Confusion on House solar panels

[jetcrew]

We have a 3kw system. Before solar our avg bill was $900 per qtr. We only get a 6c per kw feed in tariff. My wife is home most days with the kids and we try to use appliances during the day. Since installed our bills are $500-600 with a rebate of about $60 dollars or so. We will pay for the system in 3 1/2 years

That system is working very well mate at about 18-20kWh per day off a 3Kw system is the high end of performance I actually believe that 3kW systems are the go under the current set up. I opted for 6 as the first year on 14c FIT and high exports recouped a lot of the system cost from the increase in size.

3-4 year paybacks are still achievable in the current situation.  But alot more work must be done now to get a good result.


I am helped by having this to further tailor my usage to suit the outputs ..this changes through the month but is today snap shot

http://pvoutput.org/analyse.jsp?id=22923&sid=20811&dt=20140918

 

[paceman]

That system is working very well mate at about 18-20kWh per day off a 3Kw system is the high end of performance


I am helped by having this to further tailor my usage to suit the outputs ..this changes through the month but is today snap shot

http://pvoutput.org/analyse.jsp?id=22923&sid=20811&dt=20140918

 

can you provide some more info about your link?  is there a device attached to your solar equipment?

[jetcrew]

can you provide some more info about your link?  is there a device attached to your solar equipment?

Yes mate, it is a device inside my inverter that sends info to Pv output by ethernet over power cable from memory , I have a small power thing that is plugged into a power point and the lead then plugs into the back of my home modem, I can get all sorts of data about my system via my home pc /iphone/ipad or I can log in anywhere and see the info.

I think its great. here a link to my whole thing for you. Positronics who installed most of my system took care of the lot for me.

  http://pvoutput.org/list.jsp?id=22923&sid=20811

jet

[paceman]

Yes mate, it is a device inside my inverter that sends info to Pv output by ethernet over power cable from memory , I have a small power thing that is plugged into a power point and the lead then plugs into the back of my home modem, I can get all sorts of data about my system via my home pc /iphone/ipad or I can log in anywhere and see the info.

I think its great. here a link to my whole thing for you. Positronics who installed most of my system took care of the lot for me.

  http://pvoutput.org/list.jsp?id=22923&sid=20811

jet

cool, thanks...

[Murph]

I put in a 3kw system 3yrs ago with PFIT of 60c pay back . We are with Energy Australia and on a two tier tariff  33 c peak and 17 off peak which is from 11 pm to 7am with off peak on weekends and public holidays . I have not paid a gas or elect bill since I put it in , we are in Vic and the PFIT goes until 2124 

[jetcrew]

I put in a 3kw system 3yrs ago with PFIT of 60c pay back . We are with Energy Australia and on a two tier tariff  33 c peak and 17 off peak which is from 11 pm to 7am with off peak on weekends and public holidays . I have not paid a gas or elect bill since I put it in , we are in Vic and the PFIT goes until 2124

No one likes a gloater 

that awesome mate, and I certainly would never begrudge the people who have the benefit of stupid and moronic govt ministers.

Solar industry, Elec retailers and govt ministers sit down to nut out a solar rebate scheme ...I'll let you guess who the morons were. 

Its a bloody shame as for under $5k every house in Australia could be power neutral if the govt was serious about renewable energy. 

FIT set nationally at 50% of the tariff and all would have been good.

Oh well still a good option for people .

Jet

[WilSurf]

When I had our 5.72kW system installed, it had a wireless output to my modem.
Rom where ever I was I could see how much it generets, past and current.
However I have changed the channel in my router to have less interference from neighbours and I have lot this.
I have reset the web settings in the inverter (Fronius) but no luck.

Our last bill over the period of 07/05/2014 to 03/09/2014 was $52.00
Pretty happy with that.

At 31/08/2014 I had the following:
Imported: 557kW
Exported: 1028kW
Generated: 1380kW

The system has been running with a new meter since mid June 2014.

[Murph]

Yes jet crew  I just too up,the offer that  was out there , but that system cost $17,000 ! $10,000+ was my cost . I can get that system today under $5000

[terravista]

900Kw in 90 days is a very very low peak power usage figure..I do not know many houses running on 10Kw per day add the 300 off peak = 13.3Kw per 24 hrs thats awesome on its own.


So 1 occupant that explains the 13.3 Kw .. we need to establish the time that your daughter uses power does she work all day ?

My daughter lives alone and is a teacher. She leaves home at 7:30 am and normally gets home around 5:00 pm weekdays.
She generally has the I Pad charging a couple of hours a day, no TV or stereo, doesn't cook much, and brings most of her clothes home for washing on the weekend. Dishwasher gets used every 2 days or so. Even with all this the power bill rates her usage as equal to a typical family of 1.5 people
Cheers.

[WilSurf]

Are there no large plants growing in the attic under bright lights?

[NewieCamper]

Our usage varies between 10kwh and 13kwh per days. For a family of five, not including hot water which adds another 4-6kwh depending on season. The higher end of usage is when we've been using the aircon, only for half a dozen days per season and the dryer gets a bit of a run in winter. All energy efficient lighting, one fridge, but TVs etc all run on standby all the time and there is plenty of washing and dishwashing, averaging one of each per day.

I don't know how others end up with such high bills, except air cond and pools.

[terravista]

Are there no large plants growing in the attic under bright lights?

No, unfortunately, because if there was I think she would be too mellow to be concerned over a little thing like solar power.
Cheers