solar panels have arrived..:-)

Wow Sandra,would not have got me up the ladder,lovely view though..i think i remember you wrote in a blog last year you were thinking of having the solar panels fitted..will you be having a little glass of something at the switch on ?..lol

oh yes Joanella..we have been investigating solar panels for over ten years and now they have finally dropped the price and we are sooo delighted to have them. scary though having these panels on our most windy side...fingers crossed they will survive...

You're very brave Sandra. I'd have no bother going up, it's the coming back down!! lol

lol...Sheilar...i had my son Jack up there with me just in-case...

I am sure they will be ok..it should save you quite a bit of money..our electric is running away with money at the moment..& the gas..but we are all in the same boat..so to speak..:o)

during the day our meter will run backwards...i'll probably be sitting watching it...lol

lol..wish ours was going backwards..lol

Please keep us updated we have considered installing them but just don't believe the figures companies give out.

Friends of our down in Cornwall have just had them fitted about 2 months ago, but are only achieving 1.4 kil's and have been told its because the sun is low in the sky......Not yet had a bill in to gauge if its made a difference yet. We applied but got rejected as our south side faces the street.....and that is apparently a big no no..lol

Wow what a view!

it was amazing to be up there and see the view Oliveoil. ours is a 3kw system but i suppose thats only in summer but hopefully it will make a difference to our bills.time will tell...

I would have climbed up also, did just that when we had the new roof put on, one chance only when the scaffolding gives you a safe ( ish ) climb & photo opportunity. I really want to go down the SP route but we may be having ideas to move to the Norfolk coast at some point but Im very keen on SP power. Nice ridge tiles btw !! :-)

i love the ridge tiles too Bampy and the scaffolding offered to good an importunity..

we are all plugged in and have generated our first kilowatt on a freezing cold february day. its great watching the meter but time will tell just how much money we are saving. but it will be very interesting to see what happens.:-)

thats great sandra hope it saves energy and money for you, your the second one on here to have this done that i know of, Dawn recently had them to,
good luck with them sandra :o)

is that Dawnsaunt? Sandra

That's great Sandra. I've been thinking of having them for a while aswell. There seem to be lots of houses with them around the place now. I hope your bills will be lower :o)

Hywel if you do have them the company we used is from neath way and they were so good price ,work, and even took their cigarette ends with them when they left. i could give you their info if u like.

OK That would be great. Thanks :o)

Hi Sandra, how exciting. As Sandra says, yes we have them. Got them on 7th Dec. 20 panels, a 4kw system. As the days are now getting longer and the sun is getting higher in the sky, we are getting more and more power from them. When the sun shone today we were getting 2.5kw.

that great Dawn...we have 12 panels 3kw system...i just love watching that light flash...we are getting 3-4 kw each day at the moment....and strangly enough it is making MORE energy efficient..

That's brilliant Sandra! Great isn't it. It's going to be really helpful with your nursery consumption too. Can you imagine what we will be getting in the Summer ;-)

might just move a chair infront of the flashing light..heres to a good summer

Lol x

Oh that's wonderful, Sandra! A month or so on...how is it doing? We have to do some work on our roof and I was toying with the idea of looking into the solar panels...we have a provincial grant programme in place here and there is a competitive market as well. Would be nice to get a cheque from the electric company instead of a bill! Good luck to you and I hope it's a huge success and saves you bags of money.

so far so good Lori..they are still there having survived the bad weather....i was so worried about them and the wind. as for the savings we will wait and see. but its looking promising...:-)

Hi Sandra. We are finding that now the sun is getting higher in the sky, compared to when we had them installed in Dec., we are getting much more power. We've had our first full quarter bill and we've saved on average over the twelve weeks, 38% on our useage from the grid.

wow thats amazing Dawn...cant wait for our bill so we can see the savings..:-)

We're with EON Sandra and we have an online account which has an energy tracker. We send meter readings at the end of each month and they produce a graph to view on line. Look forward to seeing your savings.

our goes in quarterly...wont be long now...it will be great to enjoy reading the electricity bill..lol