1 hour ago, Bobster. said:

Yep! I have family in Spain.

Like many EU countries the electricity price varies according to time of day, and the price floats on a market. Usually doesn't move much from month to month, but the family saw their energy bill double in early 2020. And they are sensible with electricity. Don't leave lights on in unused rooms, run the washing machine & dishwasher on timers to take advantage of low rates at 2 in the morning. Etc.

They'd thought about grid-tied solar then didn't do it. It would have cushioned that blow. They could have run their appliances and heated their water in the middle of the day when there's abundant PV.

Based on my information the hike took place in 2022 and hit a high in October and was a lot more than the slight increase in 2020.

18 minutes ago, Scorp007 said:

Based on my information the hike took place in 2022 and hit a high in October and was a lot more than the slight increase in 2020.

Ja. I just recall it was a couple of years ago. I might be off on the actual year. They got a whopper of a bill. Checked the consumption against the previous month and it wasn't very different. Then they found out their neighbours had a similar unpleasant surprise.

It's enough to make one feel grateful for NERSA.

On 2025/03/30 at 5:29 PM, Scorp007 said:

So you think the people in Europe that do install PV while they have power nearly 24/7/365 have it all wrong. We complain each time when Eskom asks for high increases think about them that saw power increasing in cost to 3 times than before the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Many a pensioner would like to stretch their income and try and save. My own saving system I had as my main system has paid itself 2 times over in less than 6 years. My back up was just much smaller in output using 3 inverters. Savings went into my current full hybrid system like most of our members.

A guy I had a long chat with brain storming systems installed his Synsynk to save as much as possible and got his money back in less than 3 yrs. Yes he will be adding a battery later.

Now with less load shedding we do see people asking "is it still worth installing a PV system?" and that while the cost is so much lower than 2 yrs ago.

I need to strongly agree here.

Last year was the first full year with my system, taking into account the sliding scale of electricity pricing, using the previous years pricing, which was lower, I saved about 33K. That paid for the inverter, and the panels. This years savings, will be paying for the battery and additional panels, next year I will be in the green.

Hi there!

We live in a sectional title complex in Tswane that is supplied by Impact metering, with the PLC unit plugged in an outlet in the unit. We installed a solar system a while back, with an "emergency" plug for the PLC unit (plug between the metereing station and the inverter, as the inverter filters out the PLC from the supply), complete with a CoC from the electrician.

What is the process of doing the SSEG registration for this type of setup?

Thanks!

Dan