any links to the parts you use?
Exactly what im hoping for just go some way to powering the stuff like router, switch, nas. House runs around 250w at idle.
Exactly what im hoping for just go some way to powering the stuff like router, switch, nas. House runs around 250w at idle.
Associate
Source a second hand panel local to you if you can, shipping panels is very expensive for single panels.
I'll trust you a link from Aliexpress, not sure if I can post it on here as they sell such a wide range of gear.
Don't Do!! 300W panel to 250W grid tie. Grid tie needs to be the same of more capacity than the solar panel.
I'll trust you a link from Aliexpress, not sure if I can post it on here as they sell such a wide range of gear.
Don't Do!! 300W panel to 250W grid tie. Grid tie needs to be the same of more capacity than the solar panel.
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you can as long as what you link isnt sold by ocuk, same rules as amazon.
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I'm seriously thinking about some sort of small solar setup, even to just charge a power bank. That way I can at least charge USB devices that slowly seem to be increasing in number.
Amazon and eBay appear full of solar 20,000,000,000 mAh power banks, which I don't need. I'd like to be able to have a solar panel on my shed charging power banks on rotation as I use and deplete them. Just plug in an empty power bank and remove when full and replace it with another power bank.
I do realise that I could be on a hiding to nothing, which is why I don't really want to spend too much money. But I'd like to try it.
Amazon and eBay appear full of solar 20,000,000,000 mAh power banks, which I don't need. I'd like to be able to have a solar panel on my shed charging power banks on rotation as I use and deplete them. Just plug in an empty power bank and remove when full and replace it with another power bank.
I do realise that I could be on a hiding to nothing, which is why I don't really want to spend too much money. But I'd like to try it.
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We were lucky and managed to get a 4kW solar array installed on the last day of the deadline for the FIT scheme pricing drops.
From memory, we get something nuts like 56p/kWH + export.... Just had a payment of over £1000 for the last 6 months and it's guaranteed to rise with inflation for 25 years
From memory, we get something nuts like 56p/kWH + export.... Just had a payment of over £1000 for the last 6 months and it's guaranteed to rise with inflation for 25 years
Soldato
Grid-tie micro inverters are great for getting rid of your day-to-day baseload for you house in the daylight hours, You can get a full setup of 350w+ solar panel and inverter for under £200. If you can soak up 200w of base load on average over 6 hours of every day, and you are paying 15ppkWh, then in a single year you've saved ~£65, and that is pretty good going, if you opt for a second hand panel from eBay ~250w for £30-50 then your total cost could be as low as £100.
So you need an inverter say 1000w then upto 1000w of panels, and thats it? Found this place that does kits. Why the choice of 12v, 24, 48v?
https://www.sunshinesolar.co.uk/Category/OffGridSolarKits
https://www.sunshinesolar.co.uk/Category/OffGridSolarKits
Soldato
They are off-grid kits, not supposed to be connected to your house, but for campers, boats, etc.
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Can only get 3 - 4p now FIT. *sad face*We were lucky and managed to get a 4kW solar array installed on the last day of the deadline for the FIT scheme pricing drops.
From memory, we get something nuts like 56p/kWH + export.... Just had a payment of over £1000 for the last 6 months and it's guaranteed to rise with inflation for 25 years
Soldato
Just can't catch a break 
Fire causes shutdown of one of two electricity link cables with France and it's the larger 2000 megawatt one
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-58570893
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...-deepens-as-fire-knocks-out-a-key-power-cable
Fire causes shutdown of one of two electricity link cables with France and it's the larger 2000 megawatt one
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-58570893
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...-deepens-as-fire-knocks-out-a-key-power-cable
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Tbf, I'd still get solar again even at that rate but I'd have to combine it with some kind of power backup i.e. Tesla Powerwall.
Having the ability to capture the solar and store it would offset almost any electricity bills, plus having the whole house running off renewable energy would be a selling point.
I see so the inverter is different needs to be able to sync up.
Something like this, https://vevor.co.uk/products/solar-...fnH_Tx48_vZ_PVbO4INCG-znRf-AcOi8aAh7NEALw_wcB
Soldato
Just can't catch a break
Fire causes shutdown of one of two electricity link cables with France and it's the larger 2000 megawatt one
This is why when people say solar/battery storage for home is an expense not an investment they are wrong!
Caporegime
Solar with Agile outgoing would be pretty good, they were paying £2/kwh yesterday.
Soldato
Batteries really weren't worth it a year ago. ££££s investment, for a relatively small return in many cases. If you have octupus agile tariff though, and a large enough battery, then it may be, because you can charge the battery on cheap electricity overnight, and use it during the day. Now with the price increases in electricity, and the reducing cost of the storage, it's becoming more realistic.
Could go one step further and go on the plunge priced tariff and control the charger with IFTTT to charge when its the cheapest.
Edit: Just realised Agile is the plunge tariff. Go i was thinking of. Good idea, but how much are batteries these days.
Soldato
Yep. There's tech coming that will allow an electric car to be used as a house battery too. Only problem for us would be that the car is often out as it's taken someone to work! But if you have two, and one is normally home, that's going to be handy. It's already being tested around the country I believe.
Don
I've got a 2.4KWh setup and looked into battery backup and it looked like would never pay for itself.
Caporegime
Home battery storage is still too expensive period.
Best option is vehicle to grid when that becomes a thing.
Best option is vehicle to grid when that becomes a thing.