Domestic Solar PV Quotes 2024 - No PM requests - See Mod note post #1

He owes you a pint.

A good quote. http://davidhunt.ie/solar/

Never accept the your roof is to small off a company unless they all say it. I was told they couldn't fit 8 panels by the first company when getting my quotes a couple of years ago. I now have 16 panels in 3 orientations by another company who installed mine. Use the quote calculator I posted above to see if the quotes are in the ballpark.

That's an odd statement. Panels are attached to rails, which in turn are affixed to flat metal hooks which are attached to the roof timbers, running flat between overlapping roof tiles and then up at 90° to form the mounting point for the rails. There's enough flexibility in the spread of the rails under a run of panels to accommodate the hook positions over a variable number of tiles. Shorter or narrower tiles from the 50s shouldn't present a problem, you just skip more of them between hooks, and the hooks can provide a variable distance from the edge of the top over lapping tile.

See this image of an old roof from an installers advertisement. Two sets of rails, 3 tiles and 4 tiles apart, the upper for horizontal mount panels and the lower wider spaced for vertical. The hooks are affixed to the rafter between slating laths with flexibility in the protrusion as can be seen, to adjust the rail horizontal position, and panel mounts also are movable on the panels.

Ask him for a more precise explanation. It sound's a bit like a statement from my Father's younger days in the 40's, when a Carter wouldn't deliver to the farm because "The gate's too wide for the bogey, sir".

Quoted €8,800 net for this?

any reason not to got with Solis Hybrid and Weko Battery? is the charge rate good in the Weko ??

also can you set the Solis to dump back full battery to grid and then re charge again on cheap EV rate?

Tier 1 has nothing to do with the quality of a panel. It refers to the financials of the company.

Thats a small enough array, can you fit more panels on your roof, or do you have extremely low yearly usage?

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What's your east west facing roofs look like? South is the best but east/west facing will net good results also.

It wouldn't deter me from going ahead but as all will tell you on this board you should maximise panels on your available roof space.

Thanks, unfortunately I'm in a semi-d so I only have North and South facing roofs. When they come to do the survey I'll see if there's any more they can squeeze in.

13 x 430w jinko panel, solis inverter, 5kw battery, optimisers, mounting equip & install & BER.

8900 after grant, (do my own paperwork)

We are back on the market for Solar PV. There was a company from NI quoting quite a few people on here a few years back with the initials of KB. Are they still on the go? I had an initial meeting with them but we had to put it off due to other stuff cropping up.

Hi,

Thanks for the reply.

The TAMS application went in, rushed on an estimated bill, just before the previous deadline. In the meantime two of the companies got back to me about the price and openly admitted to being expensive when installing smaller systems. I chose to go with companies that had tams advisors and experience with the DAFM and I guess I'm paying for that. And as you mention, the extra 1k for nc7, although that could be useful for future expansion.

It's just in the last week I really started feeling it was too much, even with the 60% grant. If I understand the terms correctly I could go go with any installer that would install precisely what is listed on the grant application. If I deviate from that I won't get it. And unfortunately it's a system where you pay up front and then claim the money so I'd be down the extra 60% if anything went wrong.

Unfortunately I can't oversize as the terms of the grant state that I'm limited based on the past 12 months usage. I applied for the biggest system that I could get approval on. They basically say the system should only generate what will be used on the farm, and should not be intended as an investment to sell back to the grid. It's a silly regulation really as there will be a tiny array on a large south facing shed roof. I do plan to add to it over the years as money becomes available.

Verbally they told me it is a 6.16kw system, and that's what the panels add up to. I don't know why the quote lists a 5kw inverter, surely that could be 6.

I'll say one thing. I won't rush a quote and application to meet a deadline again. They had me convinced there may not be a new tranche or that the percentage grant might drop.

Sorry about the long post and thanks for any further input.

I was quoted 5.8k for 2.2kw, no battery. That seems incredibly high?