[clug] OT: Solar power recommendations and advice

[Michael Still]

Michael Still wrote:
> Paul Wayper wrote:
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>> On 18/04/10 19:09, Paul wrote:
>>> sorry not Linux related but I have heard some people have some knowledge
>>> on Solar Power (PV) , so looking to jump into this and would like some
>>> advice and recommendations for installers etc..
>>>
>>> PS I really would like to monitor it on my Linux box , but first up how
>>> do I go about choosing who to start getting quotes from in Canberra
>>
>> Kate and I went with Armada Solar (http://armadasolar.com).  We got three
>> quotes, whittled it down to two, and Armada matched the cheaper 
>> quote.  We
>> decided on Armada because they were local, they were the first people 
>> to ask
>> the all-important question "will the number of solar panels you want 
>> actually
>> fit on your roof?" and they stocked the high-power panels we wanted.
> 
> I am having a 2.2kW system fitted in 8 days. I asked Armada for a quote, 
> but they were prohibitively expensive compared with solargain.com.au.
> 
> At the time I built this spreadsheet to help with the comparison:
> 
> http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tgxDOSnFVzZITU1yzHSk0vw&single=true&gid=0&output=html 
> 
> 
> Note that orange rows are companies with online prices that don't 
> operate in the ACT, and are just there for comparison.
> 
> I guess I'll have more of an opinion in 8 days.

I'd have to say my opinion of Solargain is pretty negative at this 
point. Contact me privately if you want more detail, as I don't want to 
mutter too much publicly until they've had a chance to rectify the 
situation.

Mikal