Panels

[milanbenes]

anyone got 'em ?

we are applying for planning to put an array (the maximum amount we can do) in the garden

Milan.

[WTFH]

anyone got 'em ?

we are applying for planning to put an array (the maximum amount we can do) in the garden

Milan.

Put them on the roof of your house, save the garden for growing fruit & veg.

[sadkingbilly]

put them in next door's garden

[milanbenes]

our roofs go in different directions and we don't have enough square metres in any direction to get the full capacity of panels on

the garden, 1.3 acres (actually 3x bau grunds) has got ample space and the panels will be behind the vegetable patch and orchard on the norf headland facing saff.

nah these will stay in our garden

anyone else got panels ?

Milan.

[fiisch]

Yes, 11 (were already on the house when we bought it, as opposed to having them fitted).

Nice now w've gone full EV to be able to charge using free electricity, definitely helps keep our bills down vs what I'd expect to pay on a similar sized house, but dubious as to the payback period if I was paying for installation.

As a rough guide, with the 11 panels and with recent weather, we've been generated around 1.4KW/H during the day which is enough to dribble a bit of a charge into the EVs, but a long way from filling them up completely...

[milanbenes]

yeah that's the goal to get the utility bills down, get the gas bill and the electricity bill down

I think we're going to have about 24 panels to begin with, and the construction will be capable of scaling up in the future

we will also replace the gas boiler and change it to gas and electric, and put in a huge hot water storage thing (we have enough space in the utility room thankfully)

so we will be mainly using the panels for heating water, and there will be batteries as well

and a car charger thing will also be installed incase we get battery car in the future

Milan

[WTFH]

What rating are the panels you are going for? 24 x 500W panels is going to take you off grid, should you so desire. For your hot water tank, I'd allow min 30l per person, max about 50l, probably a 250-300l tank as the maximum, bigger than that and you lose more heat than you use.
Batteries, take your daily electric usage and double it.
Of course, the sensible thing to do is to have an electric car as part of your battery storage solution and use V2H. For example the Skoda Taycan comes with an 83-97kWh battery. If you use 4kWh per day, the car can power your house for 20+ days, without needing recharging and without the solar panels.

Alternatively, buy a Seat with a V6 engine and stick a generator on it. It won't be very efficient, but at least the engine noise will make up for the lack of intelligence.

[milanbenes]

thanks for the useful insights, I will find out the total capacity

Milan.

[tazdevil]

Yes had them since 2011 and have generated on average 3500kW/year since then. As I got in early I'm on the maximum FITS rate so the income covers my electric and oil bills leaving a profit and still ~10 years of energy cost free living to go Panels are cheaper and more efficient now and I'd add a battery if doing it again.

[milanbenes]

everybody around Europe who got in on those early tariffs are the winners

nice, congratulations

Milan.