Raleigh Chopper
New member
We have had a 1.2kw solar PV system in place since we bought our house 3 years ago new and make about £500 per year plus the use of the generated solar energy. We read the meters ourselves so no need to let in servicemen to read the meter. Our tariff is the original 42p rate so bear that in mind when comparing return on investment and assessing the time to get your money back. Also remember to build in wear and tear repair costs of any panels. We have had none yet. Even if it breaks even we have a warm feeling we are doing our renewable energy bit.
As a matter of interest, in 3 years you have had poor and very good summers how much difference does that make it its efficiency and can you put them on any other side of the roof than the sunny side.
To answer Drew people who have them have stated the plus points already and I dont have panels to comment but I did see the programme which pointed out the downside that some salesmen will not tell you to get the business, surely its best to know the pitfalls as well.
I also wonder if the tarriff will fall further and technology get much better. There used to be panels that looked like roof tiles but they were very expensive and not seen them anymore.
Heat pumps are also a great invention surprised you dont see more of them.