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5.31 O's today, hazy between 12.30-2.00Barnsley, South Yorkshire
Solar PV 5.25kWp SW facing (14 x 375) installed Mar 22
Lux 3.6kw hybrid inverter and 9.6kw Pylontech batteries
Daikin 8kW ASHP installed Jan 25
Octopus Cosy/Fixed Outgoing2 -
Would have been a perfect curve bar unwanted cloud between 11:00 and 14:30
Hawaii + 0.66 O's
Still very happy with what we got. 3 hours of Ironing carried out by DW
3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds4 -
Hawaii + 0.5 O's - not too bad, but we're desperate for a day of rain.Central Beds, 2.02kWp (9 x 225W) south facing with some morning shade, installed 2011 (£7.16/Wp). Tigo monitoring/optimisers on all panels, Growatt MIC 2000 TL-X Inverter and Solar iBoost installed 2022. (4 x 415W + 6 x 405W garden experiment connected to SunSynk 3.6 hybrid inverter & 2 x 5.3kWh SynSynk batteries) (4 x 405W panels queued to go somewhere)2
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No rain, but another Hawaii today. 5.575 O's😎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.4
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You Beat me, what a cheeklegoman62 said:No rain, but another Hawaii today. 5.575 O's😎
Due to excess heat only A/an 
Plus 0.36 O's
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).4 -
Very warm, seemed a lot hotter here than the 'heat wave' a few weeks ago. Sad to see the monitoring recording how quickly the days are shortening, still a pleasing 6.2 & 2.1 O's today.2 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.2
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Sun has just dipped down behind the hill, total for today 5.6, again peak power was only a little over 3000w, ambient temperature really taking its toll, losing 10% at the peak of the day.4.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria.2
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A near perfect curve today. Peek production was only 2.91 kW probably because it was a tad hot, no wind and no clouds.
Still produced a Maiden + 0.03 O's
47.4 % of Estimate in the bag.
3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds4 -
Hawaii again! + 0.675 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.4
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Been away for a bit , back with the best day of the month - 6.07 O’s2
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