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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • theboylard
    theboylard Posts: 1,211 Forumite
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    TFS (theboylard forecasting system) says it's a fantastic day outside?




    :snow_laug
    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.
  • Sterlingtimes
    Sterlingtimes Posts: 2,563 Forumite
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    Oscargrouch wrote: »
    http://wattson.energyhive.com/dashboard/oscarsenergy

    And you're still exporting!

    According to Wattson, we have let 10 watt hours escape today.

    http://wattson.energyhive.com/dashboard/sterling
    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".
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,105 Forumite
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    edited 13 June 2015 at 3:26PM
    Sterlingtimes wrote: »
    And you're still exporting!

    According to Wattson, we have let 10 watt hours escape today.

    http://wattson.energyhive.com/dashboard/sterling

    That's brilliant. I've given 50 away....charitable or watt:D

    http://wattson.energyhive.com/dashboard/legomansenergy


    Edit: you're beating Oscar and me on importing by a country mile!

    .....any extension cables leading to your neighbours house?:rotfl:
    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.
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    edited 13 June 2015 at 3:18PM
    Sterlingtimes wrote: »
    And you're still exporting!

    According to Wattson, we have let 10 watt hours escape today.

    http://wattson.energyhive.com/dashboard/sterling

    Exporting not as much as normal...eusa_naughty.gif
    Mind, my import is not 6.86 kWh.....smiley-laughing014.gif Just as well, I only rekon to import £12.08p for the month...smiley-laughing021.gif

    http://www.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).
  • rosythfifer
    rosythfifer Posts: 92 Forumite
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    Ouch.

    3KW

    1.23 Os
    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.
  • reloaded25
    reloaded25 Posts: 34 Forumite
    Hawaii yesterday barely 1 O today.
    16 x 250w mono 803 Eternity Panels, Aurora 3.6 inverter, owl intuition pv monitoring facing due south in sunny Norfolk.
  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,386 Forumite
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    Worst day since 12/04/15 :eek:

    1.88 O's (7.46 kWh)

    Also had to put the boiler on to heat the water for a shower!:mad:
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • tunnel
    tunnel Posts: 2,601 Forumite
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    Still generating but what the hell, didn't even make an O today...0.95 to be exact, will that be enough for the spoon?
    2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)
  • theboylard
    theboylard Posts: 1,211 Forumite
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    tunnel wrote: »
    Still generating but what the hell, didn't even make an O today...0.95 to be exact, will that be enough for the spoon?

    Nope... 0.78 here
    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.
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    rosythfifer wrote: »
    Ouch.

    3KW

    1.23 Os

    Lucky Man/Woman......https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOvMNM9J3NA
    theboylard wrote: »
    Nope... 0.78 here

    Even worse here, for me....0.88 O's escaped the spooning...:D..coffee.gif
    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).
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