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Electric enthusiast Gavin Shoebridge had solar installed last year and, as part of his content series with Ecotricity, he pored over his bills to figure out whether it stacks up.
As he says:
Because I'm recharging electric cars every day, I tend to use more electricity than the average New Zealand household, so I wondered if installing solar panels would cut down my power bills. To find out, I contacted some solar panel installers, they looked at my monthly power bill and then recommended some solar systems that would be ideal for my circumstances. I ended up using an installer called Endless Energy, who installed a 9.7 kW system (22 x Longi 440W panels) and a Solax 7.5 kW inverter.
As you can see in the above video, even though my power consumption was twice the New Zealand average in the first month, my power bill was the lowest I'd ever seen. And wait until you see the second month!I
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