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Hi all, I just stumbled across this forum and I'd very much appreciate a bit of advice from you kind and knowledgeable folk..
My wife and I bought a new (to us) house at the beginning of last year, and after much though decided to have pv solar panels fitted.. After some research and a few quotes, we decided to go with a company that was recommended to us from a very savy, elderly neighbour (before retiring he was the chief engineer at a paper mill), who could not speak highly enough of his panels, and more importantly, the professionalism of the company who fitted them.. The panels where fitted in April, to our SSW facing garden, that is a great sun trap and not overlooked, and with no shade, and with a nicely pitched roof.. The maximum 4kw (3.9kw to be precise).. Anyway, long story short, after the best summer I can remember, the panels are doing a rubbish job, as far as I can see.. Looking at the invertor, they have never excexed an input of 2.4kw, and at this moment in time have only clocked up 1340kw.. That's in 10 months of mostly great weather!
For the last couple of months I have been trying to Contact the company, but the phone lines have been disconnected and they don't reply to emails.. I fear and image they have gone bust!
I was planning on doing some daily comparisons with my neighbour, as he kept accurate readings most days in his diary, and clocking up some big numbers with his panels, that are also 4kw, but are spread over both the front and back of his roof, with half of them facing North Easterly, So, much less desirable than mine.. Sadly my neighbour suffered a bad stroke before I had the chance to compare..
I'd really appreciate some advice on getting the problem solved, as me and my wife don't know where to start! Pretty much all of my wife's savings went into buying the panels, and we wish we had spent the money on much needed house improvements..
The company we used are called apollo-solar, and are/where based in Huddersfield, Yorkshire.
Solar Panels Huddersfield | Apollo Solar Installations Huddersfield
Any help and advice would be great..
Sorry for any typos, I'm writing this on my phone..
Ps, our house is in Bury, North of Manchester.
My wife and I bought a new (to us) house at the beginning of last year, and after much though decided to have pv solar panels fitted.. After some research and a few quotes, we decided to go with a company that was recommended to us from a very savy, elderly neighbour (before retiring he was the chief engineer at a paper mill), who could not speak highly enough of his panels, and more importantly, the professionalism of the company who fitted them.. The panels where fitted in April, to our SSW facing garden, that is a great sun trap and not overlooked, and with no shade, and with a nicely pitched roof.. The maximum 4kw (3.9kw to be precise).. Anyway, long story short, after the best summer I can remember, the panels are doing a rubbish job, as far as I can see.. Looking at the invertor, they have never excexed an input of 2.4kw, and at this moment in time have only clocked up 1340kw.. That's in 10 months of mostly great weather!
For the last couple of months I have been trying to Contact the company, but the phone lines have been disconnected and they don't reply to emails.. I fear and image they have gone bust!
I was planning on doing some daily comparisons with my neighbour, as he kept accurate readings most days in his diary, and clocking up some big numbers with his panels, that are also 4kw, but are spread over both the front and back of his roof, with half of them facing North Easterly, So, much less desirable than mine.. Sadly my neighbour suffered a bad stroke before I had the chance to compare..
I'd really appreciate some advice on getting the problem solved, as me and my wife don't know where to start! Pretty much all of my wife's savings went into buying the panels, and we wish we had spent the money on much needed house improvements..
The company we used are called apollo-solar, and are/where based in Huddersfield, Yorkshire.
Solar Panels Huddersfield | Apollo Solar Installations Huddersfield
Any help and advice would be great..
Sorry for any typos, I'm writing this on my phone..
Ps, our house is in Bury, North of Manchester.
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