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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,380 Forumite
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    Reached a Hawaii around 17:25, Its been off and on here today with rain and cloud and sun.

    Most distruption to production between 10:00 and 14:00

    5.21 O's (20.74 kWh)
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • tunnel
    tunnel Posts: 2,601 Forumite
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    Merlin139 wrote: »

    5.21 O's (20.74 kWh)
    You're never calling it now are you? I've hit a/an Hawaii on my SSW but have glorious sunshine at the mo with another couple of hours of it to come(hopefully).........way to soon in my opinion!!smiley-confused005.gif
    2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)
  • Andy_WSM
    Andy_WSM Posts: 2,217 Forumite
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    Virtually the same as yesterday here. Hawaii and a bit (20.5 kWh).

    Anyone else's wattson anywhere not working? I had to reset the router earlier and it's not worked since - coincidence or not?
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,105 Forumite
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    Andy_WSM wrote: »
    Virtually the same as yesterday here. Hawaii and a bit (20.5 kWh).

    Anyone else's wattson anywhere not working? I had to reset the router earlier and it's not worked since - coincidence or not?

    Mine's working fine. Shush.....don't want to temp fate:eek:

    4.55 O's or 18.2 kWh here today:)
    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.
  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,380 Forumite
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    tunnel wrote: »
    You're never calling it now are you? I've hit a/an Hawaii on my SSW but have glorious sunshine at the mo with another couple of hours of it to come(hopefully).........way to soon in my opinion!!smiley-confused005.gif

    With the colour of the sky I knew was not much else to come.

    Ended with:

    5.38 O's (21.39 kWh)

    Have reached 70% of Est.
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    Merlin139 wrote: »
    Most distruption to production between 10:00 and 14:00

    Similar here, apart from cloud disruption from 08:00 - 18:00.:eek:

    I wanna know where all these Hawaii's are flying from; certainly not from this planet....:mad:
    legoman62 wrote: »
    Mine's working fine. Shush.....don't want to temp fate:eek:

    4.55 O's or 18.2 kWh here today:)

    Take off your strange, overnight false generation, and that's not too far from what Wattson states...what was that....:D

    A measley 3.8 O's here today, never mind, better days to come, I hope.... coffee.gif

    http://wattson.energyhive.com/dashboard/oscarsenergy
    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: B)

    Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).
  • countryman_2
    countryman_2 Posts: 421 Forumite
    A healthy 5.5 O's 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.
  • Sterlingtimes
    Sterlingtimes Posts: 2,563 Forumite
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    Yesterday, I easily got the summer spoon at 3.2 Os. It was a far from pleasant day. My first spoon!
    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".
  • tunnel
    tunnel Posts: 2,601 Forumite
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    I'll call it today seeing as the sun is hiding behind clouds.


    35kWh....that's 5.38 O's helped by a maiden from the SSW
    2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)
  • Andy_WSM
    Andy_WSM Posts: 2,217 Forumite
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    Made it to Heaven again today :) :beer:

    7.1 O's (27.8 kWh)
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