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[QLD] 6.6kW Solar Energy System SUNTECH 440W & Growatt 5kW Inverter $3490 (Select Dwelling Types) @ Queensland Solar & Lighting

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[QLD] 6.6kW Solar Energy System SUNTECH 440W & Growatt 5kW Inverter $3490 (Select Dwelling Types) @ Queensland Solar & Lighting

AssociatedCoffee-King on 13/10/2024 - 09:12 queenslandsolarandlighting.com (196 clicks)
Last edited 13/10/2024 - 18:51

Are you looking to switch to solar energy but worried about the costs? We have an incredible offer that combines top-tier technology with unbeatable value.

Presenting the SUNTECH 440W Panels paired with a Growatt inverter, a perfect blend of efficiency and reliability, now at a price that makes solar energy accessible for everyone!

The Suntech 440W Solar Panels: Reputation at Its Best

The Suntech solar panels are a well known solar panel manufacturer in the solar industry
ULTRA V-PRO Ntype 440w Panel
· Max Efficiency: 22.5%

· First year power degradation: 1%

· Annual degradation: 0.40%

· First year power degradation: 1%

· Product warranty: 25 years

· linear warranty: 25 years

Growatt: Chinese made, sold in Europe, Offices and support in Australia. Been in Australia since 2011. Reliable and warranty of 10 years!

Unbeatable Pricing
We are excited to offer this fantastic combination at an unbeatable price. For a limited time, you can get the Suntech 440W Panels paired with a Growatt inverter at an incredible deal. Here’s what’s included:

The main value in this offer lies with the solar business that you are purchasing it from. A local solar outfit with over 10 years of runs on the board. We are far from any fly-by-nighter, just offering a cheap deal backed by us, and our wholesaler, and the manufacturers of the product, here in Australia and Brisbane!

Thinking solar? Grab a Winter bargain from us.

*15 x Suntech 440 W panels
*25-Year Product Warranty. 25-Year Performance Guarantee.
*1 x Growatt 5000 TL-X with a 10 year inverter warranty.

*Fully Installed by us!

Important Information

This system can support a battery, enabling future battery connection with the necessary equipment. If you prefer a setup that is ready for a battery from the start, we will assess your specific requirements.

*Warranties are also locally supported by Suntech and Growatt

Terms and Conditions

*Must have a Colorbond, tin roof, or will need tile brackets
*Property, single level
*Easy access and parking required at the site
*Single-phase power supply needed
*Meter box must be compliant and functional
*Location within 100 km of Brisbane CBD, Brisbane, Ipswich, Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast

Additional Costs:

*Tile Roof: + $350
*Two-storey, split-level, or high-set homes: Extra $250
*Terracotta and Decramastic tiles: Talk to us if your roof is in good condition.

Note: Final prices will be confirmed upon a thorough assessment if job is different to a typical home install.

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CharlesLee on 13/10/2024 - 09:24

4350 ?
- AssociatedCoffee-King @ Queensland Solar & Lighting on 13/10/2024 - 09:46
  
  yeah, just add $500
mysterytal on 13/10/2024 - 09:25

I'm still worried about the costs. How much usage during daylight hours when off-peak electricity rates are being charged is required to get a return on investment within 5 years. Not the peak-rate that has been put on every quote I've received so far but the off-peak rate.
- AssociatedCoffee-King @ Queensland Solar & Lighting on 13/10/2024 - 09:57
  
  +1
  
  Oh ok, What is a good ROI for you?
  I'd imagine most houses to be able to achieve within 4 years, and many within 3 years.
  
  Do you have an Air Con?
  - mysterytal on 13/10/2024 - 10:18
    
    5 years as I requested. I do have an air conditioner used sparingly set to 25 degrees used only on very hot days of over 30 degrees C. Simple ventilation and shading works quite well when the temperature outside is under 30 degrees. It doesn't use much electricity at around 1kW on it's medium setting to maintain the set temperature. It can use up to 2kW when it turns on to reduce the room temperature to the set temperature.
    
    You could use an off-peak tariff of 20 cents/kWh which is a fair rate charged by suppliers.
    - 31mop on 13/10/2024 - 13:19
      
      @mysterytal what is your current daily consumption?
      
      If it's 20kw, lets say you use 15kw of that during the day, at a purchase of 30c a kw. That's $4.50 you'll save per day, and you'll probably push in about 10-20kw back into the grid you'll be paid about $1 per day.
      
      So $5.50 per day back in your pocket or about $1500-$2000 a year. That might all be overkill but based on that alone you'd pay off in 2-3 years.
- Russ on 13/10/2024 - 09:58
  
  Which electricity supplier is giving you off-peak rates between 9am and 3pm?
  - mysterytal on 13/10/2024 - 10:18
    
    +1
    
    Almost all of them. There's too much solar in the grid so they charge less to encourage usage outside of the evening peak.
    - Russ on 14/10/2024 - 00:22
      
      Oops, I was thinking only of the tariff that gives 4+ hours overnight. I forgot about the other off-peak tariff.
- SBOB on 13/10/2024 - 10:44
  
  +1
  
  I'm still worried about the costs. How much usage during daylight hours when off-peak electricity rates are being charged is required to get a return on investment within 5 years.
  
  then do the maths?
  use some rough average generation numbers for your area of the country (eg https://arisesolar.com.au/evaluating-the-feasibility-will-a-…)
  Work out what your elec rates are, do the maths
  
  then take that maths and assume its best case, multiply it by like 50-75% to be more realistic and go from there.
  Solar pay off in 5 years realistically would require you to have a high self-usage rate during the day, but unless you're leaving the house in 5 years, using a longer term payback is a better calculation of total ROI (as the system is not going to generate 0kw on 5years+1 day)
  - mysterytal on 13/10/2024 - 11:51
    
    That's coming back as 20 years as a payback period to just recover the intial investment costs of this deal.
    
    We don't have the high usage as decribed in that article. No pool pumps, no intensive use of air conditioning, no high hot water usage.
    
    Sounds like a poor investment. I'm sure someone will use enough electricity to cover the investment in 3 years as the OP claims but I'm sure if they did then they would have solar already. There's a diminishing market for new rooftop solar. I wonder how long these companies will be in business for.
    - 31mop on 13/10/2024 - 13:22
      
      $3500 in 20 years - so $175 per year?
      
      That's 50c per day, you'd get that with the current FIT, let alone any consumption you use during the day (and if you're smart about it, you would put your dishwasher / washing machine etc on during the day to use that electricity rather than buying it).
      - Russ on 14/10/2024 - 00:38
        
        @31mop: That's not a good way to do the costing.
        
        Treat it exactly as though you took out a loan to pay for it, and that will give you a truer payback.
        
        I used the C'wealth bank's "green loan 3.99%" as a benchmark, as 4% is about half way between the government's desired long-term inflation rate of 2%, and what you could be saving if you're offsetting your home loan at 6%.
        
        Using the bank's calculator, this gives $8.18/week over 20 years for P+I repayment. That's $1.17 a day, so if you're exporting an average 30kWh a day at 5c FIT, you're only just over break-even.
        
        (The bank's calculator said $3490 is too small, so I used $349000 and it said $818/week)
  - mysterytal on 13/10/2024 - 14:30
    
    she now enjoys thousands in profits every 12 months.
    
    To get a bill to save thousands every 12 months as you claim then she must be using significant amounts of electricity.
    
    I have solar but the savings are significantly overstated. It's just a warning to anyone thinking this is a good deal. As you say do the maths.
    - AssociatedCoffee-King @ Queensland Solar & Lighting on 13/10/2024 - 14:46
      
      can you show your mathematics working in front of us here?
      - mysterytal on 13/10/2024 - 14:53
        
        @Coffee-King: 12kWh used per day evenly over the 24 hours in the day. Maximum from solar is 5kWh per day. 17 cents/kWh average rate during peak solar hours. Loan repayment over 20 years $25 per month. Savings $25 per month. Therefore 20 years.
        
        What size system would suit an average consumption profile as ours?
        
        SBOB on 13/10/2024 - 14:58
        
        @mysterytal:
        
        What size system would suit an average consumption profile as ours?
        
        If your usage is actually 12kWh used per day evenly over the 24 hours in the day.
        
        I would say none if you're looking purely at an ROI on current numbers basis. Your usage and usage profile is to low to offset with much useful self consumption, and export rates are going to continue to lessen.
        
        Ademos on 13/10/2024 - 18:04
        
        @mysterytal:
        
        12kWh used per day evenly over the 24 hours in the day
        
        There was a big cow, and the cow looked at me.
asa79 on 13/10/2024 - 13:57

How much extra for like a fronius inverter
- AssociatedCoffee-King @ Queensland Solar & Lighting on 13/10/2024 - 17:26
  
  +3
  
  $1000, but I wouldn't bother. The Growatt is great!
PerthectDeal on 13/10/2024 - 15:06

+2

Got this exact same system but in WA. I have had it for 3 years, will pay for itself next year. Had a problem with the inverter, Growatt Warrenty was great.
Now I have got an EV and 16,000km per year done on the solar excess. Win win.
- Polt on 14/10/2024 - 14:38
  
  If you don't mind sharing, how much was this system & install, and who did the install? Looking for solar at the moment but I don't seem to see any deals popping up on here for WA.
  - PerthectDeal on 14/10/2024 - 23:00
    
    Was done by AICA paid $2600. Certainly not that price today. I would look for good deals and check google reviews. I have been saving approx $600 to $900 per year before an EV. No problem with Growatt, they have WA support in Canning Vale.
Russ on 14/10/2024 - 22:06

OP, is there any way to connect this inverter to a hot-water heater, so the heater only heats when you're exporting more than 2.5kW? Or an accessory that will achieve the same effect?

If I can have my hot-water service entirely powered by the generated electricity, that will save me $275 a quarter, giving a four-year payback period.
flightcrank on 15/10/2024 - 15:23

Can it be used to power a hot water system as well as the rest of house ?

I'm current getting my glass tube solar hot water system replaced by insurance and think it might be cheaper to go this route. I think the insurance company will pay for it instead of paying for the replacement glass tube system. Im on the GC
- Ezekiel2320 on 15/10/2024 - 15:26
  
  Yes. You can install a smart controller on a storage hot water system to prioritise heating during solar surplus, as long as your inverter supports smart home setup (fronius makes a hot water controller that integrates with their inverter without a smart home setup).
  
  If you have solar and are looking at a new hws then yes a heat pump hot water system is the way to go