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Looks like 1.87
Interesting phenomenon, I have 6 panels West yet the 5 on the south roof are delivering more wattage right now in this weather!
Voltages look right so I don't think there's a problem, variance of around 33v which is around a an extra panel.
4.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria.3 -
Thunder, lightning, heavy rain and Sunshine = 2.375 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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legoman62 said:Thunder, lightning, heavy rain and SunshineThunderbolts and lightning, very very frightening indeed!7.87kWh, 2.89 O's
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.5 -
Dark morning. Dark afternoon from 16:30 and lots of heavy rain morning and afternoon.
2.15 O's3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds5 -
Looks like I had a good day with 3.08 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 -
Only 2.25 O's No sun at all until 1.15pm and only an hour of constant sun around 3pm.Barnsley, 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 Outgoing3 -
2.45 for yesterday, so lower than pvgis for first time and worst of the month so far. Looking more promising today. At least we had rain over night and now have full butts for the first time in months. East coast, lat 51.97. 8.26kw SSE, 23° pitch + 0.59kw WSW vertical. Nissan Leaf plus Zappi charger and 2 x ASHP's. Givenergy 8.2 & 9.5 kWh batts, 2 x 3 kW ac inverters. Indra V2H . CoCharger Host, Interest in Ripple Energy & Abundance.5
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3.1 & 1.3 O's - a better day than I was expecting.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.3
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Very poor morning and a good afternoon when the Sun could not make up its minds. In out In out. Still managed 2 lots of free washing.
3.12 O's Above PVGIS estimate and for the month now about 1 day ahead.3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds5 -
2.4 today.
112% Pro rata but don't think that's going to kept up tor long!4.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria.3
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