Not an AIBU but posting for traffic
ive been looking into solar panels for my house as I’m terrified of the rising energy prices. Last week I was quoted £11.5k for 24 panels plus the inverter, battery and bird cage around the panels. This seems high and he confirmed that it would take 10+ years to break even.
im currently undecided what to do - that’s such a frickin huge outlay and would basically take all our savings. But on the other hand, I feel like it would reduce our bill and potentially add value to the house which we will be staying in for at least 10-15 years.
I guess what I want to know, is if you have solar panels how essential is it to have the battery as well? I completely get it means in the evening you’re working from the solar power you’ve generated rather than buying from the grid but broken down, the panels are about £6k and the battery is £5k so I’m trying to work out if I could save here…
we use about 6kwh electricity a day according to my smart meter. I’ve been quoted for a 4.2kwh system but a 9.5kwh battery so I’m reluctant to spend that amount of money on a battery if we’re only going to use a minimal amount of the solar power generated. At the moment we don’t have electric cars, so our solar usage is unlikely to change for at least 3-4 years
Has anyone got any advice?