If it is AC connected then it is whatever the AC inverter in the battery is rated at, so for the PureDrive Energy AC 10kWh system it is 5000VA. However they do quite a few models so its not a great idea for me to guess which one you are referring to, do you have model number?
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If it is AC connected then it is whatever the AC inverter in the battery is rated at, so for the PureDrive Energy AC 10kWh system it is 5000VA. However they do quite a few models so its not a great idea for me to guess which one you are referring to, do you have model number?
So isn't that the same as I posted earlier (included below) - which you said was 'not the battery discharge rate for AC into the household' ? [Just trying to confirm my understanding of how it works is correct]
Yes, but my original comment (as linked above) that started this was the battery discharge capability which for some systems is lower than that of the inverter. E.g. 2400w (battery) vs 3600w (inverter), mentioned purely as some system designers and installers don't tell you this, or care from some of them I have seen, and you end up with half a lemon.
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Potential for this to get polarised. 
Hi it’s their Hybrid one which I think is DC although not sure why they call it ‘hybrid’.
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Just been talking to me parents about the panels they had installed.
They were installed as one of the free government installs, which I believe the FIT was then given to the installing company.
They needed some repairs to the roof and found out that the company that installed then has gone bust.
She's gonna have a dig about for the install paperwork's but Im wondering where the FIT is going now?
It's not shown on her Electric bills as to how much is being fed back to the grid.
I'm now wondering if its worth her getting another company in to install a battery or potentially looking to claim the FIT payments?
They were installed as one of the free government installs, which I believe the FIT was then given to the installing company.
They needed some repairs to the roof and found out that the company that installed then has gone bust.
She's gonna have a dig about for the install paperwork's but Im wondering where the FIT is going now?
It's not shown on her Electric bills as to how much is being fed back to the grid.
I'm now wondering if its worth her getting another company in to install a battery or potentially looking to claim the FIT payments?
Looks to be 5kW, based on that data sheet.
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By way of a minor update, got in touch with installer and they've provided me with a copy of the insurance certificate.
Appears to contain the info home insurance people wanted, so sent it on. Hopefully all good, fingers crossed
Appears to contain the info home insurance people wanted, so sent it on. Hopefully all good, fingers crossed
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Chances are if the company went through liquidation someone bought the rights to the FIT payments. The FIT payments would have been an asset to be valued and sold.
Actually the panels would have been an asset of that company as well. Could be worth trying to find out what you can from companies house, you may find a liquidator on paperwork who you can contact.
Its possible it was completely abandoned but I suspect like you the FIT payments would still be going somewhere, or likely the bank accounts would be closed and they are just building up as they cannot send them anywhere.
If it was super dodgy someone at the company will have walked off with the paperwork and just changed the bank account the payments go into!
I sold my house a couple years ago. The house had 'free' solar panels. After a bit of digging, the company had been sold to Aviva.
Aviva completes £100 million purchase of HomeSun’s solar portfolio
Insurer Aviva has completed the purchase of around 7,000 solar photovoltaic systems from London-based free solar supplier, HomeSun.
www.solarpowerportal.co.uk
If it's the same setup as we had, there was a 25 year agreement with them.
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Sounds good
Has anyone in the North east (Newcastle/Gateshead) had anything installed recently?
Has anyone in the North east (Newcastle/Gateshead) had anything installed recently?
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I sold my house a couple years ago. The house had 'free' solar panels. After a bit of digging, the company had been sold to Aviva.
Aviva completes £100 million purchase of HomeSun’s solar portfolio
Insurer Aviva has completed the purchase of around 7,000 solar photovoltaic systems from London-based free solar supplier, HomeSun.
If it's the same setup as we had, there was a 25 year agreement with them.
So if some other company has bought the contract or w/e then woudl they be responsible for the panels?
Might have to do some digging for her here
I don't really think batteries were a thing back then but wonder if there's any restrictions to adding one
I expect you could add one but it would need to be AC coupled and totally independent of the panels.
It wouldn’t impact the FIT if installed in that way as it’s deemed 50% export and it doesn’t really matter how much you actually export.
Forgive me if some of this has been answered already but trawling through 96 pages of text isn't my idea of fun.
Like others I am starting to consider solar - mostly because of the energy price increases but also a little because we are trying to be a bit greener in my household.
My house is L shaped with the point of the L pointing directly south - so I have two roofs effectively that can catch daylight all day. My combined gas and electric bill is £207 per month for a 4/5 bed house, me working from home, lots of electric toys, etc.
I guess I'm wondering, realistically if it's possible to get most, if not all of the electricity we need from a Solar array and roughly how much that might cost me. If it's £10-12k and it pays for all my electricity it could be feasible for me. If we can send some back to the grid and get a rebate even more so.
Any advice folks and any recommended installers in Hampshire?
Thanks!
Like others I am starting to consider solar - mostly because of the energy price increases but also a little because we are trying to be a bit greener in my household.
My house is L shaped with the point of the L pointing directly south - so I have two roofs effectively that can catch daylight all day. My combined gas and electric bill is £207 per month for a 4/5 bed house, me working from home, lots of electric toys, etc.
I guess I'm wondering, realistically if it's possible to get most, if not all of the electricity we need from a Solar array and roughly how much that might cost me. If it's £10-12k and it pays for all my electricity it could be feasible for me. If we can send some back to the grid and get a rebate even more so.
Any advice folks and any recommended installers in Hampshire?
Thanks!
Now is both a great time, and an awful time. With the price of electric expected to soar, it's a good time to invest. Solar starts recovering it's cost as soon as it's installed.
However demand is high, and installers seem to be charging at least 30% more than what the were before.
Batteries are far more expensive than they should be, and 'bird protection' seems to be a way to slap an arbitrary £900 onto the price.
However demand is high, and installers seem to be charging at least 30% more than what the were before.
Batteries are far more expensive than they should be, and 'bird protection' seems to be a way to slap an arbitrary £900 onto the price.
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Visions of bird protection mafia profiteering rings
£900 is steep but if it's sensibly priced it's worth having, either that or you risk having pigeons nesting under your panels.
This isn't even a theoretical outcome, I think at least 2 people have said they've had them under the panels.
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Someone did have a quote at that level. Which is weird because they already had the scaffold up etc as well, so not like it was going to take much.
Well, exactly. These installers are charging a pretty tidy sum for £20 worth of chicken wire and a half hours work. Same as another quote where they're charging £1700 to plug in a battery.
In the current climate they can get away with it.
Wonder how much this stuff would be then!
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