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| Caterham Member Since: 06 Nov 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 6300   
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has that got anything to do with all the subsidies that have been given out for solar panel etc?
methinks another log burner (with back boiler this time), some solar thermal panels, and a load of LED lamps? oh and perhaps a diesel generator running on waste cooking oil ?  |
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21st Jun 2011 1:18pm |
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| noworries4x4 Member Since: 24 Dec 2010 Location: Newton Abbot Devon Posts: 1195
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I am looking into solar at the moment as i have a large south facing roof, the set up costs are huge panels are approx £500 each, i am not going down the route of getting one of the investment power companys in who get all the money back not me, i want to do it myself and get all the sell in tariff. got some info from site last week about solar pv tiles instead of ugly panels, more surface area avalable and more efficent but the amount of wiring to do in the roof space is mind boggling.
Not seen any increases from British gas combined account yet not looking foward to the shock. If everything is under control you are not going fast enough. Every Day 16 MY Discovery 4 Commercial Workshop and Escort Vehicle Weekends 07MY L322 TDV8 Vogue SE Series 1 80" 3ltr 6cyl with overdrive No Worries 4X4 |
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21st Jun 2011 7:54pm |
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| BigRuss Member Since: 15 May 2010 Location: Norfolk Posts: 2785  
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You might as well go the whole hog and lose the LED's for some flaming tourches!  Russell
2011MY 110 XS USW Black |
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21st Jun 2011 8:09pm |
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| Eduardo Member Since: 28 Aug 2008 Location: Región Metropolitana Posts: 2110  
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Just for my personal interest
How much you paid for eletricity? Any special tariff available? Cheers! Eduardo MY 2007 110 SW PUMA 2.4: Big Fog of 64' MY 1994 Jayco 1207 Folding camper: "El Tremendo"  Click image to enlarge |
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21st Jun 2011 8:37pm |
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| K9F Member Since: 12 Nov 2009 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 9610 
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Gotta be said....Next to my Land Rover the log burner has got to be the next best purchase I have ever made!  If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!!
Treat every day as if it is your last....one day you will be right!! |
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22nd Jun 2011 7:06am |
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| NoDo$h Member Since: 18 Aug 2007 Location: Buried in deer guts in Dorset Posts: 972
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As a lot of people pay on budget account (monthly DD for a fixed amount) I reckon it will take 3-6 months before people reaslise just hum much this is costing - when the utility company raises their DD by 70% to catch up on the deficit
I think I need to get myself a job in utilities customer services management
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22nd Jun 2011 7:55am |
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| DefenderOfTheEarth Member Since: 09 Nov 2010 Location: Cornwall, UK Posts: 1304 
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If you're in energy, a PFI company like Serco or banking you can do no wrong.
Anything else - you're shafted. Except maybe breeding weimeraners   Defender 110XS SW gone... now VW California 180 4 Motion. |
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22nd Jun 2011 9:09am |
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| pom Member Since: 01 Jun 2010 Location: Worcester Posts: 1343 |
You can't do it yourself and get the FIT tariff. I have a 4KW solar installation completed in may. To qualify it HAS to be installed by a MCS approved installer. Since may it has 'earned' at least £10 a day. The best way to look at it is by taking a loan for 6 or 7 years the FIT payments you receive which are index linked and guaranteed for 25 years, will equal the loan payments. So for years 1-7 you are simply not using as much electric from the grid = cheaper bill. For years 7 onward your FIT payment is equal to or a little more than your electric bill (for me anyway)so you no longer pay for electricity. Someone asked about electricity prices, here are jockish powers new tariff: Electricity prices Current† New† First 225kWh used each quarter 16.699p 21.558p All/Day remaining kWh 7.216p 10.664p |
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22nd Jun 2011 9:13am |
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