What will R150 000 buy you in a solar kit?

[w1z4rd]

Ive just put in an offer for to purchase a house and I would like to get a full solar kit installed. Im going to get my brother-in-law to do the install as he does this for a living, but he will quote once the offer to purchase has being accepted.

Ive organized R150 000 to spend on solar. What type of kit do you think this should be able to buy? (so I can also compare what my brother in law offers to what you guys have).

Looking for a full "off the grid" system with batteries and panels.

 

[Luke7777]

Add (at least) another 50 to that, excluding the gas oven etc. that you'll have to buy for going 'off the grid' . IMHO obviously, and having no idea what you'll be running in your house

 

[ElecEng]

you need to tell us more about your electricity usage. Are you on single phase or 3 phase. how many kWh do you use per month. What is your maximum demand? Without batteries you can get tier 1 components at about R17/Wp in the residential market. For grid tied; however, you need to not only generate as much as you need but to be able to extract your peak demand. i.e. a 3 kWp system would produce as much as i consume (roughly 450 kWh per month) but I wouldn't be able to draw my peak load from that (geyser, stove, lights, tv, servers, etc. all at the same time). It is not (at this stage) financially feasible to take your entire house off the grid. It is better to look at splitting your DB in grid supplied and off-grid. Keep the big buggers like geyser and stove on the eskom side. this way, you could maintain essentials during load shedding and benefit from a monthly cost saving too.

 

[The_Traveller]

Eleceng is spot on.

Also you should come tell us what your B-I-L is offering you so that you can get the yay or nay.

 

[itareanlnotani]

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