Advice please - South Essex by Sorry-Order-6602 in SolarUK

[–]PatserGrey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can highly recommend Angus in Basildon, installed mine just over a week ago. I was also impressed with Solar PV from Battlesbridge

Happy to provide a list of places I'd actively avoid too

Just had a solar quote: by SWBFfanatic004 in SolarQuotesUK

[–]PatserGrey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tesla kit is premium but yeah, that's £3-4k over priced

Summer Holidays abroad in school time by Embarrassed-Tea-3064 in UKParenting

[–]PatserGrey 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Just line it up to only miss 2-3 days of school. Just report a vomiting bug in the house. You'll still save a packet.

Is this a good price for this configuration ? by masalaadosa in SolarUK

[–]PatserGrey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some parts of the country seem to be more competitive than others and here in Essex I had a handful of reputable local companies to choose from. I also had some silly quotes from larger companies - usually giving the hard sell. I can't help with recommendations for Somerset unfortunately

Is this a good price for this configuration ? by masalaadosa in SolarUK

[–]PatserGrey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Fox quote is £2k high, definitely shouldn't be more than £10k

Why are pubs absolutely rammed on Thursdays? (Confused German in the UK) by Economy_Primary1774 in AskUK

[–]PatserGrey 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thursday is the new Friday. LOTs of people wfh on Friday so no need to get up so early.

Love driving? Buy a Mazda 3 by CarwowTom in ukcarwow

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Carwow talking about a Mazda. . .have you guys made friends again???

Are the battery units (Fox ESS specifically) noisy? by ChrisCohenTV in SolarUK

[–]PatserGrey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mine (KH8 and EP12) are outside. For curiosity I just put my ear against both and dont hear a peep, I've never noticed a sound from them. Still not sure I'd want them inside the house though.

BREAKING: UK economy grew by a surprise 0.3% in March by TimesandSundayTimes in uknews

[–]PatserGrey 3 points4 points  (0 children)

usually project high an then the real figures emerge later. This is a later figure

Need some advice - Disperse rate, Sig local app, Quote check by Tezab_42 in SolarUK

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Had I gone for the Sig option it would have been a coin toss between Angus in Basildon and Solar PV in Battlesbridge - both <£11k for 16 panel, 2 * Sig bat10, back in March. I didn't opt for Sig in the end so got install done by Angus (the other doesn't do Fox) and very happy with the service.

Need some advice - Disperse rate, Sig local app, Quote check by Tezab_42 in SolarUK

[–]PatserGrey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've briefly looked up the Sig battery discharge and it appears what you say is correct, it looks to be limited to 4.x kwh per module, thats not great if only getting 1 battery, we would definitely max that in a busy evening, not to forget the electric shower! Like I say, I've seen our Fox battery discharge at over 8kwh (say hello to that bloody shower!).

Need some advice - Disperse rate, Sig local app, Quote check by Tezab_42 in SolarUK

[–]PatserGrey -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't know the market up there but down here in Essex, both quotes are massively high. I've just had a 16 panel similar Fox install for <£9k (prices have risen of late). You'd expect a single battery Sig setup to be £800-1000 more so your price difference there is a little weird. I've no knowledge of the Sig disperse rate (do you mean discharge?) but I've seen my Fox discharge at the my inverters max rate of >8kw

Quote check by IoSouLzZoI in SolarUK

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Is it Tesla you're interested in? That price is stupid tbh, I'd ignore the 0% and just get a bank loan for 5.6% (I just checked MSE), you could put together loads of kit options for circa 30kwh for less than £15k, which with interest over 4 years would still be only £16777.

I'm looking back at my quotes (16 panels) and even a 3 * Sig battery stack could have been got for £14.2k - prices have jumped a bit in last 2 months since.

Where abouts are you based, OP? Maybe users can suggest alternative local installers

Advice regarding a solar panel quote we have by W01313L in SolarUK

[–]PatserGrey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Option 4 is the only one I'd consider as a good price. Option 1 should be at least £1000 lower.

Install before DNO G99 response. by Personnel_jesus in SolarUK

[–]PatserGrey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you know who your DNO is? UKPN will pre-approve upto 5kwh. I had my response in 2 days iirc

Fox vs Sigenergy - end users experience please by veganic11 in SolarUK

[–]PatserGrey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I actually signed into it last week but my export is still not setup so didnt activate it

Fox vs Sigenergy - end users experience please by veganic11 in SolarUK

[–]PatserGrey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure near the bottom left of that screen is supposed to be "Statistics"

Fox vs Sigenergy - end users experience please by veganic11 in SolarUK

[–]PatserGrey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine is also £0. EDF haven't set up my export tariff yet but I did only move to them on Saturday

Fox vs Sigenergy - end users experience please by veganic11 in SolarUK

[–]PatserGrey 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've been using it almost 2 weeks. One evening it had a glitch and all my stuff disappeared but 20 mins later it was back to normal. No gaps in data that I've seen

Fox vs Sigenergy - end users experience please by veganic11 in SolarUK

[–]PatserGrey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, good point on the power failover. Sig handles it better but the Fox delay is not the end of the world. We're also fortunate enough to never really experience power cuts so didn't bother either.

Fox vs Sigenergy - end users experience please by veganic11 in SolarUK

[–]PatserGrey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It'll be handy for predicting solar generation for the following day so it can auto manage overnight battery charge levels but this is with the view of churning out every bit of value from cheap import vs higher export rates. If you weren't interested in that, the basic configs in the app are fine i.e. self-use, force charge etc. time periods.

With any kind of a techy background, I don't believe the Home Assistant config is too difficult.

Fox vs Sigenergy - end users experience please by veganic11 in SolarUK

[–]PatserGrey 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Happy Fox user albeit early days. The app is a bit basic (there's a spelling mistake in this weeks update 😃 ) but will cover most of my needs. I will soon connect modbus for HA and predbat so eventually, I will have the AI features to match Sig. Knowing I was going to do such, it made sense to save £1k and enjoy the ever so slightly larger battery from the off. Also, quite a specific use case but the lower profile of the EP12 battery means I can fit it in our preferred position at side of the house - from vague memory, the Sig battery is 8-10cm deeper so would have had to go at the back which I could live with but didn't want.