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Not expecting much here today:( Bitterly cold and windy...just started hailstoning: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
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Not expecting much here today:( Bitterly cold and windy...just started hailstoning:eek:
You just prompted me to have a look......3.5 O's & generating 3.4kW.
Remarkable considering the weather.:cool: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 -
With the expected Hawaii today, plus a little more, I'll knock off the PVGIS target for the month at about 15:00...3.924kWp (12X327Wp SunPower). SolarEdge SE3500 inverter.
Surrey/SE. 30 degree roof pitch, chimney shading from mid afternoon.0 -
I'm in heaven :A (nearly!)
Fast approaching 7 O's. Just a few hundred more watts needed! Best day of the year by far.0 -
That will do nicely today!
7.1 O's (27.85 kWh)
My best April day ever.0 -
Hawaii + 0.48 (21.8 kWH)
Loads of Ups & Downs so well happy with a Hawaii!
April has now beaten last June. 2 more good days and I will be 20% passed my PVGIS and well passed 500 kWh3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds0 -
Funny day today. Cold and windy with Rain, hail and sunshine = 4.75 O's:D
Finally reached April PVGIS:T16 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 -
Funny day today. Cold and windy with Rain, hail and sunshine = 4.75 O's:D
Finally reached April PVGIS:T
Tough, really tough.....Currently 41% over PVGIS for April....which equates to 5 Hawaii's + 0.36 O's over;:beer: following today's poor result of A/an Hawaii + 1.44 O's..
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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 -
Not in heaven today, it's raining right now! Very little rain this month, so musn't grumble.0
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Yesterday was a day full of surprises, least of which was ending the day with 5.64 worth of ho's!
Not sure about today, we seem to be in a sunshine hole with thick dark cloud all around waiting to consume us!
First kWh approaching, with it spitting out 1.74kW as I type!
Although we are due rain at some point today, that should cool the panels!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
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