Reply to: Free Solar Panels - Think of your footprint!

[hyperD]

I already have one of them. Not sure I'd want to run the house off it mind!!

Yes. I can play about 2 hours worth of WoW on my UPS so I'll be happy. Mind you, the coffee will have to be consumed cold.

One of these big boys might be able to keep your fridge, washing machine, TV and kettle going for a day - 12kVA!

£2,500, quite a reasonable price.

[SupremeSpod]

I already have one of them. Not sure I'd want to run the house off it mind!!

When I was a kid one of my mates didn't have mains electricity. However his family did have a big **** off diesel generator (think those big bastards that they use at fairgrounds) that could rip your arm off or throw you across the shed if you weren't careful when you tried to start it.

[shaunbhoy]

To be honest, you'd be better off buying a portable generator for when the power cuts return due to grid spiking.

I already have one of them. Not sure I'd want to run the house off it mind!!

[hyperD]

To be honest, you'd be better off buying a portable generator for when the power cuts return due to grid spiking.

[TimberWolf]

...it can’t be long before thousands of petty criminals discover the perfect carousel fraud, bypassing their solar panels by connecting the incoming wire to the outgoing wire. By buying electricity for 7p and selling it for 44p (if you sell power to the grid rather than using it yourself, you get an extra 3p(17)), they’ll make a 600% profit.
Monbiot.com » A Great Green Rip-Off

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[shaunbhoy]

I wouldn't buy them yourself, because I think at some point in the next few years, the subsidies will disappear, and then you've lost your money.

That was my thoughts. When the subsidies disappear let them chase HMRC for their dosh. Plus I may wish to downsize sometime soon so even a short-term gain is worth considering. Might have to sweet-talk the Listings people mind you.

Probably worth thinking about to have them installed free. The only disadvantage is they might end up being a "white elephant", but presumably it doesn't do any harm even if you can't feed the electrickery back into the grid.

What can possibly go wrong?

[BlasterBates]

I wouldn't buy them yourself, because I think at some point in the next few years, the subsidies will disappear, and then you've lost your money.

Probably worth thinking about to have them installed free. The only disadvantage is they might end up being a "white elephant", but presumably it doesn't do any harm even if you can't feed the electrickery back into the grid.

[TimberWolf]

ISIS solar - Free solar panels and free electricity


Anyone considered taking this sort of offer up?
Am mulling it over at the moment as one of the roofs of my property is south facing and of a suitable size.

Think of the children/planet/savings!!

Interesting view in the comments:

The FiT scheme, as it stands, has little to do with alternative energy and a lot to do with providing a nice little earner for the cabal of solar/wind installers that helped push the legislation through.
Your very own George Monbiot has pointed this out and I refer any interested parties to this link:
Monbiot.com » A Great Green Rip-Off

[shaunbhoy]

Posting tulip on CUK isn't work.

HTH

Well it pays well!!

[SupremeSpod]

Posting tulip on CUK isn't work.

HTH

The voice of an expert!

[SupremeSpod]

Son used to have one of those as well. It was amusing for the first 10 minutes or so, then the insane whining noise it produced started to grate. It too has now gone "missing".

Mine had the little LEDs that displayed the speed. Good for building up the old forearm muscles

[AtW]

Well I often work from home

Posting tulip on CUK isn't work.

HTH

[DaveB]

I used to have a "Powerball" but I think the Lebrechaun stole it.
(or more likely CM chucked it in the bin when I wasn't looking...)

Son used to have one of those as well. It was amusing for the first 10 minutes or so, then the insane whining noise it produced started to grate. It too has now gone "missing".

[SupremeSpod]

That would move easily on one axis and be immovable on the other two (I think). Would be fun, although the forces involved internally would be too great on a hand held sized play unit I suspect. I hear old tank gyroscopes are fun play things though.

I used to have a "Powerball" but I think the Lebrechaun stole it.
(or more likely CM chucked it in the bin when I wasn't looking...)

[TimberWolf]

Two flywheels running in opposite directions.

That would move easily on one axis and be immovable on the other two (I think). Would be fun, although the forces involved internally would be too great on a hand held sized play unit I suspect. I hear old tank gyroscopes are fun play things though.