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Metro
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Thu Sep 01, 2011 2:08 am
I notice in my travels around Sydney that folk are still having Solar Power
installed on their roofs. I was under the impression that since the various
subsidies had been dropped that it really was not worth getting. Am I
missing something?
Metro....
swanny
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Thu Sep 01, 2011 2:57 am
On 1/09/2011 12:08 PM, Metro wrote:
Quote:
I notice in my travels around Sydney that folk are still having Solar Power
installed on their roofs. I was under the impression that since the various
subsidies had been dropped that it really was not worth getting. Am I
missing something?
Metro....
installed on their roofs. I was under the impression that since the various
subsidies had been dropped that it really was not worth getting. Am I
missing something?
Metro....
Feed-in tariff is still available to new installations. It is less than
the generous 60c/kWHr previously offered, but still above the average
kWHr cost.
There may also be some 'social' reasons some people install them (maybe
a bit of a status symbol for some).
Sylvia Else
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Thu Sep 01, 2011 3:35 am
On 1/09/2011 12:08 PM, Metro wrote:
Quote:
I notice in my travels around Sydney that folk are still having Solar Power
installed on their roofs. I was under the impression that since the various
subsidies had been dropped that it really was not worth getting. Am I
missing something?
Metro....
installed on their roofs. I was under the impression that since the various
subsidies had been dropped that it really was not worth getting. Am I
missing something?
Metro....
Most people don't have a clue how to go about comparing the cost of grid
supplied electricity with the cost of power from a solar panel.
Sylvia.
Metro
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Thu Sep 01, 2011 3:57 am
"Sylvia Else" <sylvia_at_not.here.invalid> wrote in message
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Quote:
On 1/09/2011 12:08 PM, Metro wrote:
I notice in my travels around Sydney that folk are still having Solar
Power
installed on their roofs. I was under the impression that since the
various
subsidies had been dropped that it really was not worth getting. Am I
missing something?
Metro....
Most people don't have a clue how to go about comparing the cost of grid
supplied electricity with the cost of power from a solar panel.
Sylvia.
Well I don't think that it is worth it. Considering initial outlay, the
I notice in my travels around Sydney that folk are still having Solar
Power
installed on their roofs. I was under the impression that since the
various
subsidies had been dropped that it really was not worth getting. Am I
missing something?
Metro....
Most people don't have a clue how to go about comparing the cost of grid
supplied electricity with the cost of power from a solar panel.
Sylvia.
Well I don't think that it is worth it. Considering initial outlay, the
exposure averages, 00.20c perKwh rebate etc. Plus how long will the
government keep the existing rebate? Maybe ok if you live in the red centre.
Metro....
Sylvia Else
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Thu Sep 01, 2011 4:30 am
On 1/09/2011 1:57 PM, Metro wrote:
Quote:
"Sylvia Else"<sylvia_at_not.here.invalid> wrote in message
news:9c8csaFa28U1_at_mid.individual.net...
On 1/09/2011 12:08 PM, Metro wrote:
I notice in my travels around Sydney that folk are still having Solar
Power
installed on their roofs. I was under the impression that since the
various
subsidies had been dropped that it really was not worth getting. Am I
missing something?
Metro....
Most people don't have a clue how to go about comparing the cost of grid
supplied electricity with the cost of power from a solar panel.
Sylvia.
Well I don't think that it is worth it.
news:9c8csaFa28U1_at_mid.individual.net...
On 1/09/2011 12:08 PM, Metro wrote:
I notice in my travels around Sydney that folk are still having Solar
Power
installed on their roofs. I was under the impression that since the
various
subsidies had been dropped that it really was not worth getting. Am I
missing something?
Metro....
Most people don't have a clue how to go about comparing the cost of grid
supplied electricity with the cost of power from a solar panel.
Sylvia.
Well I don't think that it is worth it.
I agree. It's most of the people who are installing it who don't know
how to compare.
Sylvia.
terryc
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Thu Sep 01, 2011 5:13 am
Metro wrote:
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Am I missing something?
Two parts;
10 the Federal RECS, or whatever they are called now, subsidy for
installation only dropped 20% with the finacial year and will continue
to drop 20% for each finacial year until ?. So you can still get the
subsidy on installation.
The Gross (vary)generous Feed in Tarrifs may have stopped/changed in
your state. The NSw 60c one has closed, zip, no more.
AIUI some electricty suppliers are still offering Gross FIT of around
20C. You may have to sign up to them for installation as well, you may not.
Some suppliers will only go net, i.e. we will take all you can generate
and take that off your bill, then you pay us for any extra you use.
generate too much and thank you very much, we just take it.
Some people are seeing it as worth their while to install a system that
will cover their electricty bills considering some of the projected
rises to cover long overdue infrastructure upgrades and overdue power
stations.
YMMV
Dave Goldfinch
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Thu Sep 01, 2011 9:40 am
On Thu, 1 Sep 2011 12:08:09 +1000, "Metro" <Home_at_home> wrote:
Quote:
I notice in my travels around Sydney that folk are still having Solar Power
installed on their roofs. I was under the impression that since the various
subsidies had been dropped that it really was not worth getting. Am I
missing something?
Metro....
In WA the feed in tarif of 47c/kWH (Supposedly fixed for 10 years) is
still available for installations completed by 30th September. I doubt
that there is much chance for anyone still to sign up for this as an
application has to go through Western Power, which can take some time.
I have just got a system installed and expect a payback period of
between 6 & 8 years, depending on who you believe as to the future
supply charges.
I would just like some clever person to figure out how I can export
ALL the solar and only use power off the grid, for which I pay around
20c/kWH :-)
Dave
David Eather
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Thu Sep 01, 2011 7:21 pm
On 1/09/2011 7:40 PM, Dave Goldfinch wrote:
Quote:
On Thu, 1 Sep 2011 12:08:09 +1000, "Metro"<Home_at_home> wrote:
I notice in my travels around Sydney that folk are still having Solar Power
installed on their roofs. I was under the impression that since the various
subsidies had been dropped that it really was not worth getting. Am I
missing something?
Metro....
In WA the feed in tarif of 47c/kWH (Supposedly fixed for 10 years) is
still available for installations completed by 30th September. I doubt
that there is much chance for anyone still to sign up for this as an
application has to go through Western Power, which can take some time.
I have just got a system installed and expect a payback period of
between 6& 8 years, depending on who you believe as to the future
supply charges.
I would just like some clever person to figure out how I can export
ALL the solar and only use power off the grid, for which I pay around
20c/kWH :-)
Dave
just connect the feed in input directly to the mains. Of course, you
I notice in my travels around Sydney that folk are still having Solar Power
installed on their roofs. I was under the impression that since the various
subsidies had been dropped that it really was not worth getting. Am I
missing something?
Metro....
In WA the feed in tarif of 47c/kWH (Supposedly fixed for 10 years) is
still available for installations completed by 30th September. I doubt
that there is much chance for anyone still to sign up for this as an
application has to go through Western Power, which can take some time.
I have just got a system installed and expect a payback period of
between 6& 8 years, depending on who you believe as to the future
supply charges.
I would just like some clever person to figure out how I can export
ALL the solar and only use power off the grid, for which I pay around
20c/kWH :-)
Dave
just connect the feed in input directly to the mains. Of course, you
are now committing outright fraud. If you don't mind the risk of having
"Humpy" and "Slugger" as your new "best friends" in the slammer then
that could work out OK.
kreed
Guest
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Fri Sep 02, 2011 12:20 am
On Sep 1, 7:40 pm, Dave Goldfinch <daveg5...@NotCoolMail.invalid>
wrote:
Quote:
On Thu, 1 Sep 2011 12:08:09 +1000, "Metro" <Home_at_home> wrote:
I notice in my travels around Sydney that folk are still having Solar Power
installed on their roofs. I was under the impression that since the various
subsidies had been dropped that it really was not worth getting. Am I
missing something?
Metro....
In WA the feed in tarif of 47c/kWH (Supposedly fixed for 10 years) is
still available for installations completed by 30th September. I doubt
that there is much chance for anyone still to sign up for this as an
application has to go through Western Power, which can take some time.
I have just got a system installed and expect a payback period of
between 6 & 8 years, depending on who you believe as to the future
supply charges.
I would just like some clever person to figure out how I can export
ALL the solar and only use power off the grid, for which I pay around
20c/kWH :-)
Dave
I notice in my travels around Sydney that folk are still having Solar Power
installed on their roofs. I was under the impression that since the various
subsidies had been dropped that it really was not worth getting. Am I
missing something?
Metro....
In WA the feed in tarif of 47c/kWH (Supposedly fixed for 10 years) is
still available for installations completed by 30th September. I doubt
that there is much chance for anyone still to sign up for this as an
application has to go through Western Power, which can take some time.
I have just got a system installed and expect a payback period of
between 6 & 8 years, depending on who you believe as to the future
supply charges.
I would just like some clever person to figure out how I can export
ALL the solar and only use power off the grid, for which I pay around
20c/kWH :-)
Dave
If you have a shed etc on the same property - get an extra feed and
meter for it. Feed the solar into that feed, have no other load on it
and take your home power from the existing feed
If you wanted to be extremely bad, you could connect to the neighbours
power, feed it via an isolation transformer and bridge rectifier into
the inverter, and split the difference with them
, though this and
other similar methods are very likely to lead to trouble and arent
recommended.
..
kreed
Guest
Guest
Fri Sep 02, 2011 12:41 am
On Sep 1, 12:08 pm, "Metro" <Home_at_home> wrote:
Quote:
I notice in my travels around Sydney that folk are still having Solar Power
installed on their roofs. I was under the impression that since the various
subsidies had been dropped that it really was not worth getting. Am I
missing something?
Metro....
installed on their roofs. I was under the impression that since the various
subsidies had been dropped that it really was not worth getting. Am I
missing something?
Metro....
There are a lot in South East QLD also. I have seen about 10 places
on my travels where roofs are covered with them. One has over 60 panels
Chris
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Fri Sep 02, 2011 6:27 am
On 01/09/2011 12:08 PM, Metro wrote:
Quote:
I notice in my travels around Sydney that folk are still having Solar Power
installed on their roofs. I was under the impression that since the various
subsidies had been dropped that it really was not worth getting. Am I
missing something?
Metro....
installed on their roofs. I was under the impression that since the various
subsidies had been dropped that it really was not worth getting. Am I
missing something?
Metro....
I'm on 3 phase, so do they just feed-in on a single phase?
Or would I be up for a no-doubt-more-expensive 3ph converter?
Chris.
TonyS
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Fri Sep 02, 2011 9:55 am
On 2/09/2011 2:27 PM, Chris wrote:
Quote:
On 01/09/2011 12:08 PM, Metro wrote:
I notice in my travels around Sydney that folk are still having Solar
Power
installed on their roofs. I was under the impression that since the
various
subsidies had been dropped that it really was not worth getting. Am I
missing something?
Metro....
I'm on 3 phase, so do they just feed-in on a single phase?
Or would I be up for a no-doubt-more-expensive 3ph converter?
Chris.
I notice in my travels around Sydney that folk are still having Solar
Power
installed on their roofs. I was under the impression that since the
various
subsidies had been dropped that it really was not worth getting. Am I
missing something?
Metro....
I'm on 3 phase, so do they just feed-in on a single phase?
Or would I be up for a no-doubt-more-expensive 3ph converter?
Chris.
No, you pick just one phase.
Pick the one that's got the least use in daytime:)
Tony
kreed
Guest
Guest
Sat Sep 03, 2011 12:55 am
On Sep 2, 7:55 pm, TonyS <nos...@mymail.com> wrote:
Quote:
On 2/09/2011 2:27 PM, Chris wrote:
On 01/09/2011 12:08 PM, Metro wrote:
I notice in my travels around Sydney that folk are still having Solar
Power
installed on their roofs. I was under the impression that since the
various
subsidies had been dropped that it really was not worth getting. Am I
missing something?
Metro....
I'm on 3 phase, so do they just feed-in on a single phase?
Or would I be up for a no-doubt-more-expensive 3ph converter?
Chris.
No, you pick just one phase.
Pick the one that's got the least use in daytime:)
Tony
On 01/09/2011 12:08 PM, Metro wrote:
I notice in my travels around Sydney that folk are still having Solar
Power
installed on their roofs. I was under the impression that since the
various
subsidies had been dropped that it really was not worth getting. Am I
missing something?
Metro....
I'm on 3 phase, so do they just feed-in on a single phase?
Or would I be up for a no-doubt-more-expensive 3ph converter?
Chris.
No, you pick just one phase.
Pick the one that's got the least use in daytime:)
Tony
Move as much as possible off that phase
Barry OGrady
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Sat Sep 03, 2011 10:53 am
On Thu, 1 Sep 2011 12:08:09 +1000, "Metro" <Home_at_home> wrote:
Quote:
I notice in my travels around Sydney that folk are still having Solar Power
installed on their roofs. I was under the impression that since the various
subsidies had been dropped that it really was not worth getting. Am I
missing something?
Yes. Feed in tarrif still applies.
Quote:
Metro....
Metro
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Sat Sep 03, 2011 11:21 pm
"Barry OGrady" <atheist_at_hotmail.com.au> wrote in message
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Quote:
On Thu, 1 Sep 2011 12:08:09 +1000, "Metro" <Home_at_home> wrote:
I notice in my travels around Sydney that folk are still having Solar
Power
installed on their roofs. I was under the impression that since the
various
subsidies had been dropped that it really was not worth getting. Am I
missing something?
Yes. Feed in tarrif still applies.
What a lousy $00.20 per Kwh?
I notice in my travels around Sydney that folk are still having Solar
Power
installed on their roofs. I was under the impression that since the
various
subsidies had been dropped that it really was not worth getting. Am I
missing something?
Yes. Feed in tarrif still applies.
What a lousy $00.20 per Kwh?
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