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Re: House solar
« Reply #25 on: December 21, 2018, 10:16:07 PM »
Just got quoted for my 10kW Enphase system with Jinko 330's ... $16k, with 7 kW facing west, 3 kW facing north, and we've got space for another 10 on the east at a later date

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Re: House solar
« Reply #26 on: December 21, 2018, 11:27:45 PM »
Quote from: DrewXT on December 21, 2018, 10:16:07 PM
Just got quoted for my 10kW Enphase system with Jinko 330's ... $16k, with 7 kW facing west, 3 kW facing north, and we've got space for another 10 on the east at a later date

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Have they given a reason for not putting any on the west face straight up? And not spread over all three faces eg 3.5kW east, 3kW north and 3.5kW west. This will give a better spread over the whole day. I'm guessing you are limited to space on the north face, hence only 3kW here. 
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Re: House solar
« Reply #27 on: December 22, 2018, 07:01:06 AM »
Quote from: DrewXT on December 21, 2018, 10:16:07 PM
Just got quoted for my 10kW Enphase system with Jinko 330's ... $16k, with 7 kW facing west, 3 kW facing north, and we've got space for another 10 on the east at a later date

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Re: House solar
« Reply #28 on: December 22, 2018, 07:26:57 AM »
Quote from: Swannie on December 12, 2018, 06:52:49 AM
Just put 13kw fronius system on the house eke Tru ty bills were $650pm after first month with solar $92pm

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Hey Greg, is that per month, or per quarter?
We pay less than that per quarter...

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Re: House solar
« Reply #29 on: December 22, 2018, 07:30:11 AM »
Quote from: GeoffA on December 22, 2018, 07:26:57 AM
Hey Greg, is that per month, or per quarter?
We pay less than that per quarter...

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Re: House solar
« Reply #30 on: December 22, 2018, 07:43:49 AM »
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Per month mate

WOW!!

....and I thought we were heavy users....

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Re: House solar
« Reply #31 on: December 22, 2018, 07:49:14 AM »
Quote from: GeoffA on December 22, 2018, 07:43:49 AM
WOW!!

....and I thought we were heavy users....

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5 of us and everything is power mate plus only tank water so pump runs regularly and the kids computer drain power from the whole town 😂
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Re: House solar
« Reply #32 on: December 22, 2018, 08:02:53 AM »
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Too much
Not for Enphase IQ7 microinverters...

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Re: House solar
« Reply #33 on: December 22, 2018, 08:57:33 AM »
yea for what swannie paid I'd jump on that like a politician on a lie
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Re: House solar
« Reply #34 on: December 23, 2018, 08:46:20 AM »
Wow that is dear, there are 6 of us, we have 3 tower computers that run for at lest 14 hours and and laptops, a 55,000lt pool it runs 6 hours a day our home is airconed it runs around 10 hours a day when hot, pressure pump I am always welding in the shed and have two freezers and two fridges  electric stove, we pay around $730 per quarter,
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Re: House solar
« Reply #35 on: December 23, 2018, 10:35:29 AM »




Quote from: DrewXT on December 21, 2018, 10:16:07 PM
Just got quoted for my 10kW Enphase system with Jinko 330's ... $16k, with 7 kW facing west, 3 kW facing north, and we've got space for another 10 on the east at a later date

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Solar is getting cheaper, when I had my 3.5 kw system put up I had to pay 11,000 plus the 4,500 grant that the government was giving . Mind you I did lock in 44 cents per kw until late 2028 .

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Re: House solar
« Reply #36 on: December 23, 2018, 11:56:41 AM »
Quote from: duggie on December 23, 2018, 10:35:29 AM




Solar is getting cheaper, when I had my 3.5 kw system put up I had to pay 11,000 plus the 4,500 grant that the government was giving . Mind you I did lock in 44 cents per kw until late 2028 .
At our old place, we paid about $14k for 4.56kW, and locked in a PFIT of 68c/kwH ... The system fully paid for itself within 6 years, and we took a cheque of nearly $3k when we sold the house...

This time around, we're just going to cover power and gas bills

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Re: House solar
« Reply #37 on: December 23, 2018, 12:50:22 PM »
If you have minimal power use during the day, is it worth it?
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Re: House solar
« Reply #38 on: December 23, 2018, 01:59:51 PM »
We have a 5.7 kW system on the roof with a Fronius inverter for 3 years.
Power bill isn't much.  We had a few months were we didn't had to pay anything.

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Re: House solar
« Reply #39 on: December 23, 2018, 02:07:20 PM »
Quote from: D4D on December 23, 2018, 12:50:22 PM
If you have minimal power use during the day, is it worth it?
Quote from: briann532 on December 07, 2018, 07:43:11 PM
Only commenting, not trying to sell anything as this is what I do,
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If you aren't home to use it, don't bother unless you have pool pumps etc that are consuming the power.
Feed in will never give you a return

having read that I'd still love to kill off the power bills... I guess if you had a large battery bank that would make it worthwhile during the day??? --- Brian?
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Re: House solar
« Reply #40 on: December 23, 2018, 06:46:12 PM »
Going through the process atm.  6kw system Solar Panels: Trina Honey 305W M+ Monocrystalline   Inverter: Fronius Primo 5.0-1 $9998 before any subsidies
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Re: House solar
« Reply #41 on: December 23, 2018, 07:28:15 PM »
Bit of a hijack. Has anyone got the majority of their panels on the east face. Our house is wider than it is deep and faces west. I don’t want panels visible when looking at the house from the street. Was wondering how efficient and productive they would be with a few north facing panels and majority east facing panels.
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Re: House solar
« Reply #42 on: December 23, 2018, 08:04:59 PM »
Solar in this country is a joke.
Sure our 3.8kw paid for it's self at first with a feed in tariff of 60cents.
Contact expired two years ago, best we can get is 16 cents after what we use.
Nobody home through the day.
Kids work or at school, for 9 hours of sun light there is nobody at home.
We wash every 3 days, of a night there are two lights on, telly is off, we use tablets, phones(no laptops/pc's), our energy consumption is minimal,.
The biggest component of our bill is a service charge.



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Re: House solar
« Reply #43 on: December 23, 2018, 11:01:24 PM »
We got about 6.3kw of Canadian Solar panels and a Fronius inverter for just under $6k, including the new smart meter the for the meter box. We have the wife and 3 little boys at home, and it is on track to pay itself off in 3 years.
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Re: House solar
« Reply #44 on: December 24, 2018, 03:47:15 PM »
Quote from: Alan Loy on December 23, 2018, 06:46:12 PM
Going through the process atm.  6kw system Solar Panels: Trina Honey 305W M+ Monocrystalline   Inverter: Fronius Primo 5.0-1 $9998 before any subsidies

Too much mate
I just put 2x fronius primo 5.0-1 plus 13kw panels of the Trina honey

$10k flat
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Re: House solar
« Reply #45 on: December 24, 2018, 04:09:47 PM »
Quote from: Swannie on December 24, 2018, 03:47:15 PM
Too much mate
I just put 2x fronius primo 5.0-1 plus 13kw panels of the Trina honey

$10k flat

Thanks for the chat mate. Good info. :cup:

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Re: House solar
« Reply #46 on: January 16, 2019, 09:39:34 AM »
Had 6.5kw system installed yesterday to replace the existing 1.5.
Fronius 5kw 3 phase inverter and 23 x Risen 285 W split panels. $3790 installed.
At 6:45 this morning It was putting out 1.2kW ( almost what old system produced in middle of day ) Yesterday just after they powered it up it went almost straight away up to 5.4 kW.
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Re: House solar
« Reply #47 on: January 16, 2019, 12:52:15 PM »
Great hey.
We have a 5.72kW system and it produced over 37.5kW yesterday.
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Re: House solar
« Reply #48 on: January 16, 2019, 01:17:30 PM »
Had mine for just over 12 months now. Previous 2 years bills (for the year) averaged $2300. This last year with solar... $275!  :cheers:
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Re: House solar
« Reply #49 on: January 17, 2019, 12:09:28 PM »
Quote from: Bird on December 23, 2018, 02:07:20 PM
having read that I'd still love to kill off the power bills... I guess if you had a large battery bank that would make it worthwhile during the day??? --- Brian?

Sorry for the late reply Bird, I've been holidaying  ;D ;D ;D

Large battery banks are too expensive and the ROI is bad.
If you can use the power during the day, then yes, definitely worth it, bit if not no.
I accept the argument from Symon re hot water timer etc, but for most people this is not the case.
In Sydney electric HWS do not meet the Basix ratings (Yes I accept circumstance, exceptions etc etc, but on a whole they don't meet.)
Also if you put the timer on between 12 and 4 and on that day you have clouds or rain etc, you pay peak price which pretty much burns a hole in your wallet!!!

Every circumstance is unique, but generally if you ain't using it, you're wasting it.

Pools, tanks, irrigators, kids at home, work from home, high usage, etc etc, then yes VERY worth it. Literally "free" after the upfront cost.

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