Does VAT cut on solar include for motorhomes?

[68c]

Does anyone know if VAT cut on solar includes motorhome panels?

 

[pappajohn]

Very unlikely.
On the van......12v leisure.
On the house....230v domestic.

 

[Emmit]

Very unlikely.
On the van......12v leisure.
On the house....230v domestic.

Aren't the panels on the roof of the house the same as on the roof of the van?
ie. They all, (dependent on size,) produce 18-20 volts with a varience in wattage.
It's only the number of panels that allows the consumer in the house to invert/convert it to 230volts.

 

[jongood]

Does anyone know if VAT cut on solar includes motorhome panels?

I reckon the scheme will involve only being able to use accredited suppliers who will be 20% dearer than anyone else to pay for the pointless course they had to sit through to get accreditation.

 

[sonar]

I reckon the scheme will involve only being able to use accredited suppliers who will be 20% dearer than anyone else to pay for the pointless course they had to sit through to get accreditation.

Vat Is included on fitting and assorted fittings required to fit the vat free panels.

no vat on the panels but been told to wait a week until it has all been clarified .

comes from our local solar panel fitting company .

the ones from the council grant were free that’s 8 panels.
we would just like to add to them ….

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[cmcardle75]

Aren't the panels on the roof of the house the same as on the roof of the van?
ie. They all, (dependent on size,) produce 18-20 volts with a varience in wattage.
It's only the number of panels that allows the consumer in the house to invert/convert it to 230volts.

Domestic ones often have higher voltage. But generally around 30-40V, not 230V+. With MPPT, the voltage doesn't matter much. Matching panels to each other when making an array is more important than caring what the exact voltages or currents are.

 

[pappajohn]

I didn't mean the house panels output 230v but they make an array to provide enough power to run an inverter to provide 230vac.

 

[pappajohn]

Aren't the panels on the roof of the house the same as on the roof of the van?
ie. They all, (dependent on size,) produce 18-20 volts with a varience in wattage.
It's only the number of panels that allows the consumer in the house to invert/convert it to 230volts.

Yes, just about....but try to get a government grant, when they were available, to stick two or three panels on your van and the answer would be a no.

 

[68c]

How would they know.

 

[cmcardle75]

I didn't mean the house panels output 230v but they make an array to provide enough power to run an inverter to provide 230vac.

Yes, but both domestic and leisure electronics (at least modern types) could cope with pretty much any voltage panels, within reason. Domestic panels tend to have a higher operating voltage than those sold for leisure purposes. However, there would be no harm in using the higher voltage panels on a van, provided it used modern MPPT technology. A typical Victron BlueSolar, for example, is good for 100V. For old PWM controllers, not so much. Both domestic and leisure panels are suitable for running 230V inverters.

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[nicholsong]

I understand that the 0% VAT only applies if the contract is for 'supply and fit', probably to stop a black market.

Would you be happy for a fitter of house solar panels to fit panels to your MH?

 

[Hoovie]

apparently the solar panel VAT cut was to 0% from 5%. So IF you could have paid just 5% on the Solar Panels before, then yes, probably 0% now. But I bet the VAT was 20% (was on all the ones I have bought).

 

[Raul]

Most of the solar supply merchants, notably those in the REA renewable energy association, uses to be 5% vat. I dealt with many before B, but, after that we closed our business, it was vat registered. I remember UK got fined twice by EU, for allowing 5% not 20%.