The Climate, Environment and Energy Thread

[kruddler]

A lot of people are looking at Solar panels, any good experiences the forum wants to share? Any reputable installers vs never do business with 'these' guys?

We got them before it was trendy....10+ years ago now.

At the time it was a good investment and i worked out that it was going to pay itself off in 7-8 years.
Then the feed in tarrifs went off a cliff and the efficiency of the system dropped. I never worked it out, but it was going to take more than double the time to pay it off. They only have a life cycle of 25 years before they are junk....and thats if they don't stop working sooner. Good luck finding the company that supplied/installed them as they are about stable as crypto. I don't think the feed-in rates have increased but i know power price has increased and not sure how that affects things.

We've recently moved into a new house and will be selling that one shortly. Not sure how much the weight of the panels are to blame, but the ceiling in the main living room under the panels have started pushing the plaster down and creating humps which may or may not have happened otherwise, but needs to be fixed.

Now we have a new place, with a stronger roof structure and no panels......and we have no interest in getting them again unless something dramatic changes. Financially, its not worth it.