XPost: uk.d-i-y, alt.home.repair, alt.sci.physics   
   From: CFKinsey@military.org.jp   
      
   On Fri, 07 Jun 2019 00:03:59 +0100, Rod Speed  wrote:   
      
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   >   
   > "Commander Kinsey"  wrote in message   
   > news:op.z2zh8yb8wdg98l@desktop-ga2mpl8.lan...   
   >> On Thu, 06 Jun 2019 23:03:17 +0100, Rod Speed    
   >> wrote:   
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   >>>   
   >>> "Commander Kinsey"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:op.z2zge2ejwdg98l@desktop-ga2mpl8.lan...   
   >>>> On Thu, 06 Jun 2019 22:48:40 +0100, Andy Burns    
   >>>> wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Commander Kinsey wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> Andy Burns wrote:   
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   >>>>>>> Very little incentive to have any at all now that the feed-in/bribery   
   >>>>>>> tariff has ended.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> That's what I would have thought, but these houses are only a couple   
   >>>>>> of   
   >>>>>> years old.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> FIT ended (for new installs) 31st March 2019.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I wasn't aware it was a different date for new installs.  I tried to get   
   >>>> some on my existing house 5 years ago and just missed it.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> However, if the bribery had ended, why did they install any at all?   
   >>>   
   >>> Likely because it can still be worth doing without the bribe   
   >>   
   >> If it's worth installing a few, why isn't it worth installing the full   
   >> roof area?   
   >   
   > Because when you are buying a new house, you normally have   
   > a problem getting someone to lend you that much money and   
   > even if you can do that, you still have to pay for it eventually.   
      
   Surely if I buy a new house with solar on the roof, the builder has paid for   
   the panels and it's included in the cost of the house?   
      
   > And when you no longer get bribed to have solar   
   > panels, there is no point in being able to generate   
   > more than you can actually use yourself.   
   >   
   > It isnt even worth sizing the panels so they will always   
   > be able to generate what you use yourself in the worst   
   > weather with fuck all solar insulation available, it makes   
   > makes more sense to buy from the grid in those conditions.   
      
   Agreed - so why have any panels on them at all?  Clearly the builder decided   
   it was a good idea to have a few, so why not more?  Either each panel makes   
   more than it costs, or it doesn't.   
      
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