10 panel solar PV generating system

We are slowly accumulating components for the system.  So far we have:
 12 100AH deep cycle gel batteries (at £45 each from EBay) total £540
10 160 Watt Solar panels (From a contact found on EBay) cost £4000
A100C Import /Export meter (OFGEM approved) Cost £42 from Universal Meter Services

Morningstar charge controller SR740TL with remote digital display - (to charge the batteries from the solar panels)  from http://www.barden-uk.com cost £246.
APC su3000rmxli3u rack mount UPS (un-interruptible power supply) from Ebay to use as an inverter (a cheap way of changing the battery DC to 'mains'  240volt AC cost £187 (including delivery) highly recommended seller email: captain.ewers@vigin.net

 

The generating system we are creating is more economically justifiable because we are customers of Good Energy (electricity supply company) which is at this moment the only electricity company that uses only renewable energy sources (as far as I am aware).  Good Energy will pay us 9p a unit for all electricity we produce from our PV system even though we are using the electricity ourselves and not exporting to the grid!
 I hope to end up with a system costing a little over half what a mainstream company would charge for a similar sized grid connected setup.

   
 Very useful document:
A guide to photovoltaic (PV) system design and installation from the California Energy Commission (PDF)

A guide to photovoltaic (PV) system design and installation from the California Energy Commission (HTML) (not all of the original pictures are in the HTML version)

And another: The DTI's Guide to installing solar PV systems. Click for PDF

Information on planning issues:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/news/corporate/721541

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