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Another "no sun" day here = 2.12 O's today:)
Friday's forecast looks like I'm heading for a "Ted Rogers":eek:16 Sanyo Hit 250s.4kWp SMA 3.8kWp inverter. SW roof. 28° pitch. Minimal shade. Nov 2011 install. Hybrid car. Ripple Kirk Hill. N.E Lincs Coast.0 -
No sun here either. 1.93 O's (7.68 kWh)3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds0
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Better than I expected at 3.52 O's. It's the 0.02 that made it all worthwhile!0
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3.44 Os. Wattson graph resembles a roller-coaster today.
PVGIS is looking much better than for previous months: 226/376 = 60%.
Things are brighter at Sterling Manor.I have osteoarthritis in my hands so I speak my messages into a microphone using Dragon. Some people make "typos" but I often make "speakos".0 -
Another "no sun" day here = 2.12 O's today:)
Friday's forecast looks like I'm heading for a "Ted Rogers":eek:
Indeed... Look at what you could've won :eek: 2.8 O's here today
4kw PV fitted 4th July 2014 (Green Energy NW £5600). WSW facing, 30 deg Pitch, Unshaded, Samil Solar River inverter, 16 Solar World Mono panels, Iboost on Immersion Heater. located in mid Lincolnshire.0 -
Considering it was a generally dark day until around 3pm ish, we landed 10.93kWh = 2.73 ho'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.0 -
2.5 kWp PV system, SSW facing, 45 Deg Roof. ABB Inverter, Monitor: 'Wattson'.
Reg. for FIT Nov 2011. "It's not what you generate; it's how you use it that matters". One very clean Vauxhall Diesel Sri, £30.00 Road Tax:
Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).0 -
A little better further North with 2.53 O's.Another "no sun" day here = 2.12 O's today:)
Friday's forecast looks like I'm heading for a "Ted Rogers":eek:
Very little sunshine until late afternoon which is little benefit to my east facing array.4kWp (black/black) - Sofar Inverter - SSE(141°) - 30° pitch - North LincsInstalled June 2013 - PVGIS = 3400Sofar ME3000SP Inverter & 5 x Pylontech US2000B Plus & 3 x US2000C Batteries - 19.2kWh0 -
Touch and go as to whether I will make a Hawaii today. This morning it was touch and go as to whether I'd make a wink or my PVGIS target for the day!
It's definitely got brighter, but my south east facing panels (with afternoon shading no less) don't produce a lot after 4.3.924kWp (12X327Wp SunPower). SolarEdge SE3500 inverter.
Surrey/SE. 30 degree roof pitch, chimney shading from mid afternoon.0 -
Hawaii + Some (20.19 kWh)3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds0
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