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  • BossBob
    BossBob Posts: 69 Forumite
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    1.12 O’s today but I wasn’t even expecting that from the forecast!
    8 x Jinko Tiger Neo 54c 415W, Huawei 3k L1 HV ph Hybrid inverter and 2 x 5kWh LUNA batteries on 15° roof facing SW on the southern edge of Bristol.
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,105 Forumite
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    Another miserable day here…saved by some late Sun. 2.75 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.
  • EcoScruples
    EcoScruples Posts: 422 Forumite
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    Looked like a really poor day but at just over 2 O's we still managed to get the battery to 80% and stay grid free another day, all of April so far.
    4.3kwp JA panels, Huawei 3.68kw Hybrid inverter, Huawei 10kw Lunar 2000 battery, Myenergi eddi, South facing array with a 15 degree roof pitch, winter shade.
  • Coastalwatch
    Coastalwatch Posts: 3,727 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    3.2 O's today so under par once more and now looking unlikely to match pvgis this month.
    On a brighter note tomorrow sees the fifth anniversary of our 8.85 kWp system seen now to have averaged 9.298 MWh's/year or 1062 kWh's/1kW of panels installed. PVGIS forecast being 1039 kWh's.

    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.
  • Grandad2b
    Grandad2b Posts: 352 Forumite
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    edited 25 April 2023 at 2:17AM
    17.7KWh, 3.99 O's

    82% PVGIS
  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,380 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Very mixed day. Sunny one minute, dull and rainy the next. Far more dull than sun.

    Amazed at the total production for the day. 16.33 kWh or 4.11 O's

    Around 2 O's per day needed to make PVGIS.
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • Magnitio
    Magnitio Posts: 1,263 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Fourth Anniversary Name Dropper
    Another rubbish 1.85 O's yesterday. At least today's looking much better.
    Forecast for the next few days suggests PVGIS estimate is out of reach for the second month in a row.
    6.4kWp (16 * 400Wp REC Alpha) facing ESE + 5kW Huawei inverter + 10kWh Huawei battery. Buckinghamshire.
  • ggmf
    ggmf Posts: 819 Forumite
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    A day of 2 half's, great morning not so great afternoon, 6.2 & 4.456 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.
  • 94JDH
    94JDH Posts: 149 Forumite
    Fourth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper
    Those pesky clouds just robbed me! 41.65 kWh and 5.93 O's
    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)
  • Raxiel
    Raxiel Posts: 1,403 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    A respectable 3.2 O's yesterday.
    Today has been great though, with our first ever Maiden, 6 O's exactly! 21.61 kWh
    Barely scraped past the line though, due to something tripping the GCD at 3AM this morning, meaning we missed a good 90 minutes of morning sun.
    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
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