So now I have a solar PV system how do I make the most of it???

don0301

wish these damn things would work in the winter :rotfl:

larkim

Can't even see the sun here!!

zeupater

larkim wrote: »

Can't even see the sun here!!

http://sat106.sat24.nl/h-image.ashx?region=eu&time=201202061415&ir=False

Martyn1981

larkim wrote: »

Can't even see the sun here!!

I can see the sun here now, it's glorious. Shining away on my WNW roof. Sadly my panels are on the ESE roofs.

42watts and sliding down.

M.

don0301

13.5kWh today :T

69.2kWH so far this month

Doc_N

don0301 wrote: »

13.5kWh today :T

69.2kWH so far this month

That's quite a remarkable figure for today - given the Met Office's published statistics, as actually observed, for the weather in South Essex today.

If the power companies had access to the same sort of system you have, I think our energy problems would be solved overnight. How can I get one - do I need some magic beans?

don0301

Doc_N wrote: »

That's quite a remarkable figure for today - given the Met Office's published statistics, as actually observed, for the weather in South Essex today.

If the power companies had access to the same sort of system you have, I think our energy problems would be solved overnight. How can I get one - do I need some magic beans?

I'm not in South Essex :rotfl:

Doc_N

hello everyone

ive just registered, and hope someone can help me with 2 queries.

i recently had solar panels fitted to my home (30/11/11)

its a 20 panel 3.9kwp system in south essex

so far my peak day generation has been 13kwh on 9/12/11

my average daily generation has been 6.75kwh

i have 2 questions:

1. i have 20x195W panels (=3.9kWp?) but the installers fitted a Fronius IG Plus 35V inverter which is rated at a maximum of 3.5KWp.
Is this right?

2. i got an owl cm160 energy monitor, which i have fitted to the live feed from the inverter inside the house fusebox. at night (when it should read 0?)it reads 113W. the inverter is rated at 0.2W in sleep mode.
i switched off all the fuse switches at the house fusebox except the inverter overnight (11 hours) and the house electric meter did not change. Can someone explain why its so innacurate and is there anything i can do to make it more consistent with what the actual meter says?

hope i got all the terminology right, im a neewbie but interested to understand and maximise the system

thanks for your help in advance

(20/12/11 - 9.24pm)

don0301 wrote: »

I'm not in South essex :rotfl:

I do apologise - I must have misunderstood 'South Essex'.

don0301

Doc_N wrote: »

hello everyone

ive just registered, and hope someone can help me with 2 queries.

i recently had solar panels fitted to my home (30/11/11)

its a 20 panel 3.9kwp system in south essex

so far my peak day generation has been 13kwh on 9/12/11

my average daily generation has been 6.75kwh

i have 2 questions:

1. i have 20x195W panels (=3.9kWp?) but the installers fitted a Fronius IG Plus 35V inverter which is rated at a maximum of 3.5KWp.
Is this right?

2. i got an owl cm160 energy monitor, which i have fitted to the live feed from the inverter inside the house fusebox. at night (when it should read 0?)it reads 113W. the inverter is rated at 0.2W in sleep mode.
i switched off all the fuse switches at the house fusebox except the inverter overnight (11 hours) and the house electric meter did not change. Can someone explain why its so innacurate and is there anything i can do to make it more consistent with what the actual meter says?

hope i got all the terminology right, im a neewbie but interested to understand and maximise the system

thanks for your help in advance

(20/12/11 - 9.24pm)





I do apologise - I must have misunderstood 'South Essex'.

so i get an F for geography when i wrote that...

well done Cluedo...

The_Green_Hornet

Doc_N wrote: »

I do apologise - I must have misunderstood 'South Essex'.

I think he must be [STRIKE]from[/STRIKE] Barking. :rotfl: