Thursday, 23 May 2019

17 Panels, 5.2 KW

I can't remember what I last said when I wrote about getting Solar Panels. I arranged for three quotes, one person came to site, another did it all over the phone and the third I went to their showroom and saw them. After speaking with all three of them I contacted the phone quote again and told them that my requirements had changed a little and got them to re-quote, which they did
The company that came to site gave a quote the next day. They have lots of great reviews but the inverter that they want to use doesn't have a lot of good reviews so a couple of days ago I sent an email asking about the inverters and if they perhaps had a different model and also if the price they quoted for the inverter included the wifi adapter needed if I want to monitor the power, which I do.
The company that I went and saw never sent an email and never made any attempt to contact me again so they've been written off.
All I currently have to go off is the one quote from the company that did everything over the phone. I'm thinking that I'll have no choice but to go with them. They rate higher than the other two on the comparison site I've been using and they also have twice the number of votes then the nearest competitor so they can't be all that bad. They also are using slightly better panels and inverters so I'm guessing that even though they are the most expensive of the two official quotes I have and about the same as the verbal pricing I was given by the company who's showroom I visited.
I've just to clear it with my wife as it costs a fair bit but I think that with the way power prices are going we should try and reduce our dependency on the grid. In another 10 years or so I can look at adding additional panels and maybe by then battery storage will be more affordable and more efficient. I think the ultimate goal would be to have no power bill and sufficient excess power being generated to charge a decent sized battery so an electric car can be charged up by the battery overnight.

Bomber
What's wrong with the world when businesses don't reply to emails or even send quotes?

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