Hello,
I am trying to find an installer who is technically competent and who can communicate (ie explain in simple terms the technical decisions of his design/solution and how it should perform etc....)
Attached you'll see a very simplified diagram that shows my current installation and what I would like to do. I know certain info such as DNO will allow me up to 17kW.
Are there any good companies near Warrington that can be bothered to take up such a project?
I have already contacted a few in the past 12 months. I must say I am very disappointed so far for the following reasons:
My wife told me to forget about the entire thing. I disagree there are big benefits to expand my production and storage of electricity. While I told some companies I was willing to compromise I need to understand what their solution would bring me. This is where in a couple of occasions they could not justify their choice. eg, per design the charge discharge was going to be limited to 4kW but then the batteries proposed were HV capable of 10.5kW. I asked why putting such expensive batteries if I will not only able to use them with a 4kW charge/discharge. The answer: we can installer sooner.... I did not get the logic.
Hopefully, there are still out there companies I have not yet found and at least one of them will be up to the job.
Thank you all for your time in reading this post and finger crossed...
PS: No, I will not DIY myself. I can't
I am trying to find an installer who is technically competent and who can communicate (ie explain in simple terms the technical decisions of his design/solution and how it should perform etc....)
Attached you'll see a very simplified diagram that shows my current installation and what I would like to do. I know certain info such as DNO will allow me up to 17kW.
Are there any good companies near Warrington that can be bothered to take up such a project?
I have already contacted a few in the past 12 months. I must say I am very disappointed so far for the following reasons:
- Appointments were made for a first site visit. Some did not even turn up
- Some companies turned up and had a good discussion, then never receive a quote despite being promised they'll send it
- Has one company trying to convince me that it is not possible to install panels on the wall
- Some companies could not understand the difference between optimisers and microinverters
- Some companies only work with a particular brand and it took some time to get them to admit they could not deliver (so yes I could have had a system already installed but the solution would have been far too far away from my requirement. In other words, they try to fulfil their needs and not mine)
- One company, only one, after studying the project honestly said they would not be able to deliver (their limitation was that they offered only one brand of panels (only 400Wp), never worked with microinverter and batteries could only handle 2.5kW of charge/discharge)
My wife told me to forget about the entire thing. I disagree there are big benefits to expand my production and storage of electricity. While I told some companies I was willing to compromise I need to understand what their solution would bring me. This is where in a couple of occasions they could not justify their choice. eg, per design the charge discharge was going to be limited to 4kW but then the batteries proposed were HV capable of 10.5kW. I asked why putting such expensive batteries if I will not only able to use them with a 4kW charge/discharge. The answer: we can installer sooner.... I did not get the logic.
Hopefully, there are still out there companies I have not yet found and at least one of them will be up to the job.
Thank you all for your time in reading this post and finger crossed...
PS: No, I will not DIY myself. I can't
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