All my Mistakes Revealed - Solar and Battery Install
Gary sits down with Sean Scanlan from SSES Ltd to go back over all the mistakes Gary made before having his solar PV installed. Gary and Sean selected the SunSynk invertor and battery setup for this install see link below for more details.
Gary does solar with Sean
Learn about the Sunsynk Inverter
👉 • Unlock the Power of Su...
Sean on Instagram 👉🏻 instagram.com/ssesltd?igs...
================================================
00:00 All my mistakes
00:15 How much will it cost
00:32 First thing to consider
01:26 How much energy was I using
01:50 Do I need batteries
02:32 5.32kWh battery
02:59 I needed 2 batteries
03:11 Put it in the garage
03:28 Don't put in it the loft
04:06 Marcus did all the work
04:15 Plant room
04:50 The electrical system
05:20 Cable runs
05:58 Still no price
06:20 Battery only system
07:10 Breaking down the cost
07:40 Use the battery in the car
08:25 MCS process
09:35 Second battery installed
10:26 Talk to your installer
10:58 Understand when you benefit
=================================================
#renewableenergy #energyefficiency #efixxenergy #solarpv #solarbattery #solar
Please make sure you don't confuse kW and kWh - it's hard enough understanding amateurs who get it wrong, but as professionals it's vital to get it right and set a good example.
Thank you for the useful guidance in this video. Also worth noting in the darker winter months you can charge the battery over night using off-peak (night time rate) which is usually 50% cheaper
Looks a mess in the toilet but as you said only place to go might have been better to put the battery up higher away from the splash area of the toilet
Very nice feature in a toilet. Did your house insurance go up when you told the insurance company what you have in it now
Nice professional video there chaps. I agree with most here the location isn't great aesthetically but I can see why it was chosen over places such as the loft. I personally always avoid them. Any idea where the winch for the PV panel lifting is from? Would love to add one of those to the tool collection 💪
Nice solution to the battery OCPD, please can you give more details? Thank you
evening all, loving it on eFIXX energy!1🎉❤
Thanks Joe 👍🏻
Good info.
One thing solar installers need to make clear for every home owner is the difference between G.98 and G.99/G100 as when I was looking at solar, one thing that I didn’t understand was that even though I have 7KW panels and a G.98 hybrid inverter, I didn’t understand that the inverter will only allow 16A into the house load and export combined. Effectively the inverter is limited to 16A on the grid side in total and you use whatever you do in the house and the rest can go to the grid, but critically you are limited to 16A inside the house also, so while it’s nice to have the 7KW of panels as this means you generate more in the winter. In the summer you need to have batteries to charge for as long as possible while also exporting otherwise you are wasting a lot of generation potential.
Only issue with hybrid, I’m losing in conversion for an AC system but when the sun is shining I’ve got access to 8kW DC is more efficient and easier to do with G98 99 as your not even going to be near the limit think that’s why most installers push hybrid. Good points though
Unfortunately a lot of installers will try and get way with only fitting a 3.6kW inverter, as a G98 is much less paperwork (notification only) than a G99/G100 (apply for permission). Only later does the homeowner realise the implications, if at all.
What's the standard Cable size for solar power supply (from the solar panels to the charger?
PS Garry could you have not run SWA cable to the garage? Maybe 5 core so you could have whole home backup in the future. Yeah I wouldn’t be too sure that you’re not going to max the solar out in summer as I got 3.2 from my 3.2kW array with the 3kW inverter that goes to 3.3kW outptut but maxes out at 4.4kW array so I’m not even clipping on the inverter hence seeing 3.2kW in the summer months.
The land between me and my garage is not owned by me.
@@eFIXXENERGY bummer 😢
fascinating you installed in downstairs loo. Including a double socket - thought those weren’t allowed in wet areas like bthrooms or are downstairs loos considered separately?
All of it is aloud… it’s not a bathroom or such like 👍🏻
You couldn’t pay me enough to have stuff like this inside my house , just hope you plan to stay there and not sell up
just had one battery fitted to my system and wanted two but purely down to cost, i.e. cant afford it afer all the other work but on the agenda next time I have the cash to take it up to 10kwh esp as my system generates 3.6kw at peak
Did you fit bird/Animal protection around your Solar PV panels?
No because of the pitch we didn’t need one
Hi Guys I signed up with Essex solar last yr - my issue was installing a battery in the roof. They said this is fine and installed it with a fire alarm. Ok but As I’m less mobile but others are ok - is this a red flag?
Wouldn’t do it weight of battery lots of fire wood up there and gets really cold up there which LFP batteries don’t like to charge in, This is just based of my own research
I half agree and half disagree. I think charging from cheaper night tariffs is a must with batteries, regardless of it you have solar. Export prices now are such that it makes sense to export during the day and then charge the batteries at night. I have a zappi/eddi set up and have stopped the export due to this and only charge them at night, not allowing any solar to be diverted. Octopus go intelligent is 7.5p kWh at night with 15p kWh export. I’m currently on agile and make even more savings.
Not sure that the installation complies with current IEE wiring regulations. Water within reach of electrical supply @ less than one meter. As its a bathroom it is zoned, no 13amp outlets are allowed. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Surly it would need a bath to be a bathroom
I would never have big lithium batteries in the house because of the fire hazard. I would put the solar battery in a shed and EV on the driveway.
Please note, if you have a full system installed, everything is vat free. So ensure you get as many batteries as possible when you order the system. If you just add a battery without panels, you have to pay 20% vat on top..... I have 8kw of panels, which are south facing. The only problem is National Grid only allow me to export 5.2kw, due to issues with power balancing in the network. Seems a shame, when I could be helping offset a lot more fossil fuel output.
Batteries, on their own or retrofit are VAT free from Feb 24
In toyme
Its not s soyne its s sign
I would never have these on my expensive roof. A near neighbour had a roof fault. All 16 panels had to come off as the roof leaks were getting worse. It's all done now . He paid £1200 for the work to the solar company as two panels were defective. Plus new roof. Don't know the cost , I suspect about £4K. appears the original solar install was the cause of his problems. Since then, another property has had to go through this. Puts one off you would think.
Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts and experiences
Its not a BAT-TREE. Its ba-TTerY
😅😅😂😂😂 in toilet power plugs where is the regulations
NOT sawR lawR drawR drawRing withdrawRal awRinspiring NOT asdaR pastaR bananaR pizzaR cinemaR sofaR mediaR dataR NOT lisaR emmaR santaR NOT kenyaR canadaR viaR americaR
Putting these batteries inside dwellings is insane! If that enters thermal runaway your a gonner! I think it will take a few deaths and insurance pay-outs until peoples common sense kicks in and they put these high energy stores safely outside.
They are Lifepo4 batteries. No cobalt in them things have changed a lot.
Strange that we think burning gas in the home is ok but batteries aren't...even though we carry one of them around in our pocket every day.
Lifepo4 and BMS’s have got a lot better and battery tech is continuing to advance like BYD blade battery can be punctured without self igniting, the Gold battery from Zeeker that’s been subjected to fire extreme cold and two staged crash tests and then used in a vehicle they are a lot safer. It’s now one of the fastest developing products like sodium Ion which should see prices fall and be even better from a safety standpoint and I don’t think Solar will be far behind on development.
NOT mumFFs oV FFinkink FFroo FFerty FFree FFousand FFingz FFurzday wiV muVa faVa bruVa keeFFs smooV teeFF sumFFink wurFF nuFFink norFF souFF maFFs FFerapy myFFs FFerteenFF. Thsts not schooled dpeech. Its just muppet talk
a man thinks he knows English, but then he hears British. half of the talk is lost in the translation
Thanks for the wise words