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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • Grandad2b
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    Merlin139 said:
    Grandad2b said:
    Newbie here... 
    What's these O's?
    Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).

    Taken from Oscargrough's Signature.

    Below is words that we have used to describe the number of O's 

    2 O's = Bond, As in 007
    3 O's = TyphOOO
    4 O's = Winks, 40 winks
    5 O's = Hawaii, Hawaii 5 O
    6 O's = Maiden, 6 balls in an over
    7 O's = Heaven, in 7th Heaven
    8 O's = Potato's 8 O's sounds like Potatoes!
    Sounds like that might be what my inverter reports as full load hours. 

    Alnat1 said:
    O's are a good way of levelling us all, so the ones with big arrays don't always "win"  ;)
    I see - favours those of us with south facing arrays :) Which is good for me.
  • Grandad2b
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    Grandad2b said:
    Merlin139 said:
    Grandad2b said:
    Newbie here... 
    What's these O's?
    Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).

    Sounds like that might be what my inverter reports as full load hours. 
    Yes, almost certainly full load hours on my installation. Sadly the output is being held back by the inverter which is rated at 3.6kW.
  • Raxiel
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    Sun hasn't set yet, but set a new record for highest production since installation last October.
    13.02kWh or 3.6 O's

    An O of O's, I suppOse...
    3.6 kW PV in the Midlands - 9x Sharp 400W black panels - 6x facing SE and 3x facing SW, Solaredge Optimisers and Inverter. 400W Derril Water (one day). Octopus Flux
  • Grandad2b
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    16.1kWh; 3.63 O's
  • Alnat1
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    1st Typhooo since 17th Oct

    16.2kWh 3.09 O's
    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 Outgoing 
  • ggmf
    ggmf Posts: 819 Forumite
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    1.1 & 0.939 O's
    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.
  • Coastalwatch
    Coastalwatch Posts: 3,727 Forumite
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    1.3, 1.13, 0.99 & 1.45 O's for the last four days together with some pretty grim days ahead according to the forecast. Currently sitting at 59% compared to that forecast.
    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.
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,105 Forumite
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    Well that was out of the blue! 3.375 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.
  • Merlin139
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    edited 7 March 2023 at 10:16PM
    Best day of the year for my system. Lovely sunny day. A few ups and downs.

    19.9 kWh or Hawaii + 0.0063 O's

    The cold temp and wind chil was the main reason for such a good score.
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • 94JDH
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    TyphOOO(3.2 O's) for me which I don't think is too bad on an East West system, flat roof at 10 degrees ( 22.6Wh)
    PV total 19.8 kW system:
    23 x 420W East/West split over two flat roof areas at 10 degrees inclination.
    13 x 390W South spit over two flat roof areas at 5 to 20 degrees inclination.
    6 x 390W south wall mounted at 90 degrees inclination.
    7 x 390W West wall mounted at 90 degrees inclination.
    2 x 5 kW hybrid inverters
    4 x 9.5 kWh batteries (38 kWh total)
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