General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

Tom, the 4 x 250W / 30V panels I fitted last week cost me £110 each. They go, in series, to a 40A charger (£140) which charges a 24V fork-lift battery of 460Ah (£180). The 24V fork-lift battery runs a 240V 3kW pure sine wave inverter (£225).

I have another set-up on my caravan, using 1x 80W panel at 17V and charger (£80 for the two), which charges a 220Ah 12V leisure battery (£170 for 2) running a 240V 300W square wave inverter (£17.99 + vat from Stax!) which runs l.e.d. lighting.

This is electricity for the use of, rather than grid-feed connected. And that's your reason why "the houses with solar panels had no electricity".

Here's a panel I have left over in my garage at home. Unfortunately, it's shattered
- But works perfectly well.
£40 if anybody wants it!

It's the Future !