Woo-hoo! I have solar panels - I'm so excited!

[KatyMac]

I have wanted them for ages!!

I tried to start up an eco nursery with them many years ago and failed but now I have them

Squee!!!

[mammmamia]

Awesome good for you! We’ve got them too.

[YellowSkyBlue]

Great and well done! You got them before the deadline this year to get money back from the grid too. So jealous. How much do you think it will cut your bills by?

[MayhemandMadness01]

Can I be cheeky and ask how many panels and how much?

[KatyMac]

I'm not sure about the bill reduction as we have economy 7 so run everything at night - we have to relearn now!!!

Put the dishwasher on at midday!

[KatyMac]

Messaged you mayhem

[mammmamia]

Yes it takes some getting used to - running everything in the middle of the day!

[KatyMac]

And charging phones/bike batteries over night! Need to plan more

[GiantKitten]

Have you looked into getting a storage battery so you can use your daytime solar power overnight? They’re not cheap but it means you’re not wasting any & if there happened to be an energy crisis any time you’d have some self-sufficiency?

[GiantKitten]

I looked into it m, but we use 10-12kwh a day, & with a small terraced house roof we were only going to generate 3-4kWh.

I think at that time (2 years ago maybe) a battery was £7-8k

[KatyMac]

Yes there is about to be a revolution in batteries but it hasn't happened yet

I'd better check how much elec we use

[GiantKitten]

Oh, better than that - £4k at time of fitting, £6k as retro fit (& it was actually nearly 3 years ago - should be even cheaper now?)

[KatyMac]

I use 1993 daytime and 616 nighttime units

But I don't know what they are

[KatyMac]

I think they are KWhrs so if I make 3.3 high summer!!

And I use 5.5 a day......there won't be much spare

[GiantKitten]

only 2600 per day? & your max generation will be 3300? You'll have spare in the summer!

where does the 5.5 figure come from though?

[KatyMac]

1993 divided by 365?

Am I on the wrong track?

[KatyMac]

The 1993 is the difference between my meter reading last January and this January for the day & 616 for the night

[KatyMac]

Have I done that worng?

[GiantKitten]

oh, sorry! I misunderstood completely! I've no idea how I managed that

So your annual usage is 2600kwh. gotcha! (ours is much more than that, about 3700. ) total daily usage about 7. you'd be able to keep using economy 7?

[KatyMac]

I rang and asked and they said yes

[KatyMac]

So it will half in high summer and maybe a quarter spring/autumn so maybe a third of my electric overall?

[GiantKitten]

Looks like it! Excellent!

[KatyMac]

I got 0.1 yesterday & 1.4 today!!

[GiantKitten]

1.4kwh in January sounds pretty good!

[KatyMac]

OMG

Todays generation is 7.6 kWh

My average usage is 7.5

Wow!

[Onceupontwotimes]

I would love solar panels - very envious!