An interesting conversation if you are considering doing so too! It could also be a useful explanation and a guide to what is involved.The DC generating cell panels are fixed onto roof rails fixed under the tiles by clips screwed to the woodwork that supports them. The DC is converted to mains voltage AC at the mains frequency by the invertor fitted in the loft.The instalation company contacts your mortgage provider and your House insurance company who normally have no problems with it being installed. Insurance of the installation itself is covered by another insurance policy paid for by the investors who pay all the costs of the equipment and of the installation.All generated electricity is free to use by the householder during daylight..The surplus is fed back into the national grid. The whole scheme started rolling with a generous price being paid for the electricity generated but that has now been reduced by 50%. It is soon to reduce even futher so this is really the last chance for such companies to be able to make economic scence of offering free solar panel installations.It is rather short sighted of the government to reduce the subsidy even further because a whole new expanding industry has been encouraged to be set up giving employment and reducing the need for the country to use other means of poluting energy sources. Other countries are providing subsidies encouraging the use of solar power.
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