Advice on the solar system

[thumbsup]

Thanks for giving an honest advice and opinion. I have heard it before therefore I am so much confused as the opinions about solar energy differ. Is any body there who has actually experienced using the solar water heating system?

 

[Cds]

Solar Thermal:

Between £2000 and £6000 installed depending ion the supplier and what other work is being done etc.

It an average house hold gas bill is £1000/year and about 1/3rd of this is for heating hot water then the yearly cost of hot water is about £330.

You can expect between 50% and 70% of your hot water being supplied by the Solar Panels lets say 60% this annual savings of about £200.

Pay back between 10 and 30 years.

If the RHI does come in next year then there will be payments from the government which will reduce the pay back but with the new government this is not a certainty.

Solar PV:

Talking to a PV supplier he reckons on 5 panels costing about £10,000 installed and this would generate enough electricity to get £1000/anum back from the electricity suppler plus some free electricity so a 10 year payback. The feed in tariff has been guaranteed for 25 years so should be OK.

Obviously the figures are approximate only and will vary for each installation.

 

[Gray0689]

Look thumbsup at the end of the day it's upto you but as a solar instaler I would not put a set on my own house there just not cost effective yet
But it's upto you mate

 

[Toddyplumb]

As gray0689 says it is up to you.
As a solar installer I am going to put them on my house
New build already having unvented, to me its a no brainer , fit it
As a retro fit it depends on a number of factors and you have to choose
Last one we did 30 tubes 500litres unvented total £5300 inc of VAT @ 5%

 

[bantams]

hello all, new to this site so here goes With regards to solar thermal hot water, i'm guessing that those of you with negative comments either have little or no knowledge, or are too old to bother learning about new sustainable plumbing products. How many of you have fit a new high efficiency combi boiler (£1600) telling the customer about the 'great hot water flow rate'. Or how they will save £200 a year on thier fuel bill. Thought so. Because your all so clued up I will let you work out the payback on that. The fact is that solar hot water is no dearer on payback terms than any other large investment to your home. What is different is that customer has taken the first step to becoming self reliant, hense not been held to ransome over fuel, as well as preserving the planet that little bit longer.

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

no pal your wrong i am not to old or have little knowledge of how solar works in my case its quite simple high investment costs and lack of interest from customers thought about getting qualed up but what's the point at the mo?

 

[bantams]

i think the point that you are missing is that the payback on gas appliances are higher and cost more year on year through servicing and rising fual bills pound for pound, but i dont here any negative comments regarding that topic. why dont you get qualified and get a head start on your local competitors, plus spreading the word to your clients to give them the reassurance that renewable products are the way forward, because if we don't who will. As for high investment costs look at the payback on double glazing! Its all about the right marketing and getting people to get out of that little england mentality.

 

[markfxy]

You will be paid for every kilowatt generated by solar thermal as long as its installed by an MCS registered installer. Getting a cps qualification to install solar is just the start you will also need to be MCS registered which costs ££££££££££££££££ and theres a mountain of paperwork involved would be a good investment as you would be one of the few registered installers.