Re: solar panels
Posted: Fri May 03, 2019 8:54 pm
It seemed to be the normal man in his 4X4. He went on to read the meters of people without any panels
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Thank you Trev, so it looks like that they will come to my area after 5 weeks from now, which means I will have more credit to lose then. Perhaps it will get hot very soon and I run my air-cons and pool pump more hours in this case...
It seems to me that 100 Euro for 2 month running costs for a communal pool is very low. I don't know the size of this pool, but normally are pool pumps installed >1 kW. The running time for communal pools supposed to be ca 10 hours/day to be on the healthy side. In 60 days this amounts to 60-100 kW/h electricity. One unit is roughly 0.23 Euro, so the EAC costs will be between 140 and 230 Euro.
We have a new(ish) pump with a built in speed limiter (sorry, can't remember the name) and all the lights are LEDcyprusmax47 wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2019 8:54 am
It seems to me that 100 Euro for 2 month running costs for a communal pool is very low. I don't know the size of this pool, but normally are pool pumps installed >1 kW. The running time for communal pools supposed to be ca 10 hours/day to be on the healthy side. In 60 days this amounts to 60-100 kW/h electricity. One unit is roughly 0.23 Euro, so the EAC costs will be between 140 and 230 Euro.
I would suggest to get a price for installing 4-5 Solar panels and a driver to run the existing pump, or alternative replace the existing pump and install a so called solar DC pump with 3-4 solar panels.
Both prices will be lower than a net-metering system but you are not be able to run lighting as well, but that is cheap if you replace the bulbs (LED)
You are on the right path saving energy with your installed variable speed pump and LED lights, BUT I am confident that investing in Solar power, whatever it is, (solar pool pump, solar-driven AC pump and a solar net-metering system) it will be beneficial in the long run economically as well as for the environment to reduce C02 emissions in Cyprus as electricity is still produced here with heavy fuel...J B wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2019 10:03 amWe have a new(ish) pump with a built in speed limiter (sorry, can't remember the name) and all the lights are LEDcyprusmax47 wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2019 8:54 am
It seems to me that 100 Euro for 2 month running costs for a communal pool is very low. I don't know the size of this pool, but normally are pool pumps installed >1 kW. The running time for communal pools supposed to be ca 10 hours/day to be on the healthy side. In 60 days this amounts to 60-100 kW/h electricity. One unit is roughly 0.23 Euro, so the EAC costs will be between 140 and 230 Euro.
I would suggest to get a price for installing 4-5 Solar panels and a driver to run the existing pump, or alternative replace the existing pump and install a so called solar DC pump with 3-4 solar panels.
Both prices will be lower than a net-metering system but you are not be able to run lighting as well, but that is cheap if you replace the bulbs (LED)
Would you dare to admit that maybe the solar panels wouldn't be economical for us?
PolemIan wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2019 2:03 pm JB, we have net metering in our house and very effective it is. We also have an apartment on a complex in Tala, so here are a few things to think about:
- at our house we also have a separate direct system for the pool, which works well for a domestic pool, not so sure for a communal implementation. The pumps cut off if a minimum power level is not being generated, so in in cloudy periods and when the sun is very low, there’s a risk ....
Ian
Pool covers rock, 30 degrees today!Dominic wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2019 2:46 pm We've got solar panels, and a separate solar-powered pool pump.The pool pump is great. It has done the job all winter and cleaning has been a lot less of a hassle than last year.
On a similar note, we also have a pool cover and a pool heater. Because of this we've been swimming in the pool at a decent temp (27c) for weeks. The heater raised the water temp, and the cover does a sterling job of keeping it raised. So now the heater barely comes on at all.
I still can't quite believe that the first year we were here we could swim in a 17c pool. That's not happening any more. Our blood is turning Cypriot.
Our highest annual bill was €705 in 2017 (and 2018 was €539) so we would have a job to save "thousands"cyprusmax47 wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2019 12:12 pm Not only is Dominic happy with his domestic solar pool pump, also hotels like Avanti or Aliathon are running their commercial pools with commercial solar pool pumps (36 m3/h circulation) which are thousands of Euro per year cheaper to run, than their previous 3-5 kW AC pumps. GreenAir installed them many years ago and the solar panels don't look that bad on the roofs...