Photovoltaic panel system

We have just had 16 Photovoltaic panels fitted  and hope this will bring the cost of our electric bills down
The system is a 4 kilowatt hour 2kwh facing east and 2 facing south with 2 inverters.
It has been running for 7 days and has generated 94Kwh and as its the first week I think that's not bad at all.
We have a water system and we have never kept a record of  what it saves but I will keep an eye on the electric I will keep a record of weekly units and will keep you up to date.

i have no photos as yet but will take some to morrow.

I hope to do more on the blog now just to keep you up to date Whisper the pup is doing OK Barbara takes him training once a week and i train him on Fridays when I am off work.

We have had loads of apples on the plot this year and I have just done a talk at the lady bird club about 20miles away about food for free (foraging for wild food).
I have another one next week at the WI near to home.

solar water heating

The solar panels are working so well this time of year the water is so hot you would scold your self if you put your hand under the tap for long.

We had these 2 panels fitted in 2007 and have had hot water from April to November most of the time .

They are installed by genersys they hold 1.5litres of fluid in each panel and even in winter they warm the water from cold so most of the time we save money. http://www.genersys.com/

You tend to become complacent and I am not one of those people that reads the meter weekly but we do use less Gas than we used to even in the winter.



The panels are set in the roof of the garage and look like a window in the roof we have a roof that faces directly south so we have the sun most of the time when it shines even in the winter.

People asked about the pay back time and do you have a pay back time on a boiler you don't but I know that my gas bill has dropped even as the price of gas has gone up I would hate to think what the gas bill would be now and the cost was £4.000 it would not give you much interest if it was in the bank anyway and that would be taxed.( don't start me off about that)

It has been a lovely day today but first thing I had to take the truck into Fossitt and Thorns for a new cat on the exhaust as the pipe had broken off where it comes out of the cat.

£250 lighter which I thought was not bad as both the manager and my self was thinking about 3 to 4 hundred pounds so not bad .

I will take the dogs out later when it cools down they have been flat out on the tiled floor and I will cut the grass later.