Cheap 1kW Solar System for $999, however the inverter is also only 1kW.
True Value Solar 1kW Solar System for $999
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Installing a high capacity system can be pointless if you don't use much power during the day. System is best used if you consume power as you're generating power. At night time you don't generate anything, so you still import from the grid.
If your house is empty during the day, then a 1kw system could be ideal to offset your fridge/freezer and whatever other appliances you leave on.
If you're at home during the day, run a business from home/work from home, then it makes sense to have a higher capacity system installed so you can take advantage of free power.
I wouldnt bother. You dont want to go cheap with solar. Just look around the many forums of problems people have with cheap systems. It will cost you a lot more in the long run.
Exactly! unfortunately they use cheap inferior panels (try asking them what brand their going to be installing when purchasing) will most certinly cause headaches in the future….if you are going to fork out over $900 for something that produce or reduces your power bill dont skimp out…it will hurt you in the long run
Rang them Saturday wanted extra $500 for tile roof VIC.
No Thanks.Huh?
Good info thanks !
NOTE:This was for VIC they might waive $500 charge for other Zones with more subsidy.
Folks, I implore you to please read up about this company prior to making any decision to go with them. You get what you pay for. Also be aware of the charge for meter reconfiguration which if you are in Vic is around $300 which is not included in the cost.
Lot's of info on the Whirlpool Solar Forum:
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum/143?g=371One of the many, many points to highlight with True Value Solar is with their warranty. Which is regarded as one of the worst in the industry.
Best to read the fine print - if you want warranty you have to enter their service agreement which is basically an annual fee for someone to come out and hose your panels down.
http://www.truevaluesolar.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/…
For some perspective, on a clear day in Melbourne a 1kw unit will generate around 3kw per day (Melbourne annual average per 1KW).
If you use all it generates then it will offset your power bill by around $0.90 per day based on a charge of .30 C/KW from your energy retailer.
If you do not use any of it you will earn the princely sum of .24 cents per day based on .08 FIT.
Return on your investment on this unit including the cost of meter configuration will be from 4 years at best to 14 years at worst and this does not include the annual maintenance you will have to undertake with TVS which makes this a poor investment.
I would avoid using this company. I know the company directors personally and they do not have business ethics to begin with.
As for Tom Williams, what was he thinking!! I would not put my mug behind such a company for any amount of money.
Probably the same thing Darren Lockyer was thinking when he put his mug behind the Coal Seam Gas industry up here in Queensland. They don't care about the product, or how good or bad it is, if someone wants to pay them good money to advertise it, they'll probably take it.
Also remember the price of electricity increases when you take on solar. In my situation with Lumo, I was contemplating a 3kw system from True Value for 3299 installed, but was put off by the negative feedback of TVS and the idea that my price of supply would go from $1.17 daily service charge to $1.31 and 25c per kW to 31.5c per kW for peak usage (7-11)
Solar is a joke…. Yes i have a 2kW system BUT qualified for the $8000 grant and even then my break even was about 40 months after an outlay of $1300 for the upgrade to a 2kW system
No export, only consumption so saving my GD tarrif only.I save about $1 per day, located in Melbourne.
I have friends who continually rant about "they pay nothing for electricity any more"
WTF…. you payed $10,000 for you solar system….. that's a lot of "prepaid bills" i reminded them…lol
Solar is a joke
Only for those that are unable to take advantage of it. We currently make over $4500 per year tax free from a 10.7kW system with a 4.6kW inverter.
I have friends who continually rant about "they pay nothing for electricity any more"
WTF…. you payed $10,000 for you solar system….. that's a lot of "prepaid bills" i reminded them…lolWe spent all up around $16,000 on our system, it will have paid itself back by mid next year. The actual payment that we receive back more than covers our rates and water bill and as power prices increase we will make bigger savings.
So your claim that solar is a joke just isn't true.
Maverick, well done on your system
My inlaws are about $4k in credit too but they they are away 6 months of the year and only use 9kWh per day when home
Nowdays for most people the export is only about 6-8c kWH.
My point was you really need to do you own sums to work out the viability, not rely on the vendor selling the solar system.
$4500 is a lot of saving (or 'making')per year, so you must be on the 66 cents/kWh export, which suggests you export about 18.5kWh per day with your 10.7kw system.
Anyway here is a link for those interested to calculate your savings etc to work out the real financial viability
http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/calculators/PVWATTS/version1/$4500 is a lot of saving (or 'making')per year, so you must be on the 66 cents/kWh export, which suggests you export about 18.5kWh per day with your 10.7kw system.
I'm on the 44c FIT in QLD until 2028 with an 8c top up from AGL. Last month we generated 1.256MWh of which nearly all is exported as no-one is home during the day, our average generation per day was 40.522kWh.
Their TV ads tell you all you need to know about this company.
They have the same "must end soon, beat the price rise" "sale" every single week.Same tactics used to flog ab blasters and tomato choppers.
Haha finally someone mentions about their dodgy ads.
Pick one of these guys and you'll be fine:
http://www.solaraccreditation.com.au/retailers/approved-sola…
The list contains companies who are accredited by the Clean Energy Council. There is a very strict set of guidelines on how to get accredited (things like no VCAT rulings, warranty issues, etc), so if you picked one of them, you'll be fine.
Has anyone had experience with solar systems with battery banks? http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2014/05/australia-to-pioneer-off-g…
Read the last comment and the person was quoted $19,000 for a 1.5KW system! Seems to me that you would struggle to recoup that layout before the system needed replacing. But that is an opinion based on zero knowledge of the technology! :-/Jump on to the Whirlpool Solar forum on the link in my post above. Lot's of pro's, installers, and user's that can answer any ?'s you have.
Yes the Whirlpool Green Tech Solar forum is where you want to be if considering solar. Spend a few hours reading posts there and doing some searches on certain retailers selling solar, and you will save hundreds of hours of time later, and possibly thousands of dollars too by not having a dodgy installer or retailer rip you off or perform a botched install.
What's the point of installing such a weak system?