Solar panels and battery - any real world reccomendations?
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East/west works well, and spreads the solar out more throughout the day, won't make quite as much as perfect south, but still worth while.
I'm back on the solar hunt after the first aborted attempt about a year ago and I've noticed prices have come right down since. Similar systems I am being quoted for are £5000 lower than a year ago.
In fact I'm able to get a 23 panel system based around the 13kwh Giv Energy all in one for a few £k less than than I was being quoted for the same based around 9/10kwh battery on hybrid inverter back then.
In fact I'm able to get a 23 panel system based around the 13kwh Giv Energy all in one for a few £k less than than I was being quoted for the same based around 9/10kwh battery on hybrid inverter back then.
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Pretty sure @alphaomega16 has one of those, and is having a lot of problems with it.
I've just had a look, and yeh it looks kaput.
The best quote I have is based around the Solax kit that @Mercenary Keyboard Warrior is also having issues with
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Glad I went home brew.
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Yeah, likewise, the pylontech coupled with Solis has been brilliant so far. So glad I didn’t go Givenergy, I was close, their marketing and ideas are really good, just a little infancy.
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Well I had batteries 10 and 11 today so fingers crossed we are fixed.
I don't hold out much hope, but within a couple of days we will see.
I don't hold out much hope, but within a couple of days we will see.
Soldato
Spent two days at the Solar & Storage show last week at the NEC, that was very good and got to engage with some industry leaders directly, from Solar Edge, Enphase, Sonnen, Solis, GivEnergy, Keno, Plyon, Fronius, GSE and many, many more. Future is looking very positive, and some of the feedback from disti's/wholesalers etc was also sounding like things are going int the right direction.
One interesting thing that came out of it is how unhappy people are with Octopus from ditching MCS, and there are several major players that think they will reverse their decision pretty soon, I for one hope they are wrong.
I’ve pretty much discounted the Solis/Pylon combo because from what I understand, it can’t be easily controlled which makes charging an EV via Octopus Intelligent which can be at random times of the day and not rinsing the batteries challenging.
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The GE kit I have seems good, but it's not the AIO so could differ, had the hybrid inverter for a year and it's not skipped a beat yet.
AIO may have it's own issues though, and perhaps I'd be less positive if I had one (and had issues as a result).
It's possible installer also messed up?!
AIO may have it's own issues though, and perhaps I'd be less positive if I had one (and had issues as a result).
It's possible installer also messed up?!
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That's a shame, lot of money generated due to MCS, and money talks.
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Mines outside and no issues due to the above.
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I’ll post a pic later but as I can see generation for each panel it’s interesting to see what panels produce the most.
Yep, had a GivEnergy AC Inverter and 8.2KWh battery for over a year and no issues. They seem to offer about the best level of control of battery via the app compared to others, plus an open API if you want to get really technical (which I did).
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West:
East (plus Single South):
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If I was starting again now I think i'd go for a complete SolarEdge eco system install. That's the advice from my solar guy.
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Nice set up smithy, no wonder your higher up the pv tables now…..West:
East (plus Single South):
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If I was starting again now I think i'd go for a complete SolarEdge eco system install. That's the advice from my solar guy.