Browse Forums Eco Living Re: Solar Panels 43Sep 05, 2014 10:05 pm Design by Greater Concept - modified version Evolution Court Build by Premiere Homes My build viewtopic.php?f=31&t=64854 Solar Panels 48Sep 06, 2014 9:30 am Design by Greater Concept - modified version Evolution Court Build by Premiere Homes My build viewtopic.php?f=31&t=64854 Re: Solar Panels 51Sep 06, 2014 11:11 am Design by Greater Concept - modified version Evolution Court Build by Premiere Homes My build viewtopic.php?f=31&t=64854 Re: Solar Panels 53Sep 06, 2014 6:24 pm Yes seano you're too right - we're all held over a barrel I didn't actually know what our electricity tarifs were per kw - and it took me forever to find some info now - they sure don't advertise it: 27.39p daily service charge, 17.414p day kWh and 8.306p night kWh so if using 1.8 as exchange rate: 49.30c daily service charge, 31.34c day kWh and 14.95c night kWh I know what I pay for month for both gas and electricity £167 - they sort of average the payments out over a year. So that is roughly $601 for 2 months for both gas and leccy. In winter our gas usage is much higher as the central heating is on permanently more or less and the water the instant heating boiler needs to warm up is freezing (well almost!)cold. The days are dramatically shorter too so you end up using more electricity. Most of us don't have aircons nor swimming pools though Re: Solar Panels 54Sep 06, 2014 6:31 pm Hi Mal being in the UK what size house do you live in? I suspect us Aussies would have quite large houses in comparison. People often forget the costs involved to run a 40sq house. It isn't cheap. Just because you can buy the house cheap doesn't mean you can afford to run it. Re: Solar Panels 55Sep 06, 2014 7:09 pm Yes that is very true houses on average are much smaller here - probably half the size of the one we're building in Perth (mostly older houses here are sold on number of rooms rather than total size lol) - but I wouldn't call houses in Aus cheap by any stretch of the imagination! Re: Solar Panels 57Sep 06, 2014 7:31 pm It is yes - I have a 'brochure' of our house from when we bought it, it has 'approximate' sizes for the main rooms, but nothing for things like the landing/stairs/entry etc. It can also be comical what is sometimes referred to as bedrooms - ours was sold as a 3 bedroom but in reality the 3rd room is too small to be a comfortable room for anyone older than 5! We use it as our study and it is definitely enough for us as we don't have kids - but we found it amusing none the less. Anyway - I have now well and truly taken cupcakes' thread off topic - sorry cupcakes!!! Re: Solar Panels 58Sep 06, 2014 11:47 pm We found the spa didn't make much difference to our bill but the increase was the reverse cycle heater and the solar hot water booster. Hoping to heat the house during the day to keep the chill away at night once our solar panels are on!! Re: Solar Panels 59Sep 07, 2014 12:40 am Which is considered better for WA conditions - solar hot water with electrical booster or gas instant hot water? Re: Solar Panels 60Sep 07, 2014 9:23 am It's gonna cost you either way...Our gas bill is literally just the service charge. Only use it for the stove.was only $30 I think so offsets the large electricity bill....we were wishing we got gas booster but after talking to our friends I think it would be a similar cost! Hello - we were hoping to apply laminate click lock panels to our concrete ceiling, but not too sure how to go about attaching the panels to the concrete. Any idea what… 0 1686 0 10948 I looked into it a few years ago and my conclusion was to just build a carport that will support panels and get a system installed separately. The company I looked at had… 1 6485 |