Domestic Solar PV Quotes 2022 - No PM requests - See Mod note post #1

I meant to post this the first time!

WFH is more of an opportunity to use up power that would otherwise maybe be exported.

But I am referring to the actual consumption related to WFH. Fine, include the boiling of a kettle or two, but overall, it's certainly not a reason to adding several more kWp to an install as some people seem to do

As many know, I've always been a huge battery fan so would encourage people to get one. The only potential change in that thinking is the recently introduced FIT. If you can export and get €0.13 or so for a unit, that somewhat counteracts the advantages of a battery. I say "potential" as we'll have to see what the standing charges are etc for these plans which give you these FIT export benifits. If it costs you an extra €200 a year in standing charges to get onto that plan which gives you €0.13 export and you export €150 for the year....well, your actually worse off on that tariff.

That said, I think having "any" battery in the mix is a good thing. Even a 2.5Kwhr battery would help smooth over the clouds where you turn on the washing machine and the cloud rolls in, although I can appreciate that it's not easy to see the benifits of a battery when you don't have an installation. It looks like a fair chunk of money that you can avoid, but in truth it's a very useful piece of kit and pays for itself (way waaaay more than an Eddi)

Agree on all above and what really solidified my decision to go for a battery was a comment on here (probably one of you folks replying today) was the insight around when WFH, you'll be distracted monitoring your app, waiting for some good sunshine, getting clothes in the washer, dishwasher full, kicking it off. Then adjusting things when cloud cover comes in. Far too disruptive!

I'd hold off if I was you. It's not wrong as such to get it in now as a part of the initial install, however, things are changing in this space. EV's will soon support (hopefully) a standard protocol for supplying the house from the car battery. Zappi's etc are constantly being updated from year to year. You may regret getting one now only to find out that version x+1 next year supports something that you'd really like.

Often a lot of car manufacturers have a deal whereby they'll help co-fund the charging unit for the house when your buying the car. So (probably?) more pros to hold off than cons?

Energia (think it was then anyway. Got an email from one energy company in last few weeks) provide the charger if you buy certain new EVs. Then you pay the install which has a 600 quid grant.. You'd want to check the charger feeds from solar like a Zappi. But could take it and sell on donedeal and use the money towards another charger.

Not getting a good feeling about trying to get our installation done

THE GUYS THAT GAVE ME THE QUOTE

EARLIER IN THE YEAR SAID MAY

IVE TRIED EMAILING, WHATSAPPING AND CALLING

And other than a "give me a call back" and when I do the phone is off, I'm not confident.

They have good rep here, the caps above give the hint of who they are for those that were paying attention to all the quotes here

I'm in the same boat and with the new grant setup was wondering the exact same thing.

What's the guide price on a zappi? I assume it's a fair bit cheaper getting it with the whole install?

If you use the SEAI grant for your solar install, is there a separate grant for EV charger install?

Got three quotes

8x400 Watt Hyundai Panels, Huawai Inverter, Eddi,7500 Euro

and

6x360 Watt Solitek Panels, ergocell inverter, Eddi, 4400 Euro

And

7x410 Watt Jinko Panels, Guangzhou Sanjing inverter, Eddi , 5300 Euro

All prices including grants.

Second looks good to me, if they get another panel on it. Although with the calculation from page 1 , still seems very high? Reading through the thread seems reasonable as smaller systems are affected more by the installation costs.

Q1: What are people being quoted for Huawei 5kwh battery supply and install?

@Barrak said a few posts ago a 5KwH Huawei Battery would cost 3600 extra. That seems good. I've been quoted 5k which seems a lovely round and high number! Installer is back to do snag list later in week and I asked about the battery. Not part of original quote. And when I check online the prices are all very different for supply-only. I see the rule of thumb is 1k per kwh here. But 5k for a 5kwh battery pushes the break even to 'god knows when'. That's with FIT paying a half decent rate. And I know I can load shift in winter too to get more gain from a battery. 5kwh will cover our house for a lot of the day. Low usage house.

Q2: Am I locked into only Huawei battery with Huawei inverter? Unless I go the DIY route later of course with it's own separate charge controller. Reading online all I can see is it allows " the only compatible battery system listed for the reputable LG Chem RESU 7H and 10H. The Huawei inverters are also compatible with their own LUNA2000 solar Huawei battery". So LG or their own brand.

Ta

We'll go without a battery with the SaaS crowd. Buy it out. Then buy a hybrid inverter and swap it, or add a separate Storage Inverter and do that yourself, since your install is certified and the NC6 all done

There's a huge difference between €3600 and €8565

That's different

You never mentioned the 5kW battery with that €8565 quote