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Had my Solar PV installed yesterday - and couldn't be happier with my choice
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New to the Forum, but I thought i'd share my install info

West facing roof in Essex

16 x 245W sunlink panels
Aurora one inverter
Energy monitor
Both with a 10 year guarantee

All for £9750!!!

The installation went like a dream, a team of 5 turned up at 8am (1 doing the electrics, the rest on the roof)
Real nice proffessional guys, very neat and tidy job, who were more than happy to do exactly what I wanted - even trimmed down my soil vents for me.

Swithched on 2:30ish and even on a West facing roof with a large oak tree giving plenty of shading (which is soon to be trimmed) it produced 6 units and peaked at 2.657Kw.

Paid the final payment over the phone, and recieved my MCS cert and invoice within half hour by email, which I sent off this morning
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Got up this morning at 7:30 and it had already switched on, and is now producing just over 2Kw's. Got the washing machine and 1200 watts of electric underfloor heating on, and the meter outside isn't moving!!! Happy days

I really couldnt recommend this company enough, they are a large nationwide company with lots of experience, great customer service and most importantly great price!! They are also offering a limited deal on 16 x 250w Sharp panels for £10,995 at the moment.

Anyway, hopefully the pics below will work and you can see the install for yourself. Any comments welcome

John

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DC cables, DC isolators, Inverter, presence of two supplies, do not disconnect DC under load etc. - the usual set of labels that should be affixed to all installations.
 
How many units did you produce today, i ask coz i'm in Essex with the same size system 3.92Kw. i have been up and running since last Sunday give me 103Kwh. so thats about £45 payback.
 
Is mounting on a wooden surface a problem? The Aurora installation manual doesn't mention combustible surfaces. I know SMA had an expert report on the subject for sunny boys & mini central inverters http://files.sma.de/dl/7418/HolzUnt-UEN082610.pdf and there appears to be no major problems.

Can't really tell from the pictures but what size is the AC cable, I would expect 6mm but it looks less than that, as i say though can't really tell just wondered?
 
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