Latest Batches of Panels down in price

[Noshocks]

And funnier new people getting MCS accredited.....NUTTERS

I checked the MCS database yesterday, I half thought that installers would be reducung, how wrong I was, getting towards five thousand now for PV, thats a lot of twiddling thumbs!

 

[Eco Deal]

4122 MCS PV last time I looked

 

[balbecdaze]

Hi, I'm one of the nutters, I've been interested in PV for ~15 years and back then did a fair old amount of research into how to get into it - this is starting as a non electrician. Of course this was before Part P and the whole Domestic Installation. Couldn't really see a way of doing it then, no savings etc, so instead I teacher trained and became a science teacher. A couple of years ago I changed tack, having kept up with PV news and soon after the FITs started went into supply teaching instead so I could go to college, get my 17th edition etc. This (with a 2392 as well and a solar pv course, manual handling, working at heights etc). I feel as shafted as many of you, I've spent well over a year training, thousands buying kit, insurance and scheme registration all for nothing? Mind you I've done my first install finally, feel pleased as punch and one or two non-conformities notwithstanding should get my customer the 21p pre EPC cutoff.

Sorry about the moan, just saying that the MCS registration was just the last thing in a long line of steps to get into PV, and having done all the others I felt as if I may as well finish the job off. I'm not making any grand plans for the future though!

 

[babba]

Dont blame you having a moan thats what nutters do..lol..the market place is so tight at the moment and can only see it getting worse..the bright side is you have something to fall back on... 21p is not the end of the world but couple that with EPC doesn't help
Good luck on your new adventure..

 

[Noshocks]

4122 MCS PV last time I looked

I did say 'getting towards 5000', the last time i looked was when I registered and it was 1,800 !!

 

[Eco Deal]

It must of been lower than that noshocks because I register at around the 1200 and you was MCS before us

 

[Noshocks]

You may be right MEP, just makes the situation seem worse, I wasent over run with work when there were less than 1200 installers and a £0.43 FIT, even with a 30% drop in system prices thats a lot of installers/chancers/gravy train jump oners (delete as applicable) chasing the same level of work.

 

[babba]

Same level of work..WHERE..EPC will kill that level to about 40% me thinks...40% is me being an optimist...

 

[SolarCity]

And the firms that actually survey jobs correctly will be up against the crash, bang wallopers (buy a 4kWp kit, give the panels to the roofers, get an electrician to plug it - forget calcs, forget shading, forget everything)

 

[babba]

And the firms that actually survey jobs correctly will be up against the crash, bang wallopers (buy a 4kWp kit, give the panels to the roofers, get an electrician to plug it - forget calcs, forget shading, forget everything)

Been like that for the last three months...wham.. bam..gis your debit card details..

 

[SRE]

We've just quoted against one of the nationals who were doing 3.5kwp for .... wait for it ...... 16k!!!! I nearly fell of my chair - weren't Sanyo either.

 

[infinity]

Thats crazy! just quoted 4kw sanyo at £11K i thought that was pretty reasonable

 

[SRE]

There's a lot of telesales going on at the minute. This customer said as soon as he let the salesman in he wished he hadn't Seems to be talking to us ok but you can't count your chickens .....

 

[Gavin A]

we get a steady trickle of work on the back of these dodgy salesmen as with some customers it just stirs their interest enough to prompt them to get another quote to compare it with, at which point the difference between our approach and the dodgy salesman approach, plus our prices means we get the job most of the time.

 

[Noshocks]

Same level of work..WHERE..EPC will kill that level to about 40% me thinks...40% is me being an optimist...

I'm doing an install next month on a 160 year old cottage with stone uninsulated walls, customer arranged EPC himself, DEA said it would be a D rating on the phone when he described the house, low and behold it was a D when he came out, EPC issued, £45, luvely jubly, customer should have said he was after a C rating! Hows this possible?