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Much Better today!
Lots of Sun this morning. A bit higgle de piggily after lunch.
4.76 O's3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds3 -
Better day here today. 3.15 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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Much better day here as well - 13.2kWhrs, 3.02 O's4.3kW PV, 3.6kW inverter. Octopus Agile import, gas Tracker. Zoe. Ripple x 3. Cheshire2
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Better than yesterday but another day below PVGIS. Finally had sun around 3:30'ish when it was getting too late to be useful. 1.4 & 0.7 O's2 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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Not as good as yesterday with only 2.64.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria.2
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2.6 O's today, 20.8kWh. Annoyingly all crammed into the afternoon so poor utilisation.8kW (4kW WNW, 4kW SSE) 6kW inverter. 6.5kWh battery.2
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Well. I never expected this A/an
+ 0.4 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).3 -
Makes my 2.25 O's today look 🤮🤮Oscargrouch said:Well. I never expected this A/an + 0.4 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 -
Two days to report, and chalk & cheese.Yesterday: 2.35kWh, 0.86 O's
Today: 10.71kWh, 3.94 O'sN. 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.4 -
ggmf said:Better than yesterday but another day below PVGIS. Finally had sun around 3:30'ish when it was getting too late to be useful. 1.4 & 0.7 O's
How do you get a daily PVGIS? Do you just divide the monthly value by the number of days? Or did you get the daily profile to work?4.3kW PV, 3.6kW inverter. Octopus Agile import, gas Tracker. Zoe. Ripple x 3. Cheshire1
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