Long Story Short. My Dad's Solar inverted died. The system appears to be 10 years old (it was installed when they bought the house). They get the 66c feed in.
If he replaces the inverter only, does he lose the 66c?
I would assume that if he did a completely new system (which would be bigger) he would lose it.
No, not yet. In the investigation phase at the moment to confirm it is 100% the inverter, at this stage, it is appearing to be that way. He has arranged a technician who services the inverter brand to come out and confirm it is the case.
Shouldn't lose it provided it is replaced with an inverter of the same capacity.
Didn't the last of the 66c feed in's finish last month ? Or are they about to end ? I'd check your finish date before you go spending money on upgrading an old inverter if it is only going to be of advantage for a very short time,
Maybe it is time to uprade and upsize ? Most of the original systems were only 1 or 2 kW in size. If you are going to spend good money you may as well upgrade now and get a bigger system.
$0.66 FIT runs till 2028
I was told if I did any upgrades to my solar I would lose the 0.66 tariff but as your replacing something faulty I hope you will be ok
Been through a similar situation in SA. Three replacement quotes all recommended to upgrade the system to a higher capacity with a smaller feed-in tariff. Based on my usage, i didn't need a larger system. I had the unit swapped out with an equivalent size by an electrician. This retained the feed-in tariff. Hope that helps.
According to the electrician, the installers would get a bigger kickback from the government to install the larger system. This was ~2 years ago now.
My first inverter died a few weeks after installation and it was just replaced under warranty with another the same size.
My energy supplier wasn't involved with the replacement and my PFIT remained unchanged.
If I get a new system installed however I'll lose my current PFIT.
If your existing system has stopped working because panels or inverter has failed, then you are allowed to keep the system going again by exchanging like for like i.e. if you had a 5kw inverter you can replace the old 5 kW inverter with a similar one. In some situations, if you upgrade your existing capacity and you’ve an FIT agreement in place, it could be cancelled and in some other cases, it’s ok.
Have you asked your electricity provider? and what did they say?…