1 Year Solar And GivEnergy Battery Review - What I Wish I Knew...BEFORE Buying!

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[@colingoode3702]

Good video & info. I have a GivEnergy 3.6kW Hybrid Inverter, 9.5kWh Gen 2 Battery & SSE facing 10 x 415watt all black Perlite panel array on the back of our house, a Zappi EV charger & an Eddi which was all installed in March 2023. Our 1st EV (used model) also arrived in June '23 but we are still on a gas CH system. Still not sure about a HP - mainly for aesthetics, cost & upheaval reasons - we have 10mm microbore pipework. Our solar / GE Inverter & battery system has performed very well. I could do with a higher output from the 3.6kW inverter to cover the high usage periods but, as you said, you do learn to manage & stagger appliance usage to get around this. We have also replaced our old condenser clothes dryer with a heat pump dryer which uses a fraction of the energy the old one did. After 9 months of summer / winter use we have saved around £1,300 on our previous utility costs & this includes the cost of topping up of a 64kW car battery to 80% every other night on Octopus Intelligent Go. Those savings don't include the additional savings in petrol on my wife's old car (now an EV) & my existing petrol car which is not used as much as before. We have also not needed to use a public car charging station yet. All EV car charging has been done at home overnight at 7p/kWh or, for free from solar during the summer. If we need to go further than the 260 mile range of the EV then we use my petrol estate car. Having analysed our electricity usage over the last 9 months I have decided to add an extra 5 x 420watt Perlite panels (which are now half the price we originally paid) to the front of our house roof (NNW facing). The extra 5 panels will catch the mid afternoon & evening solar that we currently miss out on & I'm also adding an extra 9.5kWh Gen 2 battery. This will take our battery storage up to 19kWhr which will give us more options for export earning sessions & easily cover our daytime usage. We are retired so we are at home most days so to go "grid free" during the daytime & to run on battery only is a big benefit to us. The additional items should be installed next month (March '24) & I'm looking forward to seeing what additional savings they can add & what options I have for export earning sessions. The only snag is that after the extra battery is installed I will have run out of space in my single attached garage for any more kit which is probably a good thing because my pension pot has taken a bit of a hammering this last year.!!! Keep the vids coming - always a good watch.

[@everythinghome]

Hi Colin - Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment on this video. That sounds like a great set up and more solar is always a welcome addition to any system. For the moment I'm happy with my current 8.2 kWh battery being able to cover my peak consumption, if this changes I may need to look into this further. As you say though, funds are always going to be the limiting factor for most and it's very easy to become overly invested in one thing. I'm also not 100% sold on heat pumps yet but to be fair haven't looked at the numbers in great detail yet. It's something I do need to look into though as our current gas boiler is getting long in the tooth. If you’ve not already, please do like this video, stay tuned for some more content and thanks for taking the time to contribute to the discussion on this video 🙂

[@David-yr8yt]

Did the cold weather effect the battery with it being outside?

[@everythinghome]

Our battery is in the loft and it suffered no adverse effects in charging or discharging when the temperature dropped 👍🏽

[@Boards-dont-hit-back]

I have a 5.6kwh solar panel array on a south facing roof which was installed about 2 years ago and I am about to get installed 2 x 9.5kwh and 1x 5.2kwh Givenergy batteries giving me a total 24.2kwh of storage + a surge protector and manual switch over. We are right out in the country and I am making sure we are covered for power outages. I found you infomation very helpful. Thank you!

[@everythinghome]

Hi - Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment on this video. Glad you found it useful. That sounds like a great system in the making. Interested to know, did you consider the GivEnergy AIO with the battery backup? Was it the price that swayed you to the x2 9.5s and 5.2kWh? If you’ve not already, please do like this video, stay tuned for some more content and thanks for taking the time to contribute to the discussion on this video 🙂

[@serraios1989]

Thank you for the video. We had 19x395w panels, iq7+ microinverters, 8.2kwh GE batttery and Zappi installed in June 22 and it’s been great. Zero electric bills (including the car “fuel” for 7k miles per year) and still a few pounds left for the gas. Octopus Flux in the summer and intelligent go in the winter. My only regret is that there was space on the roof for two more panels, but I opted out as I thought it wouldn’t look “nice”.

[@everythinghome]

Hi - Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment on this video. That's one great solar array and set up already. I definitely still regret not getting solar panels on the house and garage in 2015 but we live and learn. I'm looking forward to April again when I'll switch on Flux and be happily exporting again 👌 If you’ve not already, please do like this video, stay tuned for some more content and thanks for taking the time to contribute to the discussion on this video 🙂

[@eddyd8745]

I've a similar system to yours. I've just added another 8.2kWh battery for £2600 so that it can help power a heat pump next winter. Thanks for your post.

[@everythinghome]

Hi Eddy - Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment on this video. That's a great price, is that installed? Sounds sensible if you've a heat pump to power! If you’ve not already, please do like this video, stay tuned for some more content and thanks for taking the time to contribute to the discussion on this video 🙂

[@eddyd8745]

Hi, yes that is installed, I wouldn't have got the VAT off if it wasn't. Yes, I liked the video, keep up the good work. @@everythinghome

[@stuartburns8657]

I used iVoltz for our GE equipment. Very good experience, also referred them to a friend at work

[@everythinghome]

Hi Stuart - thanks for watching and commenting. Yes Darren and his team did a great job for us at a very reasonable price 👍🏽

[@andrewself632]

Another well made video. Well done! Glad to hear you’re happy with the GivEnergy kit as I have all the bits to do similar at home with an existing FiT system over next few weeks. Although, thought there might have been a twist at the end where you unveiled more battery storage has now/will soon be installed to store more for home usage following removal of VAT on installs and with GivEnergy stockists recently highlighting a realignment of prices on kit for the better… another 8.2 kWhs would fit in nicely 😉

[@everythinghome]

Thanks for the kind words ☺️ glad to hear it's been helpful. Haha, another 8.2 kWh would be good. Although I do want to avoid being overly invested in one thing. I've achieved my goal so far which was removing any peak rate electricity consumption. A 2nd hand 8.2 kWh at a good price , may well be appealing though 😉

[@simonpaine2347]

Thanks for sharing your experience with your system. Very informative. I have 20 530w Jinko Bi-facial panels of which10 are installed as a roof for a car port and 10 as a protective roof over my shed. I have a Sol-Ark 15k hybrid inverter along with 4 5.12kw Pytes batteries. All installed in late October last year. I have already generated over 3Mw of power and used it all! I live in Costa Rica, so the sun is shining most of the time here, apart from the week after I installed the system, when it very unusually was similar to a UK autumnal day. I have just bought an electric hot water tank (a very unusual item here) so that we can stop using our electrical powered showers. I see this as being effectively another battery. On a normal day my batteries are at 100% by midday and then the inverter starts clipping the solar production to match the usage. Therefore I will setup the system to divert the excess power after midday to heat the tank and I'm sure that this will suffice. This will also have the important benefit of not asking the batteries to spike their production for the showers, hopefully helping to prolong their lives. I wondered if had considered this option as you already have a hot water tank? Maybe run it hotter and heat it at the times when you have excess solar. We have a terrible system here for grid sell, so the system is designed to be effectively Off-Grid and so far so good. I've had 3 monthly bills totalling less than £20. And I have since tweaked the system to hopefully reduce this further. I'm loving the journey and like yourself, I'm happy to be substantially reducing my carbon footprint, having made quite a large footprint when I was younger! Best wishes.

[@everythinghome]

Hi Simon - Thanks for sharing your experience. That sounds like a well thought out set up. We've a 300L hot water tank in the loft and prior to install had planned to heat it up as you say a bit like a battery. However, export rates over the summer were excellent and had rates were low so it made more sense to export this and heat just the HW we needed via gas. Like you I'm trying to make the system more efficient as I learn more about it and accumulate the data 👍🏽 If you’ve not already, please do like this video, stay tuned for some more content and thanks for taking the time to contribute to the discussion on this video 🙂

[@simonpaine2347]

@@everythinghome Thank you. Liked and subscribed. I wanted to share my experience with KZbin, but I just don't have the confidence or, I guess the ability, to make the videos etcétera. Some people are just naturals and you clearly have all that's required.

[@everythinghome]

@simonpaine2347 thanks for the support. I think anyone can do it. It's all self taught. It's just learning something new bit by bit. It's never going to be perfect at the start but that's progress 👍🏽

[@serraios1989]

Smashing system Simon and great pv production. How much did you pay for that in Costa Rica?

[@simonpaine2347]

@@serraios1989 Thanks. For the complete install, it was a little over $30k US. Unfortunately there are zero incentives here! But I figured that in the past I have shamefully abused the planet and this is a great way of making amends. We all need to worry more about the planet, than we do about our investments and payback times.

[@GrantVisserUK]

Excellent video and all good to hear as I have just had my Givenergy system installed (as of Wednesday last week) 🙂

[@everythinghome]

Hi Grant - Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment on this video. Glad you found it useful. Exciting times, what did you have installed? If you’ve not already, please do like this video and stay tuned for some more content 🙂

[@GrantVisserUK]

@@everythinghome 8x 430W Jinko panels for 3.4KW, 3.6KWh Givenergy Hybrid Inverter and a 5.2KWh Givenergy battery.

[@jerodewert8334]

Thanks!

[@geoffreycoan]

Been through a similar journey to you, 4kW FIT array in 2016 (due to pay off this year), GivEnergy inverters and batteries in 2023, gave up the FIT export in summer last year to get advantage of the Flux export rates. Our installer put in 2x GivEnergy hybrid inverters which means we get double the throughput rate but does mean the FIT generation doesn’t get stored, it’s either used in the house or exported. In hindsight I’m OK with the decision, would of course prefer to capture the FIT generation but the extra power output of two hybrid inverters and batteries makes for a more flexible system. We have an ASHP so in winter our consumption exceeds the battery capacity. More battery would be nice but financially it’s not worthwhile. We do drive our battery and inverter hard, using home automation to automatically charge and discharge at the best agile rates. This works really quite well although occasionally the inverter gets confused, won’t discharge, and has to be reset.

[@everythinghome]

Hi Geoffrey - Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment on this video. Thanks for the insight. I'm glad we'll soon be paying off our 1st FIT benefitting array as the rest of the 20 year term will just be profit now 😃 It'll definitely be useful having the x2 batteries and inverters to help reduce grid consumption given you have an ASHP. Nice work on the home automation, something I definitely need to explore. Part of me is scared of the rabbit hole of time and money I might go down though!

[@chrisgavin]

I'm in the process of moving house, hopefully in the next couple of months. The new house needs a lot doing to it. It's got a really old oil heating system and there's no mains gas in the area. I'm strongly considering all electric, i.e. heatpump, solar and battery options. It's great to see content like this sharing experiences. Great video, many thanks.

[@everythinghome]

Hi Chris - Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment on this video. Glad you found it useful. That's definitely the time to be thinking about it and and if you've not got any gas then an ashp should make sense. Especially given the savings to be had in not having to add a gas main and then the ongoing gas standing charge. If you’ve not already, please do like this video, stay tuned for some more content and thanks for taking the time to contribute to the discussion on this video 🙂

[@sunil237]

Hi Chris, I'm in almost the exact same boat as you except I do have gas access. If you haven't already look up PVGIS tool on youtube and someone will show you how to calc how much kwh your roof could produce. from what I've seen so far it all seems feasible!

[@brettyallop6018]

Great video and information! It's a very complicated decision to make and very difficult to explain to less tech savvy people. Hard to believe that I am watching UK channels for solar and battery content! Downunder, weirdly enough, solar is not as helpful to the grid as it seems to be in the UK, with fèed in tariffs less then 5p per kWhr (and that is even a generous exchange). In Aus on time of day metering, I believe that you can pretty much get free power during solar peak and free power at solar minimum. So, I believe that it is then necessary to size your battery to carry you through the shoulder peak periods, am I missing something here?

[@everythinghome]

Hi Brett - Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment on this video. Yes, that's exactly it. We got enough battery capacity to cover our peak usage. So basically we're either running off solar or off peak electricity. If you’ve not already, please do like this video, stay tuned for some more content and thanks for taking the time to contribute to the discussion on this video 🙂

[@ooweesaler]

Thank you for a great clear presentation. I am about to buy a house that has solar, an air source heat pump, a water tank and no batteries. Where to start ???

[@everythinghome]

Hi - Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment on this video. Glad you found it useful. Wow, that sounds like a great house. It may be worth asking the current owner how they run their set up rather than reinventing the wheel. Once you're settled in, it's well worth running the numbers for several different tariff options and whether retrospectively adding a battery is worth it for you. If you’ve not already, please do like this video, stay tuned for some more content and thanks for taking the time to contribute to the discussion on this video 🙂

[@stalefish99]

Well timed video, thanks. Deposit put down on my system last month. Just awaiting install dates

[@everythinghome]

Hi - Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment on this video. Glad you found it useful. Exciting times! Definitely a good time to do so with the removal of VAT too. If you’ve not already, please do like this video and stay tuned for some more content 🙂

[@daveoram7249]

Nice Video. I am looking at Solar and have been doing a lot of research, looking at costs, how much power I might generate and whether a Battery is worth it. I really like the GivEnergy kit especially the AIO which I do want to install. It is a real shame GivEnergy do not offer Non-Hybrid Inverters as one doesn't need these for the AIO so they would be an unnecessary expense. I will be looking at 3 strings, 1 East, 1 West and 1 South. I was initially looking at 2 Inverters with all the pain it would give me to parallel them but Growatt have just launched a 3 MPP Inverter which is powerful enough to power all 3 of my strings. So, looking like the AIO and Growatt Inverter. Panels are pretty cheap these days but the mounting systems have really gone up in price since the Pandemic. The only issues I have is needing to get Planning Permission for the Flat South Array as these will be on Ground Floor Roofs. The East/West Array will be on my Workshop pitched Roof.

[@everythinghome]

Hi Dave - Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment on this video. Glad you found it useful.# Sounds like you've got things pretty well planned out there 👌. Hope you get planning permission turned around soon and can get installed. If you’ve not already, please do like this video, stay tuned for some more content and thanks for taking the time to contribute to the discussion on this video 🙂

[@johnB-et5ux]

Interesting well made video - thanks.

[@everythinghome]

Thanks for the kind words John ☺️

[@lisa3jemima]

Just had my pre-FIT 1.28Kwp array replaced with a 6.7Kwp array, 5Kw GE inverter and 2 x 5.2 GE batteries. Just waiting for the electrician to come and plug it in :-)

[@everythinghome]

Hi Lisa & Jemima - Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment on this video. Ah, interesting. That's a pretty small FIT generating array and I can see why you replaced it with a much bigger install. Hope you get connected up soon 👍 If you’ve not already, please do like this video, stay tuned for some more content and thanks for taking the time to contribute to the discussion on this video 🙂

[@saw00see]

Thanks for update. Any reason why you didn't go for Tigo optimisers on each panel which would help with shading performance? (And give you loads of panel data to analyse!) Regarding battery location, mine are in a separate badly insulated garage. After a first winter of slow charging in the cold, I enclosed them in a 2" thick polystyrene box! Problem solved.. and I do monitor battery internal temp! It's fine, even on a hot summer day.

[@everythinghome]

Hi - Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment on this video. We don't get a huge amount of shading and I didn't feel they were worth the added expensive although I didn't work out the numbers specifically. That sounds good, and I've seen other owners employ similar insulation tactics. Our battery is fine, but I think it's the inverter which is running closer to the limit! One to keep an eye on. Thanks for taking the time to contribute to the discussion on this video 🙂

[@Phil-kt6hc]

Great video - just subbed.

[@everythinghome]

Thanks Phil for the kind words and the support 👍🏽

[@user-su4uo8sk1m]

Hi, a great video. I'm interested in ur spreadsheets, but can't see how to download ur tariff comparison tool. Thanks, Ian

[@everythinghome]

@user-su4uo8sk1m Hi Ian - thanks 👍🏽 You can download the tariff comparison tool via this link. Thank you for supporting the channel 🙏🏽 www.buymeacoffee.com/everythinghome/extras If you’ve not already, please do like this video and stay tuned for some more content 🙂

[@peteturner8493]

It's a no brainer to put the battery in the garage any issues the garage can quite happily go up in flames now it's the house instead - just what storage did you think you would be loosing just means a little less room for junk...? Not sure you properly thought out the all the options, but hindsight is a wonderful thing, thxs for sharing.

[@everythinghome]

Hi Pete - Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment on this video. I agree, in hindsight I would probably have put it in the garage and upgraded my cabling to it which would allow me to fit a faster charging point too. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. If you’ve not already, please do like this video, stay tuned for some more content and thanks for taking the time to contribute to the discussion on this video 🙂

[@peteturner8493]

@@everythinghome Where there any concerns from house insurance re siteing the battery?

[@everythinghome]

@peteturner8493 No there weren't. I did inform them though and it made no difference to my home insurance premium 👍🏽

[@user-qu3vd5hd2k]

Interesting video, thank you! We also have a 9kw electric shower which I would love to replace for the obvious reasons. How did you manage to do this please?

[@everythinghome]

Hi - Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment on this video. Glad you found it useful. We're in the fortunate position of having 3 shower rooms so we've just stopped using the 9KW electric showers. We've installed an unvented HW cylinder, so the ultimate aim is to run all of the showers off this when we've got the funds to upgrade the shower rooms and remove the electric showers. This video may also be useful kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYq1eKVplJJ-aNU If you’ve not already, please do like this video, stay tuned for some more content and thanks for taking the time to contribute to the discussion on this video 🙂

[@user-qu3vd5hd2k]

@@everythinghome Just used your referral code for Octopus so presumably some cash will be coming your way when my supply is live - early April - real name Keith Martin! Thank you!

[@davidhenley7985]

I've had solar panels since 1915 and am about to get a inter and battery fitted it is give energy, I got zFIT tariff 7.14 and with Bzg , am looking at switching to Octopus but am goi g to await till I get used to it more. Unsure about giving up fit for maybe flux

[@everythinghome]

Hi - Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment on this video. That sounds great - it's worth running the numbers before you give up your FIT export payments. I did a video on this very subject here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJrKimOXfbeCnsU If you’ve not already, please do like this video, stay tuned for some more content and thanks for taking the time to contribute to the discussion on this video 🙂

[@robin5215]

Great video👍

[@everythinghome]

Thank you 🙂

[@givenergy]

Great video!

[@everythinghome]

Thanks for the great products and taking the time to watch and comment 🙂

[@tach175]

Seems a bit high price for such a mid range setup, i paid no way near that, mine is 7.2kw solar and 9.5kw Giv battery installed was 10k

[@everythinghome]

Thanks for the insight. The system was negotiated and installed April and Nov 2022 when prices were pretty high. I got 3-4 quotes and this was one of the lower ones. Also included the surge protection and the EPS. There will always be lower quotes 👍🏽

[@Joe-lb8qn]

I added 8 x 450watt panels to my garage at the same time as my main roof (12 x 450) because I essentially only paid for the extra panels, so even though they do get shaded latter half of the day the time it was still worth doing, whereas it wouldnt have been worth it for a standalone install.I guess you had to pay that extra install cost such as more scaffolding etc for your second install? I have a GE 9.5 battery. Question, is a mains powered fire alarm the best choice for the loft? WHat if theres a power cut caused by a fire?

[@everythinghome]

Hi Joe - Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment on this video. That sounds sensible, yes undoubtedly it costs more for the installers to come out twice than just once. Our first install was easy on a single storey garage. They didn't erect scaffolding and it's partly on a slope so easy access, but definitely did for the 2nd install in 2022 (different company). That's a good question. The fire alarms are mains linked but also individually have a 9V battery fitted which we change twice a year when the clocks change. If you’ve not already, please do like this video, stay tuned for some more content and thanks for taking the time to contribute to the discussion on this video 🙂

[@GWAYGWAY1]

Garage roof has a load of shade.

[@simbakirk1]

Where can I get that spreadsheet? Thanks

[@everythinghome]

Hi Richard, thanks for watching. You can get the spreadsheet from the link below 👇🏽 🧮 Solar and Battery Tariff Comparison Tool 🧠 Download our Solar And Battery Tariff Calculator in TWO easy steps: 1. SUBSCRIBE FOR FREE: kzbin.info 2. DOWNLOAD AT: www.buymeacoffee.com/everythinghome/e/199225

[@RichardABW]

Don’t think you say where your surge protector is? Between your house and the grid or on the DC side between panels and inverter? Why not a DC coupled battery? Did you not look into SolarEdge? Only would have needed one inverter.

[@RichardABW]

Also, didn’t you consider the garage loft space for the battery?

[@everythinghome]

Hi Richard - Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment on this video. The surge protector is between the house and grid I believe. From what I understand I needed an AC coupled battery to preserve my FIT. I hadn't thought of the garage loft space as an option but it would have still meant digging a trench to upgrade the cabling and access to that areas isn't particularly good. It's also got a lot of stuff there already but that could have been moved. If you’ve not already, please do like this video, stay tuned for some more content and thanks for taking the time to contribute to the discussion on this video

[@sohailm6]

How did you manage to make so much on export payments?

[@everythinghome]

By switching to Flux over the spring and summer months as seen here kzbin.info/www/bejne/inyzn3xpirafe9E

[@user-ol6rd7pl5t]

* I wish I had known, not I wish I knew.

[@peterdevenny7367]

Great info..... but your hard to listen too...... your reading your script toooooo fast and pretty monotone.....other than that good job

[@everythinghome]

Thanks for the info, will try and be more aware of that 👍