I am shortly going to be moving into a house that has solar panels installed. The current owners of the house know little about them as they also inherited them and have not set them up.
I have the MCS Certificate advising that the Total Installed Capacity is 3.92KW and an annual estimated generation of 3,300 kw. They were installed in 2011 and the meter reads 37,027 which does break back to around 3,366kw/ year.
There is a FIT with British Gas but I am unsure at what rate. In addition to the main meter, there is a E110 Landis & Gyr generation meter installed.
I believe the previous (not current) owner received quarterly payments from British Gas based on how much will be generated that I will be eligible to transfer to me.
The wiring is shown in the attached photo.
My main question:
Will it benefit me, financially, to use more electricity during sunny days or will the meter show the same consumption regardless or whether it's sunny or not? I.e. will using my washing during a sunny day, cost me less than using it at night?
Bonus question:
Is it possible to find out what my FIT rate should be, knowing it was installed in 2011?
Thanks
Stuart
I have the MCS Certificate advising that the Total Installed Capacity is 3.92KW and an annual estimated generation of 3,300 kw. They were installed in 2011 and the meter reads 37,027 which does break back to around 3,366kw/ year.
There is a FIT with British Gas but I am unsure at what rate. In addition to the main meter, there is a E110 Landis & Gyr generation meter installed.
I believe the previous (not current) owner received quarterly payments from British Gas based on how much will be generated that I will be eligible to transfer to me.
The wiring is shown in the attached photo.
My main question:
Will it benefit me, financially, to use more electricity during sunny days or will the meter show the same consumption regardless or whether it's sunny or not? I.e. will using my washing during a sunny day, cost me less than using it at night?
Bonus question:
Is it possible to find out what my FIT rate should be, knowing it was installed in 2011?
Thanks
Stuart