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That price is about correct, installed.I am also considering getting on the solar + battery bandwagon.
Prices seem to have risen considerably since this thread started but that's probably just life.
What does the hive mind think of circa 12.5GBP for 4KW of solar and about 10kWh of storage in the South East?
Any recommendations on installers would be appreciated.
I've just been quoted 21K for the same, so I would suggest yours is a realistic price. No one round here wants the work.I am also considering getting on the solar + battery bandwagon.
Prices seem to have risen considerably since this thread started but that's probably just life.
What does the hive mind think of circa 12.5GBP for 4KW of solar and about 10kWh of storage in the South East?
Any recommendations on installers would be appreciated.
Hi,How have the folks waiting for First4Solar faired, it would seem like @94jdh has completed, how was the installation? Has @spon88 had your installation yet ?
They finally came back to me suggesting they will give me a quote this time, are they an acceptable cheaper service? Other installers round here are charging well over the odds.
This is exactly what I've just paid for 4kw with 13.5kwh of storage. Seems about right at current pricesI am also considering getting on the solar + battery bandwagon.
Prices seem to have risen considerably since this thread started but that's probably just life.
What does the hive mind think of circa 12.5GBP for 4KW of solar and about 10kWh of storage in the South East?
Any recommendations on installers would be appreciated.
I’m about the same for 6.4 kW solar and 9.5 kWh storage. Slightly less if it was all on one roof, but I need an east/west setup so additional scaffolding costs take it a little over £12.5k.This is exactly what I've just paid for 4kw with 13.5kwh of storage. Seems about right at current prices
My install is due for 12th December after four cancellations, so not great. The price is great and it seems that the installation teams are good, but the organisation and comms have been poor.How have the folks waiting for First4Solar faired, it would seem like @94jdh has completed, how was the installation? Has @spon88 had your installation yet ?
They finally came back to me suggesting they will give me a quote this time, are they an acceptable cheaper service? Other installers round here are charging well over the odds.
I've been told that the GiveEnergy software is also somewhat ragged around the edges right now and their beta is due an upgrade ........ The Huawei software works.
There's only 2 things I want out of a battery solar system
I have a much longer list
Im sure everyone here know this - the reason at least two distinct basic operations modes are required is to cater for two normal typical situations.Since I don't have batteries I tend not to get carried away thinking about what I might do with them, what possibilities they have. I just look at what happens to my electrons now and see what could make it better.
Yeah, they need to get that sorted. One reason why I’m leaning more towards GivEnergy.Im sure everyone here know this - the reason at least two distinct basic operations modes are required is to cater for two normal typical situations.
One stuation that would respond very well to a MINIMISE IMPORT mode is this, where there is excess of solar. This happens to be my house and is smaller than the other house, and currently has gas heating & hot water. I've yet to fit a battery but you can see that it would benefit from one even in the miserable March weather. (A battery and an ASHP are in the planning, but we prefer to do one thing at a time). Both houses are fully occupied in these two examples.
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Conversely a situation that would respond very well to a TIME OF USE mode is this, where there is a deficit of solar. This is a larger house and is operating an ASHP. In an ideal world the SolarEdge app would allow for battery charge at 7p/kWh overnight, rather than importing at 35p/kWh during the day. You can see how seldom there is a surplus, so time-shifting self-generation adds little value at this time of year. But time-shifting import to utilise cheap tariffs would add considerable value.
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I've put up the data for both properties for the same day. There is roughly 8kW of solar on the larger property, and roughly 4kW on the smaller property. However the larger property has a 15kW ASHP hence the big electrical draw in the current weather.
It really is important for SolarEdge to release their Time Of Use mode to the UK market. Apparently it is available in some other markets so I'm not sure what is going on, and it certainly exists in beta in the UK.
More sophisticated modes can follow later (agent-based device-profiling, weather & occupancy knowledge, etc).
And here is a screen shot of that Time Of Use mode that ought to be available on the SolarEdge phone app (but isn't) for UK users. Also the Backup Only option is not relevant to UK users as they have not released and/or certified the grid disconnection (transfer) switch for UK use.
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from : https://www.solaredge. [com] /en/products/software-tools/mysolaredge
mySolarEdge
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