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« on: October 08, 2009, 09:04:31 PM » |
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Well after two and a half weeks the wife has relented and shown me how to upload photos  so I've made her a cuppa and sat her in front of the log burner  while I start to upload photo's 09:30 hours and the vans arrived!  blimey! 09:36 and stuff starts to drop on the lawn, they don't hang around these lads!  One of the things that made me pick this company was the fact that they didn't charge extra for the scaffold unlike every one else who quoted. |
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« Last Edit: October 08, 2009, 09:27:14 PM by Moxi »
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Moxi
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« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2009, 09:07:18 PM » |
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Moxi
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« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2009, 09:10:36 PM » |
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 A quick measure up to confirm the line  The lifting the tiles in preparation for the brackets and chanel  Thats the brackets fixed then.... |
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Moxi
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« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2009, 09:18:14 PM » |
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 quickly followed by the channels  ooh look some breaking cloud quick fit the panels!  meanwhile round the corner the cable conduit is going up, the guys offered to drop it in the cavity or via conduit so I opted for external as I've plans for the future and this side of the house is not on general view. |
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« Reply #5 on: October 08, 2009, 10:31:16 PM » |
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Moxi
how much! - a bit more painless than mine!
StB
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tony.
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« Reply #6 on: October 09, 2009, 07:08:54 AM » |
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looking good, very jealous
cables in the cavity are a no no so its good you picked external conduit.
clearly not pasma trained, but thats not your fault.
have fun with it tony
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Moxi
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« Reply #7 on: October 09, 2009, 07:44:09 AM » |
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Hi StB, £4450 after the grant back from the LCBP, still a lot, but well worth it IMO, since install at 1:30pm on the 16th of September the system has generated 66kWh with approximately 75% of that going to the grid.  |
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« Reply #8 on: October 09, 2009, 07:50:48 AM » |
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Hi Tony, You'll have to excuse my ignorance ?pasma? not sure what that is but just in case I have misrepresented my installer he did advise that there was a lot more effort and work required for the cavity option although it could be done, me being easy going and quite eager to get the panels up opted for the easier approach of down the side of the house (plus I have the option to put additional panels up later when (if  ) I can scrape sufficient funds together. Moxi |
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« Reply #9 on: October 09, 2009, 08:35:50 AM » |
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You'll have to excuse my ignorance ?pasma? not sure what that is
http://www.pasma.co.uk/ |
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Moxi
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« Reply #10 on: October 09, 2009, 09:15:13 AM » |
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Thanks 2807 and there was I thinking it was something to do with the cavity  |
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« Reply #11 on: October 09, 2009, 01:20:24 PM » |
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I would say that that is very good value.
my diy install 640wp cost me about £3300 in total no grant on that .
so you have double the size for not a lot more money
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« Reply #12 on: October 09, 2009, 02:52:19 PM » |
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Hi StB, £4450 after the grant back from the LCBP, still a lot, but well worth it IMO, since install at 1:30pm on the 16th of September the system has generated 66kWh with approximately 75% of that going to the grid. Moxi that is exceptional value, £3.09 -cheaper than my system per Wp. Of course no grant and 15% VAT in my case. The StB system has generated 342kWh from install 169kWh since the 16th Sept so I am probably doing a bit better than you. (I have a bit over twice your installed capacity) StB |
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« Reply #13 on: October 09, 2009, 07:46:07 PM » |
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Hi PeterC and StB, I had spent a lot of time going through the forum and looking at accredited installers sites as well as the DIY option. During that research I found a company (moderators would it be OK to name the company as they install which isn't in competition with Navitron? please advise) who had a quite unassuming web site with a very simple special offer at the very good price noted above. Since I had severe reservations about working on the roof I started to plan. What finally clinched it was when I asked Medward who he had used (I suspected it was the company I was planning to use) and he confirmed my suspicions, he also said he had received the same excellent standard of service. That was sufificient confirmation for me and the rest is, as they say, history. I've been chuffed to bits with the output, clear blue skies gives between 5 and 6.5 kWh for a day, heavy overcast see's 1.5 kWh the rest sits in between. I've signed up with SSE at the 28p/kWh exported and am awaiting the new import export meeter being fitted at the moment. Just waiting to see what happens with FITs now as I'm planning another array of panels as a sun porch across the back of the house (2 or 3 degrees west of true south) although if OFGEM claims stack up ( I work in the power industry and know how degraded some of the generating fleet is) I might be looking at another 18 panels and off grid.  Moxi |
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« Reply #14 on: October 09, 2009, 11:50:21 PM » |
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Gland you are happy with it, off grind sounds good to me just doing one at the mo log cabin in tickhill south yorkshire.
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