None of you had heard of these tiles. I would have expected someone to write that this a good idea, interesting, should go far, will improve, or whatever. Instead only negative Luddite remarks came back.
Firstly, I object strongly to being called a luddite. I trust you'll withdraw that comment.
Secondly, I probably know more about solar tiles than you do ! They are of course a great idea... but
NOT now and
NOT in the UK ! As I've said before... the
current cost of any solar solution makes no economic sense without FITs. Of course, this may change in the future, that's why I said 'current'.
Believe it or not, there are some people (I assume wealthy ones or maybe just ignorant) that are happy to totally ignore the economics and go with the lovely, soft, fluffy idea of using PV.
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My word John you're hard work. Nobody is saying they haven't heard of these things, or that they aren't a good idea. But you need to look at the pay back times, etc for retro fitted solutions. See both sides of the argument.
I agree, on new-build I think builders should be fitting them at build time, which is obviously a lot cheaper. But that's BUILDERS you need to convince, not electricians.
I agree... catching these things at the new-build stage is definitely the way to go... but to me it's all down to what the building regs say. The companies who build the vast housing estates slowly covering the whole of the country, proudly state that they build all their homes to the standard required within the building regs. So it's these that need to change.
There's a small estate opposite me that just being finished... they've installed gas boilers !! No provision for car charging either... but neither the building regs nor local council require it.
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One vid I posted gave the figures of a home battery which proved economically they are worth it for families.
John... I use 3,750 kWh of electricity a year, which I buy from the grid for about ÂŁ550. (and soon to be nearer ÂŁ400 when I switch to Octopus Agile)
Please explain how the purchase of say a Tesla Powerwall at about ÂŁ7,000 will be economic.
But you'll need to put it in terms suitable for a luddite.