Your Solar PV Readings Thread

stoozey

Rather than mix them up in other threads lets try and put them in a single thread. Please limit to a single post and then edit it for updating. I will make another thread for discussions! How about this template for starters (feel free to add/change)


System Size : 3.885KW
Number of panels: 21
Make of Panels: Sharp
Panel Size: 185W
Inverter Make and Model: SMA Sunnyboy 4000
County: Worcestershire
Roof Direction: Just off south
Angle of Roof: 30°
Shading: None
Commissioning Date: 29/04/11
Installers Annual Prediction in kWh: 3192
PVGIS Annual Estimation in kWh: 3150

Best Day: 02.05.11 26.6KWH
Peak Uutput Logged: 3.3KW
Weekly Average: too soon!
Total Producued 2011: 83.50KWH

keith_r59

System Size : 1.32 kWp
Number of panels: 6
Make of Panels: Sharp
Panel Size: 220W
Inverter Make and Model: SMA Sunny Boy 1200
County: Buckinghamshire
Roof Direction: South
Angle of Roof: 30°
Shading: None
Commissioning Date: 07/10/10

Installers Annual Prediction: 1000 kWh
PVGIS Annual Estimation: 1120 kWh

Best Day: Not recorded
Weekly Average: Not recorded
Total Produced 2011 (as at 30th September): 1154 kWh

bjohnson

What about adding shading? My results are affected by early morning shade from a dormer and a chimney stack that probably knocks 3 or 4 kWh from my daily output.

bjohnson

System Size : 3.995 kWp
Number of panels: 17
Make of Panels: Sanyo HIT-N235SE10
Panel Size: 235Wp
Inverter Make and Model: SMA Sunnyboy 4000
County: Cheshire
Roof Direction: South
Angle of Roof: 45°
Shading: Some on each string up to 10.30am
Commissioning Date: 15/03/11
Installers Annual Prediction in kWh: unknown
PVGIS Annual Estimation in kWh: unknown

Best Day: 01.05.11 25.8 kWh

square-eyes

System Size : 2.3KW
Number of panels: 10
Make of Panels: Sharp
Panel Size: 230W
Inverter Make and Model: SMA Sunny Boy 2500HF
County: Surrey
Roof Direction: South
Angle of Roof: 30°
Shading: None
Commissioning Date: 17/5/11
Installers Annual Prediction in kWh: 2106
PVGIS Annual Estimation in kWh: 2276

Best Day:
Peak Output Logged: 30/5/11 15 kWh
Weekly Average: 10 kWh
Total Produced 2011: not known yet
Installation Cost: £9950
Installation quotes: from £8500 - £12,200

old_grouser

Hi to all!
Having just had my first quote for a pv system (and general forum reading suggests it ws much too high!) it would be a great help to us timid beginners if the system cost could be indicated. I'm interested in the previous message, for example, because data from Sussex/South Coast seems to be sparse. Any thoughts welcome!
Thanks,
OG

malch

System Size : 2.22kw
Number of panels: 12
Make of Panels: Sharp nu-185e1
Panel Size: 185W
Inverter Make and Model: powerone aurora 2000
County: Dorset
Roof Direction: South (15 deg.to west)
Angle of Roof: 35°
Shading: None
Commissioning Date: 16th March 2011
Installers Annual Prediction in kWh: 1969
PVGIS Annual Estimation in kWh: 2090
Best Day: 3 may 2011 15.5
Peak Uutput Logged:
Weekly Average: too soon!
Total Producued 2011: 1230 kwh
Instalation cost £8500

(installation date was 8th Feb but dispute with solar company meant commissioning was 6 weeks later hence meter reading is actually 834 though first 166 kwh will not count)

first FITs payment £406.00 up until Thur 16th june well pleased

pmpm

Nobody seems to be updating this.. this could be quite informative & good for decision-making for others!!

free_juice?

Quite a lot of users are sending their data to the web in real time and in some cases graphs of output in ten or fifteen minute chunks over the last six months or more.

You could go here and follow the links to several such sites. They may be more useful than this thread for serious research.

johford97

System Size : 1.8KW
Number of panels: 10
Make of Panels: Trina Solar 180w Panels
Panel Size: 180W
Inverter Make and Model: SMA Sunny Boy 1700 Inverter
County: Nottinghamshire
Roof Direction: South (10 deg.to west)
Angle of Roof: 40°
Shading: Winter only 3 hours a day
Commissioning Date: 13th June 2011
Installers Annual Prediction in kWh: 1310
PVGIS Annual Estimation in kWh:
Best Day: 14 June 2011 7kwh
Peak output Logged: 1.5kwh
Weekly Average:
Total Producued 2011:
Instalation cost £5300

bjohnson

New record peak output about a week ago: 4.47kW (briefly). The sytem is just under 4kW so I don't know where the extra came from.