solar power Electric.
Apr 20th 2011, 1:01 pm
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solar power Electric.
Anyone got solar power if so what company?Have you seen a drop in bills any advice would be great.
Apr 20th 2011, 1:03 pm
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Re: solar power Electric.
Apr 20th 2011, 2:04 pm
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Re: solar power Electric.
Too expensive and beaurocratic for me
Apr 21st 2011, 9:13 am
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Apr 22nd 2011, 1:19 pm
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Apr 22nd 2011, 1:36 pm
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Re: solar power Electric.
I had a 3.9Kw system installed a couple of months ago that cost me $12,000 and my first bill was still $150 for 2 months. Of this time only 1 month was after I installed. I had $90 of fees to the electric company.
I was hoping to break even in about 6 years but going of this one bill it's going to take longer.
It's early days yet but hopfully in 12 months I'll have a better idea of my savings.
Keel
Apr 22nd 2011, 10:08 pm
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Re: solar power Electric.
Aye but what was you outlay to acheive this?
I had a 3.9Kw system installed a couple of months ago that cost me $12,000 and my first bill was still $150 for 2 months. Of this time only 1 month was after I installed. I had $90 of fees to the electric company.
I was hoping to break even in about 6 years but going of this one bill it's going to take longer.
It's early days yet but hopfully in 12 months I'll have a better idea of my savings.
Keel
I had a 3.9Kw system installed a couple of months ago that cost me $12,000 and my first bill was still $150 for 2 months. Of this time only 1 month was after I installed. I had $90 of fees to the electric company.
I was hoping to break even in about 6 years but going of this one bill it's going to take longer.
It's early days yet but hopfully in 12 months I'll have a better idea of my savings.
Keel
Apr 25th 2011, 12:18 pm
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Re: solar power Electric.
Which company Perth.We are thinking 7 panels out of pocket price $2000.
Apr 25th 2011, 11:03 pm
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Re: solar power Electric.
Hi Sue,
the number of panels means nothing really, as each installer will be pushing different denominations of panels (ie: 225W, 200W, 190W, 185W etc etc)
What you need to look at is the total power of the system (ie: 1.5kW systems)
If you are being quoted $2,000 for a 1.5kW system then that is extremely cheap and I don't mean that in a good way. You are likely getting very poor quality parts, so something you may want to consider. The going rate for good quality parts on a 1.5kW system tends to be from around $3,000 up and even then there is some crap being peddled.
the number of panels means nothing really, as each installer will be pushing different denominations of panels (ie: 225W, 200W, 190W, 185W etc etc)
What you need to look at is the total power of the system (ie: 1.5kW systems)
If you are being quoted $2,000 for a 1.5kW system then that is extremely cheap and I don't mean that in a good way. You are likely getting very poor quality parts, so something you may want to consider. The going rate for good quality parts on a 1.5kW system tends to be from around $3,000 up and even then there is some crap being peddled.
