The North panels will generate most very early on and late on in the day away from the peak generation time though. On a tariff like Flux they would be perfect for 4-7pm export.
Solar panels and battery - any real world recommendations?
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Yes but you highlighted the risk, you're still dependent on the tariff. E.g flux is not available at the moment. I'm sure it'll come back, but it was already nerfed a lot compared to when it started.
It says 25 x TS4-A-O.
each optimiser is £30 at cost price so £500 for no optimisers...they're pulling a fast one lol
i'm not quite sure how they work tbh
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If you can avoid optimisers I would, they seem to fail more often than the other components of the system and are a hassle to replace.
What does it do that the AI nonsense on some systems can't (I turned it off on our Sigenergy as it burns through battery cycles more quickly)? HA is on my to do list for home improvements
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Yeah for sure
When I was looking at solar initially I thought about optimisers as I do get a partial shade move across my roof
At that time info was limited but iirc it was about a 5% failure rate at 10 years, but increasing as the years go by of course.
I basically decided it wasn't worth it.
The way panels are going (cost and output) and the costs of labour its almost worth considering a new panel setup if you have any kind of failure around 10 years.
If your access is super easy however it may change the decision.
Exciting times. I am getting addicted at looking at the Solis App. Does anyone else do the same?Battery and scaffolding all sorted.
Install starts tomorrow
So counter them, and say take off optimisers and get it down to £10k and under and you are a done deal.
Hi everyone, thinking of getting solar and battery in the not too distant future, I've almost got the Miss onboard with it 
, so I'm going to start looking at maybe getting some quotes, I'm using approx 4300kwh per year and the picture shows my roof orientation, arrow pointing south.
I'm Wakefield way, so if anyone has any suggestions on installers, what I should be looking for, or even the better brand, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
, so I'm going to start looking at maybe getting some quotes, I'm using approx 4300kwh per year and the picture shows my roof orientation, arrow pointing south.
I'm Wakefield way, so if anyone has any suggestions on installers, what I should be looking for, or even the better brand, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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Glad you liked them.
Just about everyone that posts in the solar production thread, me included, and I've had mine installed for years.
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Christ. Years . Wish I got this ages ago but assume the solar panels was not as efficient and battery size was lot smaller ten years ago?
Hi everyone, thinking of getting solar and battery in the not too distant future, I've almost got the Miss onboard with it
I'm Wakefield way, so if anyone has any suggestions on installers, what I should be looking for, or even the better brand, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
See below, as for advice, fill the roof's with panels, make sure the inverter is sized appropriately for expected panel generation, and post any quotes on here for us to review.
Try Oval Renewables in York, I've seen quite a few of their YouTube videos and they always seem good, obviously no idea what they're like on price though.
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Also this one is not too far away.
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I got my first system in late 2015, no battery, that was added in early 2023 along with more panels, and then more panels in late 2024. Panels have improved quite a bit in efficiency but they are also bigger now as well.
Others have had systems since 2012, and I'm aware of one person on another forum who I think had their panels installed around 2005, and they are still performing well.
Those that installed systems in 2012 get paid around 73p for every kWh they generate, whether they use it or not, mines now 19p for every kWh on the 2015 system, this is via the old FITS system.
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