Re: Re: Solar PV ?

[Philip Coombes <philip.coombes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Marcus,

Can you tell me what type of panels Tesco quoted you for? If they are
Sanyo's then the price does look good, if they only do cheapo ones then
not so much I suppose.

My quote included a figure of £225 for the Sunnybeam, more than twice
yours!

Cheers

Phil

On 21/07/2011 08:27, Marcus Warrington wrote:
> Phil,
>
> Maybe I was being unfair when I accused them of inflating the initial
price, although I would still have expected them to have volunteer the
discounted price when they rang back chasing the quote instead of waiting
for me to reject it.
>
> With the 20% discount they look very competitive, especially as you
get clubcard points as well, which can be worth triple their face value if
you use them wisely. The only potential issue might be that they won't
quote for anything over 3.64 because of issues with the DNO's. That was
certainly the case when they quoted for me but it may vary from area to
area.
>
> £13,300 for the Sanyo's seems good to me, as those panels do tend
to command a premium price. The company who are doing my install included
quotes for a number of different panels (on my request). If I remember
correctly the Sanyos added about £2400 to the quote (based on 3.8KWh)
compared to the Suntech or Sharp panels. I think their quote was around
£14000 for 16 Sanyos and a sunnyboy inverter and that didn't include
the sunnybeam which would have added an extra £105 pounds.
>
>
> Marcus
>
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Philip
Coombes
> Sent: 20 July 2011 16:49
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: Solar PV ?
>
>
>
> Following this post I just had a look at Tesco, who I didn't realise
did
> this, and they appear to have a general 20% off promotion at the
moment.
> I am looking for a 4kW system and according to this page,
> http://www.tescohomeefficiency.com/electricity-pricing/,
that will come
> in at around £14,500, which is £11,600 after the discount. I
don't know
> what they offer for that though. I have asked them to contact me.
>
> I have had a quote from Domestic&  General which is for
£13,300 and
> includes 16x Sanyo HIT panels, a Sunny Boy 3800 inverter and a
Sunnybeam
> Wireless Data Logger (with the USB on it). They came over as quite
> professional but this seemed a bit steep to me so I would be
interested
> to hear if anyone has had any experience with them and also if there
are
> any installers anyone would recommend in the Bristol area. I am a nice
> vanilla install with no shading or obstructions, plenty of loft
access,
> and space for loads of panels facing 20 degrees West of South.
>
> Any recommendations in this area would be welcome.
>
> Regards
>
> Phil
>
> On 20/07/2011 09:23, Marcus Warrington wrote:
>> James,
>>
>> 8 weeks was about the same lead time as mine, which are due to be
installed on Monday :). I think all the (decent) installers are very busy
at the moment, given the greater awareness of the Fits scheme, the imminent
increase in electricity costs and very sunny weather we've been having
recently.
>>
>> I managed to get 3.99KWh passed by our DNO (Electricity North
West) but they are now *trying* to backtrack to 3.84KWh. My installer was
telling me that the DNO's use different nominal voltage values for their
calculations. Northwest use 240V so we are fortunate that our maximum is
3.84KWh but I guess WesternPower use 230V to compute their maximum hence
3.64KWh. He was also telling me about another client who's DNO wanted to
charge them £4500 to go above the 16amp limit! That's effectively
£4500 for an extra 190Watt (3.80 to 3.99)
>>
>> When "Tesco" quoted for our install they wouldn't quote
for anything over 3.64KWh because of the potential issues with DNO's,and
they still came out as the most expensive quote, even against others
quoting for 3.99! When Tesco rang me back to ask what I thought of their
quote I told them I had decided to go with a cheaper quote. The lady on the
phone then immediately offered me a 20% discount, dropping their quote from
£13999 to £11200 and still with £200 clubcard points.
Tactics like this really annoy me, basically inflating the initial charge
and then reducing it if the customer doesn't accept it.... needless to say
they still didn't get my custom!
>>
>> I guess your pretty much south facing to get those annual
estimates.
>>
>> Marcus
>>
>> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx<mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
 [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx<mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>]
On Behalf Of James Fidell
>> Sent: 19 July 2011 17:45
>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx<mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
>> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: Solar PV ?
>>
>>
>>
>> Well, I've just sent off the deposit and contract for my own solar
PV
>> installation. Lead time is six to eight weeks for the installer
I've
>> chosen, but he was by far the most professional and confidence-
>> inspiring of those I saw.
>>
>> I'm having 14 x 260W panels installed which is slightly lower than
I'd
>> have liked or have space for, but apparently Western Power (our
DNO) are
>> exceptionally inflexible when it comes to the 16A/phase limit for
>> export.
>>
>> Estimated output is between 3000 and 3100 kW per year, which I
think
>> I'll be happy with.
>>
>> James
>>
>>
>>
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