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4.29, did a couple of wash loads but not much else.4.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria.3
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Yes, still had 30'ish % percent this morning from yesterday, it got filled during the day, despite, 1 washing load, and a 30 min dump of excess into the hot water.EcoScruples said:
How did your battery hold up with today's weather? Enough to get you through the day?ggmf said:Cloud, rain, but hot, humid sometimes sunny day, 4,1 & 2.0 feels like autumn down here this evening, dark and very windy2 Separate arrays, 7 x JASolar 380w panels (2.66kWp) south facing, 4 x JASolar 380w panels (1.52kWp) east facing, 11 x Tigo optimizers & cloud, Growatt SPH5000, Growatt 6.5kWh Hybrid battery (Go-live 01/12/21) - Additional reporting via Solar Assistant.3 -
Not much sun here - 3.35 O’s3
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I envy all you people with your 4s and 3s and 2s.4.03kWh, 1.48 O's
I had half-a-dozen better days in January!N. Hampshire, he/him. Octopus Intelligent Go elec & Tracker gas / Vodafone BB / iD mobile. Ripple Kirk Hill Coop member.Ofgem cap table, Ofgem cap explainer. Economy 7 cap explainer. Gas vs E7 vs peak elec heating costs, Best kettle!
2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 3.6kw inverter. 34 MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.6 -
After after the Lord Mayors show! 1.7525 O's 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.5
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Reasonable fine morning. Afternoon was very dull.
3.81 O's
I myself spent the day at the Lincolnshire show ground where it was very dark with a few periods of light rain. Thankfully the clouds never unloaded while I was there.3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds5 -
After 11 decent days, it ended with a pretty poor 1.52 O's yesterday. Forecast for the next week looks reasonable though.
6.4kWp (16 * 400Wp REC Alpha) facing ESE + 5kW Huawei inverter + 10kWh Huawei battery. Buckinghamshire.3 -
Barely scraped an O, still, it was nice taking the doggo for a walk in the light warm rain, so refreshing.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.5 -
Anyone else get that really dirty rain leave a load of muck on their panels this week?
It wasn't quite the Sahara blood rain but I got up and cleaned them earlier and my generation went up by 400w, they were really mucky.4.3kwp JA panels, Huawei 3.68kw Hybrid inverter, Huawei 10kw Lunar 2000 battery, Myenergi eddi, South facing array with a 15 degree roof pitch, winter shade.1 -
It was dust in the air from the Sahara, why we had very orange sunrises.
Spectacular pink and orange sunset lights up sky - BBC News
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