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You're not near Ceret / Amelies les Bain are you?
Mrs Ullaa's dad lived up there, so know and love that area. | |
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| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 10:49 - Sep 13 with 3194 views | PrideOfTheEast |
| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 10:44 - Sep 13 by nodge_blue |
Im very jealous. Ive spoken to companies that have so much demand that that just aren't interested in coming out.
But Ive also got a listed building and Im not sure the council will approve....though they did say I could have them in the garden! |
Yes we have a similar issue. Our house is in a conservation area and they seem incredibly reluctant to adjust to allow for this sort of thing. We're not asking for anything out of the ordinary but I suspect it'll stop us bothering for now. Their approach to conservation seems to ignore preservation. I've recently bought this house and it hasn't been touched in about 20 years seemingly so is in quite a state of disrepair - fine we'll sort it, but having to wait 8 weeks to get approval to replace a falling down fence is somewhat frustrating. |  | | |
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| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 10:53 - Sep 13 with 3149 views | clive_baker |
| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 10:49 - Sep 13 by PrideOfTheEast |
Yes we have a similar issue. Our house is in a conservation area and they seem incredibly reluctant to adjust to allow for this sort of thing. We're not asking for anything out of the ordinary but I suspect it'll stop us bothering for now. Their approach to conservation seems to ignore preservation. I've recently bought this house and it hasn't been touched in about 20 years seemingly so is in quite a state of disrepair - fine we'll sort it, but having to wait 8 weeks to get approval to replace a falling down fence is somewhat frustrating. |
I understand the role the listed building office play and I'm all for it, but to be a blocker to people adopting more sustainable energy sources is a joke. I too live in a listed building within a conservation area and the hoops you're made to jump through sometimes (and cost associated with that) it's no surprise some people opt not to bother. A bit more pragmatism would be nice. |  |
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| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 10:57 - Sep 13 with 3106 views | PrideOfTheEast |
| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 10:53 - Sep 13 by clive_baker |
I understand the role the listed building office play and I'm all for it, but to be a blocker to people adopting more sustainable energy sources is a joke. I too live in a listed building within a conservation area and the hoops you're made to jump through sometimes (and cost associated with that) it's no surprise some people opt not to bother. A bit more pragmatism would be nice. |
Have to say I'm finding it very frustrating. Massively slowing us down and we're doing everything in-keeping with the guidance and what the original Victorian house would have looked like. At vast expense obviously. | | | |
| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 11:00 - Sep 13 with 3081 views | itfcjoe |
| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 10:53 - Sep 13 by clive_baker |
I understand the role the listed building office play and I'm all for it, but to be a blocker to people adopting more sustainable energy sources is a joke. I too live in a listed building within a conservation area and the hoops you're made to jump through sometimes (and cost associated with that) it's no surprise some people opt not to bother. A bit more pragmatism would be nice. |
We are currently rebuilding part of a pub in Clacton that was hit by a drink driver, there is a beam in there from the original building in about 1500, but the beam was discovered to be split and not part of damage caused.
The beam has about the same structural integrity as a piece of wet paper currently and crumbles if you touch it, it has been hidden with cladding, and will continue to be so when the reinstatement works are done. Because of the listed building input, it's taken weeks and weeks to get this approved (pub was hit in April and we started yesterday) and we have had to appoint a specialist timber company to repair this piece of timber with rods and resin.......the cost just a mere £27,000 for that one piece of work. To repair a beam that has been broken for 20 years probably, that has been covered up for 100 and will be covered up for the next 100! | |
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| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 11:00 - Sep 13 with 3066 views | itfcjoe |
| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 10:33 - Sep 13 by giant_stow |
excuse my ignorance, but if there's a power cut in your area, does your battery mean you'll be unaffected (and for how long?) |
No idea on that, it's all interlinked so would assume it all goes down | |
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| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 11:00 - Sep 13 with 3056 views | nodge_blue |
| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 10:49 - Sep 13 by PrideOfTheEast |
Yes we have a similar issue. Our house is in a conservation area and they seem incredibly reluctant to adjust to allow for this sort of thing. We're not asking for anything out of the ordinary but I suspect it'll stop us bothering for now. Their approach to conservation seems to ignore preservation. I've recently bought this house and it hasn't been touched in about 20 years seemingly so is in quite a state of disrepair - fine we'll sort it, but having to wait 8 weeks to get approval to replace a falling down fence is somewhat frustrating. |
I back onto conservation land too - the river wensum is behind us.
We are part of south Norfolk council. I rang them and they seemed to say that they would be amenable to solar panels in the garden, subject to a formal process, as long as they weren't visible from the road or too obtrusive then it may well get approved.
If you're keen, getting them on board may not be that bad. I think most councils know they have to bend a bit these days. They even let me put in (modified to look old) double glazing. | |
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| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 11:01 - Sep 13 with 3046 views | itfcjoe |
| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 10:37 - Sep 13 by BarcaBlue |
I'm having solar panels installed next month in a house in the Pyrenees. I won't have battery storage but will use "smart" radiators to store energy during the day. 10 445W panels, all the bits and bobs and installation for around €8000. Don't know how that compares the UK though.
Joe, are you able to monitor energy production?
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I see you have an app for that [Post edited 13 Sep 2022 10:39]
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I have an app and a PC dashboard to to cover it all - very interesting to watch!
I've got 15 panels and 8kw batteries and price is about 30% more than your quote so sounds relatively similar - no VAT on it here which helps | |
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| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 11:04 - Sep 13 with 2988 views | homer_123 |
| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 11:00 - Sep 13 by itfcjoe |
We are currently rebuilding part of a pub in Clacton that was hit by a drink driver, there is a beam in there from the original building in about 1500, but the beam was discovered to be split and not part of damage caused.
The beam has about the same structural integrity as a piece of wet paper currently and crumbles if you touch it, it has been hidden with cladding, and will continue to be so when the reinstatement works are done. Because of the listed building input, it's taken weeks and weeks to get this approved (pub was hit in April and we started yesterday) and we have had to appoint a specialist timber company to repair this piece of timber with rods and resin.......the cost just a mere £27,000 for that one piece of work. To repair a beam that has been broken for 20 years probably, that has been covered up for 100 and will be covered up for the next 100! |
Ahh, The Ship in Great Clacton right? |  |
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| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 11:10 - Sep 13 with 2949 views | itfcjoe |
| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 11:04 - Sep 13 by homer_123 |
Ahh, The Ship in Great Clacton right? |
Yep, that's the one - the young girl was lucky there was a lamppost in the way when she hit it - not that you'd think there was with the amount of damage done | |
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| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 11:11 - Sep 13 with 2932 views | BarcaBlue |
| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 11:01 - Sep 13 by itfcjoe |
I have an app and a PC dashboard to to cover it all - very interesting to watch!
I've got 15 panels and 8kw batteries and price is about 30% more than your quote so sounds relatively similar - no VAT on it here which helps |
21% VAT on solar panels here but bizarrely it was prohibited to put panels on private homes under the last government so you don't see many on houses but there are huge solar farms. | | | |
| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 11:29 - Sep 13 with 2821 views | lowhouseblue |
| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 11:00 - Sep 13 by itfcjoe |
We are currently rebuilding part of a pub in Clacton that was hit by a drink driver, there is a beam in there from the original building in about 1500, but the beam was discovered to be split and not part of damage caused.
The beam has about the same structural integrity as a piece of wet paper currently and crumbles if you touch it, it has been hidden with cladding, and will continue to be so when the reinstatement works are done. Because of the listed building input, it's taken weeks and weeks to get this approved (pub was hit in April and we started yesterday) and we have had to appoint a specialist timber company to repair this piece of timber with rods and resin.......the cost just a mere £27,000 for that one piece of work. To repair a beam that has been broken for 20 years probably, that has been covered up for 100 and will be covered up for the next 100! |
i was involved in refurbishing a building that had a beautiful black and white marble floor. part of the work was to remove victorian additions which covered part of the original floor - and when we removed those additions we discovered the victorians had nicked the (then) hidden marble from the original floor. so we reinstated the missing bits - a really skilled job - and put the floor back in it's original 17th C state. the conservation officer then made us score completely unnecessary cuts into then perfect floor to show where the victorian addition had been. it was vandalism. we had photographic records, plans from each stage of the buildings life - it was perfectly possible to trace it's evolution - but the conservation officer insisted on scarring the refurbished floor. bonkers. | |
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| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 12:39 - Sep 13 with 2611 views | suffolkpoker |
| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 11:01 - Sep 13 by itfcjoe |
I have an app and a PC dashboard to to cover it all - very interesting to watch!
I've got 15 panels and 8kw batteries and price is about 30% more than your quote so sounds relatively similar - no VAT on it here which helps |
thanks thats interesting information. how much do you think your first bill will be?
With that set up what kind of saving are you expecting? |  |
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| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 12:59 - Sep 13 with 2517 views | Bent_double |
| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 11:00 - Sep 13 by nodge_blue |
I back onto conservation land too - the river wensum is behind us.
We are part of south Norfolk council. I rang them and they seemed to say that they would be amenable to solar panels in the garden, subject to a formal process, as long as they weren't visible from the road or too obtrusive then it may well get approved.
If you're keen, getting them on board may not be that bad. I think most councils know they have to bend a bit these days. They even let me put in (modified to look old) double glazing. |
My property is in a conservation area too, I haven't heard back from the council regarding the general, "can I put these on my roof?" email I sent a few months ago.
But, at least one solar company I spoke to suggested that if the council get funny about you doing it, start mouthing off about environment issues and their requirement to back renewable energy projects!
I might just go ahead anyway without any permission, see what happens. |  |
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| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 13:01 - Sep 13 with 2505 views | Swansea_Blue |
I'm using SolarEdge to monitor ours. It is a bit addictive. I'm coming up to having 4 years of data, so it's interesting to see the seasonal and yearly variations.
I need to look into getting a battery. It make sense. The Mrs wants our next runaround to be electric, so having a battery for that will be a no-brainer. 'Free' fuel for the car (or at least free if you ignore the exorbitant cost of panels and batteries!). |  |
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| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 13:19 - Sep 13 with 2424 views | itfcjoe |
| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 12:39 - Sep 13 by suffolkpoker |
thanks thats interesting information. how much do you think your first bill will be?
With that set up what kind of saving are you expecting? |
It's hard to know, but at worst it should be something like half electricity from solar, and the other half from night rate which is ~55% of the cost of day rate
Would mean that usage charge should be <30% of what it previously was whilst standing will be similar. Hoping to sort an Octopus tariff our where can sell units back to grid as well which would help on their 'Agile' tariff | |
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| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 13:22 - Sep 13 with 2408 views | itfcjoe |
| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 13:01 - Sep 13 by Swansea_Blue |
I'm using SolarEdge to monitor ours. It is a bit addictive. I'm coming up to having 4 years of data, so it's interesting to see the seasonal and yearly variations.
I need to look into getting a battery. It make sense. The Mrs wants our next runaround to be electric, so having a battery for that will be a no-brainer. 'Free' fuel for the car (or at least free if you ignore the exorbitant cost of panels and batteries!). |
If you have an electric car you can actually use the battery in that to power the house as well as an installed battery - a mate of mine lives next door to a supermarket with multiple fast charging points so 'fills' his car up every day and deposits the energy via his battery back into his house - it's a modern way of nicking electricity....! | |
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| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 13:59 - Sep 13 with 2263 views | fabian_illness |
| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 13:22 - Sep 13 by itfcjoe |
If you have an electric car you can actually use the battery in that to power the house as well as an installed battery - a mate of mine lives next door to a supermarket with multiple fast charging points so 'fills' his car up every day and deposits the energy via his battery back into his house - it's a modern way of nicking electricity....! |
I was told by someone the other day that a rather well known online shopping company charge all their electric vehicles overnight on cheap electric and when they get back from deliveries the remaining charge is back fed down the grid at a higher rate. |  | | |
| Got my solar panels and battery storage installed yesterday.... on 12:39 - Sep 22 with 1823 views | itfcjoe |
Just an update on this for anyone interested in these things.....
Since having these installed we've basically used 100kw of electricity, of which just under 5kw has come from the grid, everything else via the sun (and via the sun charging the batteries to store it)
On top of that have sent 64kw back to the grid as well so doing my bit for the planet in that regard
Amazing how they work like this, and if anyone has the capital spare and planning on being in current house a few years then I couldn't recommend them enough.......the Govt should be trying to get them on every council house etc, but they of course won't | |
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