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  1. Lou

    Sogosolar | Solar Panels in London

    Lou submitted a new resource: Sogosolar | Solar Panels in London - Solar Panel Installers in London | Sogosolar Read more about this resource...
  2. N

    Living in an RV, interested in solar panels and electric water heater

    Hello, I'm here to ask a few questions about how an electrician might do something. I might or might not learn to do things myself, depending on how much free time I have in the future. I'm living full time in an RV and reading a book about wiring from Lowe's Hardware. I just noticed this forum...
  3. J

    SSE DNO 4kw Solar Panels with battery storage, zero export

    Hi, I'm looking to expand our current grid-tied solar from 2kw to 4kw, add some battery storage and do zero export. Has anyone done this? Did SSE accept it? Any advice on equipment? Thanks all
  4. zipper

    advice on installation of solar panels

    Been learning a lot just reading today on here. Hoping that someone can give us advice on three quotes we've received. Location: south facing roof of two storey semi. No shading, no obstructions. Quote 1: local installer, small family business, small profit last year 12 x 300W JA Black...
  5. P

    Siting of solar panels

    I'll be building a shed this year, and want to use solar panels with a leisure battery to provide lighting via 12 volt led lamps. The shed will lie north to south, and I want to know if I fit 2 panels, one on the east facing sloping roof and one one the west side, thy will get different levels...
  6. R

    solar panels fitted to static caravan.

    Hi any experts out there that have fitted solar panels to a static caravan connected to site supply via 3 pin 230 volt.Straight forward or complicated.
  7. The Solar King

    Fire Incidents involving Solar Panels

    A series of documents have been published by BEIS, prepared by the BRE National Solar Centre. Can be found here: Fire incidents involving solar panels - GOV.UK - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-incidents-involving-solar-panels Recommendatioons for the PV industry is the one to...
  8. Rincewindwiz

    Solar Panels do not reduce Electricity Usage significantly - Confused

    I installed a 4Kw system in November 2015 From commissioning to November 2016 I generated approx 3500Kwh My electricity bill for Dec 2014 – Nov 2015 was 1477 Kwh Dec 2015 – Nov 2016 was 1309 Kwh and my pattern of usage has not changed significantly in this period - apart from a change from...
  9. Dan

    Solar Panels Forum

    I've renamed this forum to solar panels forum.
  10. H

    Cleaning Solar Panels

    Morning guys, I'm new to this forum, and please excuse the fact that this question may have been asked (and answered) already, but I wanted to ask about the best method for cleaning solar panels. The thing is (like many people's) my original installer went bust, which shouldn't have come as a...
  11. R

    Moving solar panels for extension

    Hi Been searching for help on this but can't find anything similar on the Internet. We had panels installed on our domestic house and registered back in 2013 as at the time we had given up on extending due to major issues with the council but a stroke of luck last year meant we finally got...
  12. M

    Quality of solar panels: quantifying the difference between "cheap" and "good" ones

    Hi, do cheap chinese solar panels really perform less well than better constructed panels? (and how would you identify these better constructed panels?) I am curious about whether they lose efficiency quicker over the years. Are there any numbers out there to quantify this loss of power over...
  13. P

    We are studying about in-roof integrated solar panels. Can you help?

    Would you guys able to help out and complete a survey for us? http://goo.gl/forms/TmGEdYDI9T Thank you very much! We appreciate your comments. Please let us know if you have any questions.
  14. P

    Generation meter for solar panels not working

    We have a Landis gyr E110 generation meter for our solar panels. The reading has not changed since a long time. The red LED light on the right is a constant red ( and not blinking red). What could be the problem here? The installer says a call out charge to inspect it would be £120 and a new...
  15. L

    Solar Panels

    Just now about to purchase a house which has solar panels currently installed on the roof. The current owner has a 25 year lease on the panels but part of the deal is that he will buy these out prior to completion and I will then take ownership of the pv equipment. The current setup is that the...
  16. S

    Domestic solar panels advice.

    Hi all nice forum. We have been in our 1st home for 9 months . I'm thinking of installing panels. I'm going to wait till I have a full years electric bills to see what our consumption is. We are in a modest house that has a near perfect south facing roof. Any advice & help welcome . Looking for...
  17. driverman

    Solar panels circuit MCB size

    Hi, can't get hold off solar people at mo, to ask what is required in terms of MCB required for their solar panels. when I met them ages go, they said just leave a spare way and I'm pretty sure they said they would put in a 4mm cable. Anyway i'm going to install a board complete with RCBO's. As...
  18. E

    REC 250W Solar Panels

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/301347057805?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
  19. HappyHippyDad

    Understanding solar panels for use on van.

    Evening all.. Apologies if this is a bit basic. This is the first post I have done on the solar forum as I just do domestic electrics, but i fancy putting a solar panel on the roof of my van so I can have 2 lights in the back (low powered - haven't really looked so dont know the wattage) and...
  20. C

    Solar Panels (Quick Question)

    I have been looking into building a little solar panel project at home and was just wondering if you could advise any kits or what panels I should get. Basically im looking to maybe run a bed room or something small and be able to mess around and try new things with solar energy.

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