4kw System Price

[jupestar]

I don't think you can say you overpaid, any profit (if any) made by the company should be irrelevant, you are happy with your installation, its doing what you were told it will do and you understand what you brought. You got a good deal on a good tariff, it looks good on the roof (which is very important). and is performing well.

Its the people who don't have all the above who i believe have overpaid regardless of price.

 

[Gavin A]

way I see it, the government's actions over the last few months have guaranteed that companies will have to 'over charge' to some degree in the busy periods because they have to build up enough financial reserves in those periods to cover wages for at least a month, possibly 2 months after the cut off date when the work's dropped off... unless they just use subbies, in which case are they going to be around to resolve any issues down the line?

 

[FB.]

I don't think you can say you overpaid, any profit (if any) made by the company should be irrelevant, you are happy with your installation, its doing what you were told it will do and you understand what you brought. You got a good deal on a good tariff, it looks good on the roof (which is very important). and is performing well.

Its the people who don't have all the above who i believe have overpaid regardless of price.

I think that rather than giving the company complete freedom to fit what they wanted and how they wanted, I might have been rather:
"It's my array, I've got to live with it for 25 years and I'm forking-out almost a year's stocks-and-shares-ISA allowance to pay for it, so I want it done like this unless you can demonstrate a damned good reason why not!",
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The installation "next door" (18 panels, estimated 200-ish Watts) was done by Mark Group of Leicester.
It looks satisfactory on the rear roof, but having had a close look round the front, I was very disappointed that the installers ran a chunky black conduit right down the front midline of the house from above a gable window down to the meter (I insisted that mine runs down the side between the two houses and enters through the outside wall of a utility room; out of sight) I don't know what would have happened if I gave the company freedom to do as they please as I wasn't going to leave anything to chance.
If "next door" was my house, I would have gone mental at the unsightliness of a black conduit down the middle of the front; if I was a potential house buyer, I'd not be enthusiastic about the front view of the house. But maybe I'm a fussy, grumpy old git.

 

[Glen Powell]

Well all I can say is it is down to quality of install as well as panels, I got a crate of beer from a happy customer, along with one for the installers and one for the guy who specked the job. All of this because we done the job properly put in the G59 and he at peak today was generating 4.3kw out of his 3.99kw array system.

We had a few teathing issues with the DNO but at last he is more than a happy bunny , I am glad of the beer but I did not really have anything to do with the deal other than train the surveyor and have a couple of phone calls with him over why the surveyor chose the panels and inverter.

 

[HKmk23]

Hmmm.
Hi Guy’s
First post and not quite sure if this is right place, but you guy’s all sound as though you know exactly what you are talking about so here goes.
I live in France and want a 4kw (minimum) solar array system.
I do not want to link it to EDF for refunds etc but want a grid tie inverter so it will power the house for free when the sun shines and EDF power the house at other times or when the solar is not man enough to power the cooker etc.
I want to have a sun tracking (one axis) ground mount for easy maintenance etc. as we live on the top of a hill with unrestricted 360° views.
I will drive to UK and collect and pay cash for the kit.
I obviously intend a DIY install, but I should be able to handle the mechanics and the electronics (retired IT guy).
What I would like advice on is…..
Panel make? (Thinking Hyundai 250W)
Inverter size and make? (Fronius, but what model?)
Anything I have not understood….

Thanks in anticipation of help.