Cheap alternative energy?

Glaucus · 14 Jul 2011 at 18:38

Tefal said:
out of curiosity acid do you have a solar system on your house?

Does it work well?

No, I don't own a house. If I owned a house with the correct roof and could afford it. I would. The FIT makes it very attractive, plus I'm into these types of things. Energy prices are only going one way.

PiKe · 14 Jul 2011 at 18:51

AcidHell2 said:
Trouble is I can see people wanting rid of them in 5-10years. They are only 3.33kwp, you can use hardly any power as with such schemes you only use what is being produced. The company gets everything else. Which means you can use power when you're at work. So your saving is going to be absolutely tiny, and with prices prodicted to plummet and efficiency of panels to double. It's probably not such a good longterm investment. That's how I see it.

You would set appliances like washing machines to be run during daylight hours.

MeEsH BaKkA · 14 Jul 2011 at 18:57

AcidHell2 said:
Where did you get 4.3kw from. If it's from a solar panel, that's say 4.5kw peak output. Which will generate around 5000kwh over a year, the average electrical usage is also around 5000kwh.

From the second or third post down from op, as I said earlier I was being pedantic as the person ment Kwh.

Glaucus · 14 Jul 2011 at 19:01

PiKe said:
You would set appliances like washing machines to be run during daylight hours.

It's still hardly anything and that's if it's even producing anywhere near enough to run them. Solar panels produce electric over a long time period, during daylight hours. Most of which, most people will be at work and you'll use most of the power when you are at home.