All things Solar (merged threads)

[poppa smurf]

Originally Posted by Bearman

A good mate had installed solar. Unsure of the details but he has lots of panels.

The payback for the power returned to the grid is not what he was quoted from his energy company and they managed to slap a few "admin charges" on him to further diminish his return. It'll take twice as long to pay itself off.

Basically he was ripped off.

Solar?? Wouldn't bother.

when all is said and done we must make the decision to install, or not, based on a solid foundation of figures and not heresay.

to go in to an agreement of this magnitude (often tens of thousands of dollars) without solid knowledge is very stupid indeed.

if there is one thing I have banged on about from the start is do your homework.

without knowing all facts and not having his exact costings, usage, and any possible FIT it is impossible for me to comment further other than if he was quoted unreasonable or unattainable output figures and he based his purchase on these figures he may have actionable pathways open to him through different organisations.

in MOST cases solar is far from a waste of money........but as in all things, homework first.