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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • theboylard
    theboylard Posts: 1,211 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Oooh, another Typhoo! Plus .91, so nearly 4 ho's's!!
    4kWp, SSE, SolarEdge P300 optimisers & SE3500 Inverter, in occasionally sunny Corby, Northants.
    Now with added Sunsynk 5kw hybrid ecco inverter & 15kWh Fogstar batteries. Oh Octopus Energy too.
  • Andy_WSM
    Andy_WSM Posts: 2,217 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Uniform Washer Rampant Recycler
    Very dull here this morning - the PV hasn't even woken from it's slumber yet and it's nearly 8am. :eek:
  • Martyn1981
    Martyn1981 Posts: 15,575 Forumite
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    Andy_WSM wrote: »
    Very dull here this morning - the PV hasn't even woken from it's slumber yet and it's nearly 8am. :eek:

    Ha Ha loser!

    I've got 61W being pumped out, so not enough to cover my computer, monitor and CFL bulb (very dark here). Perhaps I'd be better off switching off and going for a walk, rather than falsely gloating? :(

    Still knocking out TyphOOO's but no sign yet of a wink, let alone 4O of em.

    Mart.
    Mart. Cardiff. 8.72 kWp PV systems (2.12 SSW 4.6 ESE & 2.0 WNW). 28kWh battery storage. Two A2A units for cleaner heating. Two BEV's for cleaner driving.

    For general PV advice please see the PV FAQ thread on the Green & Ethical Board.
  • Andy_WSM
    Andy_WSM Posts: 2,217 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Uniform Washer Rampant Recycler
    Martyn1981 wrote: »
    and CFL bulb (very dark here).

    You still use those dinosaurs? :cool:

    If the inverter would just wake...8:15am, nothing.
  • EricMears
    EricMears Posts: 3,320 Forumite
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    Andy_WSM wrote: »
    If the inverter would just wake...8:15am, nothing.
    Not doing a lot yet (800W @ 08:45) but system 'woke up' @ 07:05 (which of course in 'real life is only 6am !)
    NE Derbyshire.4kWp S Facing 17.5deg slope (dormer roof).24kWh of Pylontech batteries with Lux controller BEV : Hyundai Ioniq5
  • Andy_WSM
    Andy_WSM Posts: 2,217 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Uniform Washer Rampant Recycler
    Probably an April record here, but 9:30am, still too dark to activate the inverter!
  • 1961Nick
    1961Nick Posts: 2,107 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    4.34 O's yesterday and......

    the first Hawaii of the year today!:T
    4kWp (black/black) - Sofar Inverter - SSE(141°) - 30° pitch - North Lincs
    Installed June 2013 - PVGIS = 3400
    Sofar ME3000SP Inverter & 5 x Pylontech US2000B Plus & 3 x US2000C Batteries - 19.2kWh
  • rosythfifer
    rosythfifer Posts: 92 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    4.70 Os today.
    2.43 from 9 x 270 Trina panels. Samil solar river 2600 inverter. Due South. 30 pitch. East coast of Scotland just North of Forth bridge.
  • Andy_WSM
    Andy_WSM Posts: 2,217 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Uniform Washer Rampant Recycler
    I can see who hogged the Sun today then!

    Utterly miserable day here.

    0.87 O's (3.71 kWh)

    Thankfully not cold, so not hammering the import to keep warm either.
  • old_grouser
    old_grouser Posts: 176 Forumite
    No sun today, but 2 Os through the cloud cover. FWIW I found my March 2012 data on a backup disk and added it to yesterday's post. It confirms my suspicion that March 2015 was a averagely good month, and that March 2013 was a stinker.


    And here beginneth the sunny season...
    O G :cool: Somewhere on the South Downs
    3.29kWp S by E
    Greetings to Druids everywhere
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