Solar panels , would you ?

[PJ87]

October bill in

£53.71 bill
£3.91 paid to me for export

Total usage 726.3 kWh

Cost without the system in place would have been £197.73

Savings with the system in place £147

Total savings to date £4592

 

[Neilds]

October bill in

£53.71 bill
£3.91 paid to me for export

Total usage 726.3 kWh

Cost without the system in place would have been £197.73

Savings with the system in place £147

Total savings to date £4592

Have you broke even yet? If not, how long do yo reckon it will be?

 

[PJ87]

Have you broke even yet? If not, how long do yo reckon it will be?

I'm just under 1/3 of the way there . Year one was a "set back" because A the battery didn't arrive for 5 months and B I was locked in at the old cheap prices so the savings were much less

That said years for me start in may (when system was installed) so we are midway through year 3

I expect to break even by the end of year 8 so 5 years to go

 

[Mudball]

i am just about to increase storage by 2 more batteries. I realise that as we go into winter, the battery is run down before we get to the 11:30 refill time

 

[larmen]

i am just about to increase storage by 2 more batteries. I realise that as we go into winter, the battery is run down before we get to the 11:30 refill time

Are you still getting a good roi on it? If you using the extra capacity in winter only, does it warrant the extra spend on it?

If you buy let’s say 200 kWh over the winter at 10p more than night time tariff, that’s £20 you save.

 

[Mudball]

Are you still getting a good roi on it? If you using the extra capacity in winter only, does it warrant the extra spend on it?

If you buy let’s say 200 kWh over the winter at 10p more than night time tariff, that’s £20 you save.

that is a good point... 2k is quoted for the expansion. havent pulled the trigger yet

 

[larmen]

PJ will know what EV to get for vehicle to grid/house. Maybe that trumps any battery extension going forward.
If you are in the house can use it, if you are out the house wouldn’t need it on lower usage.


I think since yesterday we might move officially into the market for a new (to us) car. The Focus passed the MOT, but a few advisories seem to make next year a little expensive. Never had advisories before, but suddenly the car turns 17 and bang.

 

[PJ87]

PJ will know what EV to get for vehicle to grid/house. Maybe that trumps any battery extension going forward.
If you are in the house can use it, if you are out the house wouldn’t need it on lower usage.


I think since yesterday we might move officially into the market for a new (to us) car. The Focus passed the MOT, but a few advisories seem to make next year a little expensive. Never had advisories before, but suddenly the car turns 17 and bang.

You can't really do it ATM, the vehicle to grid chargers are ridiculous expensive

My Kia does vehicle to load so could run a plug but couldn't charge my battery

Not overly worth it

House battery's are very cheap now

£2k mudball said wasn't it? That's worth it

 

[Mudball]

PJ will know what EV to get for vehicle to grid/house. Maybe that trumps any battery extension going forward.
If you are in the house can use it, if you are out the house wouldn’t need it on lower usage.


I think since yesterday we might move officially into the market for a new (to us) car. The Focus passed the MOT, but a few advisories seem to make next year a little expensive. Never had advisories before, but suddenly the car turns 17 and bang.

For someone who is not in the sticks and does not do any camping/fishing trips.. I don’t really need V2 House or Load really. The most load it charges is like 2-3 phones and an iPad on a long trip.

Current quote for 2 x 2.5KwH batteries is just shy of £1900.

Unfortunately will have to wait as Mrs managed to scrape car on Kerb while avoiding a pothole.. had to write off both tires.. bloody roads

 

[larmen]

Can anyone get onto the Octopus app at the moment?


Anyway, in October we used 228 kWh which should have cost £58
We net imported 75 kWh for £16, giving us a saving of £42


My stats of the month is generation by day.
Only 5.4 kWh per day, but still 1% up on the 5.3 expected, and 3/4 of what we used this month.
But the 2,771 year to date is already above the estimate we got on our MCS certificate.
There should be another 183 kWh in November + December together.

 

[PJ87]

Can anyone get onto the Octopus app at the moment?


Anyway, in October we used 228 kWh which should have cost £58
We net imported 75 kWh for £16, giving us a saving of £42


My stats of the month is generation by day.
Only 5.4 kWh per day, but still 1% up on the 5.3 expected, and 3/4 of what we used this month.
But the 2,771 year to date is already above the estimate we got on our MCS certificate.
There should be another 183 kWh in November + December together.

Yeah can get on octopus ATM, have you tried force quitting the app and going back on? Clear the cache

I've noticed my daily usage has dropped about 3-4kwh a day

I think it's because I've upgraded the freezer, broadband router, cut down another freezer because upgrade and the dishwasher has been replaced so my background usage is right down

 

[Mudball]

Can anyone get onto the Octopus app at the moment?


Anyway, in October we used 228 kWh which should have cost £58
We net imported 75 kWh for £16, giving us a saving of £42


My stats of the month is generation by day.
Only 5.4 kWh per day, but still 1% up on the 5.3 expected, and 3/4 of what we used this month.
But the 2,771 year to date is already above the estimate we got on our MCS certificate.
There should be another 183 kWh in November + December together.

Which app is the screenshot taken from? Not the standard off the peg Octopus

 

[larmen]

Which app is the screenshot taken from? Not the standard off the peg Octopus

Excel. I take all the info out of the Octopus and the inverter app, then build my own tables.

 

[Mudball]

The UK costs are unreal…

 

[larmen]

Has anyone seen a ray of sunshine during November yet? My solar stats look like 24/7 cloud cover and darkness.
Just on a curtesy charge for the battery to get over the expensive stint from 4 to 7. Pulling from the grid since lunch already for the 2nd day in a row now.

 

[PJ87]

Has anyone seen a ray of sunshine during November yet? My solar stats look like 24/7 cloud cover and darkness.
Just on a curtesy charge for the battery to get over the expensive stint from 4 to 7. Pulling from the grid since lunch already for the 2nd day in a row now.

I'm getting on average 1.5 a day. Very very dry however so cloudy but still ok

However this weekend I've asked for a charge for my car to boost the battery on the home up to see me through

Weekdays are fine as we are out for longer

 

[cliveb]

Has anyone seen a ray of sunshine during November yet? My solar stats look like 24/7 cloud cover and darkness.
Just on a curtesy charge for the battery to get over the expensive stint from 4 to 7. Pulling from the grid since lunch already for the 2nd day in a row now.

A couple of days ago there was a report that during the first 8 days of November there had been a total of 18mins of sunshine in the South West.
We're now 10 days in and my 3.6kWp system has generated a total of 10kWh so far.

Did see a brief glimpse of sun today (for about 10 mins). Tomorrow looks like the start of a much better spell for a few days.

 

[larmen]

So, you are saying that sunshine in the UK is now news? ;-)

8 panels, 2 of them fairly flat, 12 kWh for the month to date.
Solcast looks like tomorrow is better and Tuesday has a chance to be, but Wednesday already looks bleak again.

 

[PJ87]

So, you are saying that sunshine in the UK is now news? ;-)

8 panels, 2 of them fairly flat, 12 kWh for the month to date.
Solcast looks like tomorrow is better and Tuesday has a chance to be, but Wednesday already looks bleak again.

12 panels here

East south east roof with 6 panels then 6 on the loft flat roof

20 kWh so far this month

 

[PJ87]

Then the lord said "let there be light"

and the sun appeared

much better today

already at 1.6 kwh produced at 10:33

we have 88% battery but its charging up again , prob end up full