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I'd take that! 0.85 O's here today🤔Coastalwatch said:Not good here, only 1.67.16 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 -
0.2kWhrs today. Think there might have been snow on the panels?
Anyway, Thursday was gloriously bright and sunny for nearly the whole day. I thought it might be interesting to see a sunny winter day profile next to a sunny summer day profile.
4.3kW PV, 3.6kW inverter. Octopus Agile import, gas Tracker. Zoe. Ripple x 3. Cheshire5 -
Better day, 1.494.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria.3
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Yesterday was the 2nd worst of the month. Today was 2nd best of the month.
Saturday 0.202 O's
Today 2.25 O's
3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds4 -
Was doing quite well for such a poor day, then the snow blanketed the panels 0.3 & 0.2 O's, no public transport now running here, Amazon tried to do a delivery in our road and became stuck, driver has had to abandon his van, ,many cars crashing locally due to the black ice, take care out there.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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With thick cloud forecast for much of the day seems we were lucky to escape with 0.95 O's. So a gnat's over par!
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.3 -
Freezing cold foggy day here today = 0.45 '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.3
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Snow on the panels and under 1kWh generated last 2 days. I'll leave off reporting until it's worth bothering to do the calculations
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 -
You need to put some Fairy Liquid on your panels so the snow just slides off!Alnat1 said:Snow on the panels and under 1kWh generated last 2 days. I'll leave off reporting until it's worth bothering to do the calculations
3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds3 -
Thick fog today so wouldn't make much difference anyway
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
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