Thread: Power prices, gas prices- ouch or Solar perhaps?

Originally Posted by Saitch

Wow! Seeing some of these power costs is amazing.
We have a 13.2kw system and our power cost has been around $35 per month, since installation, with the last one being $42, due to the increase. I also have the old HWS on a timer, which means it heats from the solar between 0900 to 1130 and we've never been short of hot water, day or night.
We are on tank water, so don't take 10 minute showers, though.

We had a 13.2 Kw Solar System installed back in March which was just after the Smart meter was installed & reading taken. We will see what our next account will be. I was also talking to the guy next door who works for Ergon about our Heat Pump& he suggested we fit a timer.

Wow. You’re all heavy power burners!
We run a 5kw system and don’t get bills.

Gas bill gets paid from credits. And it’s sub $100 per quarter

Originally Posted by Tombie

Wow. You’re all heavy power burners!
We run a 5kw system and don’t get bills.

Gas bill gets paid from credits. And it’s sub $100 per quarter

Because we're on tank water, every time we have water use, we have power use from the pumps.
If you take into account your gas bill, there's not much in it.

Originally Posted by Tombie

Wow. You’re all heavy power burners!
We run a 5kw system and don’t get bills.

Gas bill gets paid from credits. And it’s sub $100 per quarter

No bills for me either with 5kW, I don't have gas but do have solar hot water, I actually get credits but that is with the good feed in tariff, although the system pro'ly cost 4 times what it'd cost today.

My work bill just showed me something Interesting.


Solar export Time of use Units PriceStandard feed-in tariff
At all times 23.941 kWh $0.0572 $1.36cr
Standard feed-in tariff At all times 1.088 kWh $0.0539 $0.06cr

What is cool is that I used almost all of the Solar power at work I am making over 5 kWh per day (Its winter and cloudy) Some days are well over 10 and others here in Mexico go LOW

Booking the sparky for coffee and doubling or more the solar on my roof. Every inch possible this time! I had him looking for me for a few weeks now. Rotten sod is to busy

Hold, repurpose or sell the existing panels will be fun to chat about.

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

My work bill just showed me something Interesting.


Solar export Time of use Units PriceStandard feed-in tariff
At all times 23.941 kWh $0.0572 $1.36cr
Standard feed-in tariff At all times 1.088 kWh $0.0539 $0.06cr

What is cool is that I used almost all of the Solar power at work I am making over 5 kWh per day (Its winter and cloudy) Some days are well over 10 and others here in Mexico go LOW

Booking the sparky for coffee and doubling or more the solar on my roof. Every inch possible this time! I had him looking for me for a few weeks now. Rotten sod is to busy

Hold, repurpose or sell the existing panels will be fun to chat about.

Hopefully your present inverter can take two arrays or strings at the new full generation power input, otherwise you might have to get another inverter or an inverter with two arrays to keep old and new panels together as they have to be matched IIRC.

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We need or like hot water. My heat pumps are apparently good? My power bill is also

Personally I think heat pump water heaters suck and would never have another nor would everyone I know that has had one. Noisy too. There are some extremely good and very efficient gas heaters with condensing and heat recovery tech that are over 90% efficient and produce almost no waste heat which is amazing. Of course the downside is they are over $5,000...

When my current heater goes I will finally put in a solar hot water system but these only have current crappy tech instantaneous gas boosters on them which is still needed in the Winter here - when you need more hot water...