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Old 28-01-2010, 09:05 AM
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pmrid (Peter)
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Originally Posted by rat156 View Post
I also am looking into this. Forgot about the loan scheme, you have to have an energy audit don on your house at no cost.

I have tried contacting a few of the cheaper places that will do this, they haven't gotten back to me yet, doesn't fill me with confidence.

I'll be keen to see where you go with this one.

Cheers
Stuart
Well, stay tuned to this channel, as the saying goes: I've got the installer guys coming tomorrow to do a prelim; and the quotes I have from them for supply and install a 2.72Kw system (based on 16 x 170Watt panels) is about a nett $11K after RECs etc.
The math I've done suggests that this ought to show an actual return of about $2K per annum which would pay for all othe in non-daylight hours power I use plus a bit. That means an investment of about 11K gives an effective return of about 2K/annum. Seems OK to me.
I'll post again after I've spoken to these guys tomorrow.
Peter.
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