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Forum: Idle Banter 16-06-20, 03:13 PM
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Posted By flymo
Re: Solar panels

eh up! How's things peeps? :-)
Forum: Idle Banter 21-06-14, 11:21 PM
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Posted By flymo
Re: Solar panels

Yep, the generation estimates were conservative, its doing really well. I estimated about 9 years pay back originally, it will be more like 7. FiT is good for 25 years and increases each year.
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Forum: Idle Banter 21-06-14, 11:05 PM
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Posted By flymo
Re: Solar panels

have just totted up, I've earned just under £5000 on FiT so far in under 3 years. Pleased with that.
Forum: Idle Banter 20-06-14, 11:03 AM
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Posted By flymo
Re: Solar panels

Still going strong, efficiency was always better than the guidelines suggested but I believe companies were unable to make efficiency claims higher than the industry agreed average.

In practice...
Forum: Idle Banter 23-07-12, 05:10 PM
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Posted By flymo
Re: Solar panels

ok, 1 year on so I thought I would provide an update as to how this investment has gone.

Well, its almost a year. We've generated what we estimated we would do in one year with about two or three...
Forum: Idle Banter 17-11-11, 08:29 PM
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Posted By flymo
Re: Solar panels

the cool thing is that they pay me 43.3p for every unit of electricity I generate, even if I then consume that electricity!
Forum: Idle Banter 17-11-11, 08:28 PM
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Posted By flymo
Re: Solar panels

yep, you need to have them installed and the chosen energy company needs to have received your Feed In Tariff application before 12th December. After that the payment drops to about half of what it...
Forum: Idle Banter 17-11-11, 07:59 PM
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Posted By flymo
Re: Solar panels

Happy days, just received my first solar payment today. I was pleasantly surprised to figure out that I made a small typo in my payback calculator spreadsheet formula meaning that I get twice as...
Forum: Idle Banter 23-08-11, 08:12 AM
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Posted By flymo
Re: Solar panels

I expect they will at some point, or more likely influence this by applying energy efficiency taxes to those that dont. I've also seen developments that use glass panels to generate electricity. ...
Forum: Idle Banter 23-08-11, 07:49 AM
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Posted By flymo
Re: Solar panels

I dont agree with this. The inverter will not almost certainly fail, that implies a totally theoretical high probability of failure. Inverters are not new technology and have been in long term use...
Forum: Idle Banter 22-08-11, 06:51 PM
Replies: 91
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Posted By flymo
Re: Solar panels

tell you what, you pop your 14K into your investment portfolio, I'll sup a few beers and watch the weather and we'll compare notes in 10 years :-)
Forum: Idle Banter 22-08-11, 06:19 PM
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Posted By flymo
Re: Solar panels

Theres a financial benefits calculator here that you might find useful. http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/Generate-your-own-energy/Cashback-Calculator
Forum: Idle Banter 22-08-11, 06:12 PM
Replies: 91
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Posted By flymo
Re: Solar panels

Best way to understand all thats included is to fill in the free investment calculator on the energy savings trust website, its free to do.



That's all true of course, technology never stands...
Forum: Idle Banter 22-08-11, 05:43 PM
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Posted By flymo
Re: Solar panels

ok, so even on the best rates you can obtain by committing funds for that length of time you might start to approach the pay back period of solar.

What it doesnt give you though is protection...
Forum: Idle Banter 22-08-11, 05:05 PM
Replies: 91
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Posted By flymo
Re: Solar panels

cheers nob------by. ;-) where did this age thing come from anyway, I've never been especially bothered about my age as far as I know?
Forum: Idle Banter 22-08-11, 05:03 PM
Replies: 91
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Posted By flymo
Re: Solar panels

what is it that you want to know? I'll do my best to answer.
Forum: Idle Banter 22-08-11, 04:58 PM
Replies: 91
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Posted By flymo
Re: Solar panels

where do your investment return numbers come from? from the Halifax savings calculator I work out that in order to raise my capital from 15K to 25K by using a savings account at 3%, that would take...
Forum: Idle Banter 22-08-11, 03:44 PM
Replies: 91
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Posted By flymo
Re: Solar panels

just an update now that I've had this system in for around 3 weeks. I'm totally amazed by just how successfully its been generating electricity.

In 3 weeks its generated nearly 200 kWh (units) of...
Forum: Idle Banter 07-08-11, 09:35 PM
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Posted By flymo
Re: Solar panels

exactly. What if the purchaser wants to install their own, or they simply dont want to use that particular supplier. They may just not want to take part in a contract for solar energy, whatever the...
Forum: Idle Banter 07-08-11, 07:28 PM
Replies: 91
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Posted By flymo
Re: Solar panels

That's not entirely true (edit...yes you are right, but you dont get the main slice of the cake) . These companies are not doing you any favours as the main gain is through the FIT payments. If...
Forum: Idle Banter 07-08-11, 07:24 PM
Replies: 91
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Posted By flymo
Re: Solar panels

Yep, I used this company http://www.thegreenelectrician.co.uk/ not sure if they are close enough to you or not. They do an initial assessment using Google Earth then if you want a more detailed...
Forum: Idle Banter 07-08-11, 04:33 PM
Replies: 91
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Posted By flymo
Re: Solar panels

I'll post some pics a little later.
Forum: Idle Banter 07-08-11, 04:32 PM
Replies: 91
Views: 431,111
Posted By flymo
Re: Solar panels

Yep, the way it works is under a government scheme that includes a 'Feed In Tarrif'. This is what makes it financially viable, its aim being to encourage adoption and help to reduce the cost of the...
Forum: Idle Banter 07-08-11, 02:50 PM
Replies: 91
Views: 431,111
Posted By flymo
Solar panels

Just had PV Solar panels installed over the past few days, 21 panels on my roof. I never knew that watching the elec meter could be so fun ;-)

The best thing is, even though today hasnt been the...
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