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

zeupater

mark88man wrote: »

bit inefficient there old boy - unless you are trying to obfuscate your meaning: if x= 10 then x=x-9 i sthe same as x=1

alternately take out everything between DO and ENDDO !!

Exactly ..... an infinate loop, just what I was describing when referencing the parallel debate post(s), the x=x-9 was just there to entice a little thought processing ..... :cool:

Z

old_grouser

Update on Old Grouser's 3.29 kW/p system - installed 31 days ago - which has now generated 420kW/h. That's 22% above the standard prediction.

Wanting to use the power efficiently, I'd like to store the surplus as hot water - but how to do it with minimum disruption to existing plumbing and lifestyle? A lower wattage (say, 1kW) 27" immersion heater (they do exist, apparently)? Or knocking down the wattage on the standard 3kW immersion heater to something the roof can service? Or perhaps a box of tricks that diverts surplus current as and when available to a low wattage tank element (not EMMA, 'cos a conditional switch shouldn't cost £1500!) All suggestions/experience gratefully received.
Cheers to all fellow Druids,

themaverick1953

Have just ordered a 1 kw 27 inch standard boss top fitting today from howden-electrical. I won't be leaving it on a timer though - only using it when I'm in the house and the rest of the family are out.

old_grouser

themaverick1953 wrote: »

Have just ordered a 1 kw 27 inch standard boss top fitting today from howden-electrical. I won't be leaving it on a timer though - only using it when I'm in the house and the rest of the family are out.

Have you got it in yet - and is it working?
It strikes me that one of the problems for those of us who want to maximise roof production is the tyranny of tier 1 electricity prices - the doubling of the cost of the first couple of units per day purchsed from the grid, which weigh disproportionately on those of us who are paring down our grid consumption - particularly in the summer. An immersion heater running even during good daylight hours will dip into this expensive tariff every time a cloud passes. Only the Co-op, it seems, offers a tariff which doesn't involve this loading on daytime consumption, and on that basis, I'm seriously tempted to switch suppliers....

Cardew

old_grouser wrote: »

Have you got it in yet - and is it working?
It strikes me that one of the problems for those of us who want to maximise roof production is the tyranny of tier 1 electricity prices - the doubling of the cost of the first couple of units per day purchsed from the grid, which weigh disproportionately on those of us who are paring down our grid consumption - particularly in the summer. An immersion heater running even during good daylight hours will dip into this expensive tariff every time a cloud passes. Only the Co-op, it seems, offers a tariff which doesn't involve this loading on daytime consumption, and on that basis, I'm seriously tempted to switch suppliers....

Ebico have a single tariff for both gas and electricity(i.e. no tier and no daily standing charge - DSC- )

There are other tariffs have a DSC.

However given that most utility companies set their Tier1 at 125kWh or 225kWh per quarter, I suggest the there are very few people with a house that won't use up all that allocation regardless of the output from their PV panels.

themaverick1953

old_grouser wrote: »

Have you got it in yet - and is it working?
It strikes me that one of the problems for those of us who want to maximise roof production is the tyranny of tier 1 electricity prices - the doubling of the cost of the first couple of units per day purchsed from the grid, which weigh disproportionately on those of us who are paring down our grid consumption - particularly in the summer. An immersion heater running even during good daylight hours will dip into this expensive tariff every time a cloud passes. Only the Co-op, it seems, offers a tariff which doesn't involve this loading on daytime consumption, and on that basis, I'm seriously tempted to switch suppliers....

Yes but haven't had a spare Kw to use it. It'll only be 8/8 blue days that I could use it. Had 2 teenasgers in the house for the past 15 weeks and I reckon we've used 100% of thw 4kW sytems output due to continuous day afer day thick cloud.

Cardew

themaverick1953 wrote: »

Yes but haven't had a spare Kw to use it. It'll only be 8/8 blue days that I could use it. Had 2 teenasgers in the house for the past 15 weeks and I reckon we've used 100% of thw 4kW sytems output due to continuous day afer day thick cloud.

I assume you mean 4kWh?

themaverick1953

Isn't it 4kWp to be correct?

themaverick1953

Still not received my first FIT payment submitted 13th Aug. I believe they said I would receive it within 28 days. I won't as its a cheque and will take 4 days to clear. So after getting panels in during April I'm still yet to see anything!

Rosemary_Jane

themaverick1953 wrote: »

Still not received my first FIT payment submitted 13th Aug. I believe they said I would receive it within 28 days. I won't as its a cheque and will take 4 days to clear. So after getting panels in during April I'm still yet to see anything!

I know. I'm really cross, actually. I applied to SSE after recommendations by my installer and what I saw online. Nowhere in the documentation was there any figure of the time taken to pay out.

I haven't had a payment yet. First reading submitted 4 July, as requested. I'm now told it's 65 working days!!! I wonder if they wait that long for their creditors?!!

RJ