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1.4 O's yesterday. Averaged 1.62 O's so far this month compared to 3 O's last year.
6.4kWp (16 * 400Wp REC Alpha) facing ESE + 5kW Huawei inverter + 10kWh Huawei battery. Buckinghamshire.6 -
I've not really kept up with my O's lately, as long as everything is working fine these days i'm a happy bunny. Although today doesn't look good it'll be backed up by the wind and as i'm on agile i'll be filling my batteries for the princely sum of around 15p.....keeps my power hungry kids happy for another day at leastMartyn1981 said:3.9 yesterday, so a welcome boost. Mostly rain today, but sun forecast for Wed, possibly through to Fri.
2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)7 -
1.27 Os. Had better. Had worse.
Might stop posting the Os for a while once it gets really poor. 😬PPI success. Banding success. Double Dip PCN cancelled! South facing solar (Midlands) and battery. Savings Session supporter (is it worth it now!?)4 -
Another rather poor day here in Bath but not a total washout: 7.9 kWh, 1.65 Os.
It did mean I didn't feel so bad about switching off the inverter to install my new 15 kWh Seplos battery though!
Solar install June 2022, Bath
4.8 kW array, Growatt SPH5000 inverter, 1x Seplos Mason 280L V3 battery 15.2 kWh.
SSW roof. ~22° pitch, BISF house. 12 x 400W Hyundai panels5 -
2 O’s due to late sunshine 👏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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In keeping here it seems, 1.2 O'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.3 -
3.46 Os today.PPI success. Banding success. Double Dip PCN cancelled! South facing solar (Midlands) and battery. Savings Session supporter (is it worth it now!?)4
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After a couple of duff days above ave today at 3.9 O's about 93% compared to pvgis at this time of the month.
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.4 -
Sun at last! Mixed with lightning, wind and heavy rain. 3.59 O's
6.4kWp (16 * 400Wp REC Alpha) facing ESE + 5kW Huawei inverter + 10kWh Huawei battery. Buckinghamshire.4 -
1.775 O’s yesterday16 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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