Why just solar water and not the whole panel thing to subsidise an electric storage system? plus then you get some bill relief for your A/C and general power.

Just before Xmas we got a 2.76kW on 24 months interest free from Origin. costs me $187 a month. Very easy to arrange and deal with, I was impressed.

Can't advise on savings yet as we got it installed towards the end of last bill cycle so our bill arrived based on pre solar. Our average summer bill can be anywhere from $700-$900 p/qtr because we have everything electric. pool pump, water, cooking, 3 x A/C inverter style (1 is 10 years old so looking to swap that out) other 2 are 4 months old.

We've got solar electric and water at our other house in Karalee, bills went from $650 to $40 the last one just gone was $10 dollars credit.

Problem getting solar electric now is no more buyback from the government. We get 56 cents at Karalee locked in for 20 something years, 50 cents of that comes from the government, new contracts no longer get the 50 cents at all so it's just the 6 cents which means the outlay isn't really worth it.

Solar water however I assume should still be worth while?


Nice dodgymon you enter those figures manually or auto from your inverter?

Chiming in to pimp my solar (not hotwater)
http://pvoutput.org/intraday.jsp?id=16856&sid=14645

That's a pretty cool site, haven't seen that before. Interested in your answer to fukles question as well.

Site says you are exporting at $0.60/kWh though - is that right?

http://www.rowetel.com/blog/?page_id=312
Aussie distributor for the fluksometer.

Because the export is wrong I never bothered setting the export $ value so no that is wrong as well.

I tried to ring my electric company today to see what export rate I am on but they couldn't tell me. I will find out next bill I guess.

Solar Electricity isn't worth it right now, unless you can DIY it a bit and are an electrician or can get one very cheaply. It was worth it 6 months ago until Campbell changed the rules, and it will be worth it in the future when the technology improves.
Though if I could easily afford it, maybe I would just get it done anyway. Also windmills.

^ how much did the system cost you?

^ how much did the system cost you?

6k

could have gone cheaper, but i liked the mob that did our install, and we got a frenchy inverter and slightly fancier chinese panels.