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Steve_rutland
I, once again, have to agree with you Earthstore.
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fair play, I'm just giving you the benefit of my experience of working in this way, though it's probably too late anyway as IIRC you've already bought the kit so the VAT savings are a moot point now.I know most installers wouldn't do what I'm asking and I'm ok with that. I have roofed many houses in my time and feel that I am competent enough to fit the kit I have. I know I have to pay for the right people to do the right work on my property and I have no problem with this. All I am doing is trying to do as much as i can reasonably do and still be safe. Fully safe. This forum has been very forth coming in helping me achieve this and I thank those that are helping me make this possible.
I can get 14 x 250w panels on each side which comes in at 3.5kw each. Both inverters cost £725 ( one was £295and the other which came with cable & isolators was £430).
Make sure you buy better solar panels than the inverters - I am not impressed with your inverter selection.
Time and time again I see people with little knowledge, taking shortcuts to install cheap solar systems, cutting corners, buying crap hardware, metaphorically shooting themselves in the foot, thinking they have bought a good system, ending up with a poor underperforming system that could have been so much better if they had took the time to consult a few experts on this forum like Earthstore.
If in doubt, ask and we'll try to help.
That's far more about SMA needing a way in to the massively growing chinese market if they wanted to stay as world number 1.Eversolar make decent inverters. If they didn't, they wouldn't have just been taken over by SMA:
"SMA have taken over 72.5% of Eversolar (Zeversolar). This move brings additional solidity to the Eversolar brand, and allows SMA to benefit from world leading technical ability of Eversolar. With this joint venture, SMA is securing access to the growing Chinese market and is strategically consolidating its position as global market leader. The combination of the power of the SMA organisation combined with the technical ability of Eversolar ensures that Eversolar are the strongest value inverters in the U.K. market."
Whether it's the best choice for this particular job is, of course, another story...
Poorly Designed / Installed Solar Pv Systems Cost Customers "Long Term":
System A:
Generated £1250 in FITS in 456 days (£2.74 per day average).
System B:
Generated £1250 Fits in 335 days (£3.73 per day average).
- System B generates 99p more per day in FITS, than System A, £361.75 less per year.
- System B will make £9043.75 more than system A over 25 years!
- Good solar designers generate higher FIT payments for their clients long term!
Any updates Steve?
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