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0.49 Os todayPPI success. Banding success. Double Dip PCN cancelled! South facing solar (Midlands) and battery. Savings Session supporter (is it worth it now!?)5
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0.3 O’s today. Sent FITs reading in 👏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.5
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0.75 O's Improvement on the 1st but nothing to be happy about.
November total 141.09 kWh or 35.5 O's
3 kWh short of November mean average for system.
93.4 % of PVGIS 6th best out of 11 years.
3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds5 -
0.08 O's for yesterday and 0.78 O's today. So many "cba to do the maths" days in December.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 Outgoing5 -
0.59 Os today.PPI success. Banding success. Double Dip PCN cancelled! South facing solar (Midlands) and battery. Savings Session supporter (is it worth it now!?)5
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0.37 O's Sunny where I was for part of the day. Not the same above my house!
3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds5 -
0.47 o here so possibly not far off ave for Dec. Perhaps I ought to check!Edit. 0.84 apparently, so on an ave day we should receive 7.45 kWh's, not to be sniffed at in these darker times!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.5
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0.35 O’s today. 2024 looking like the worst year since install in 2011🤮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.6
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Another poor day, 0.25 Os.PPI success. Banding success. Double Dip PCN cancelled! South facing solar (Midlands) and battery. Savings Session supporter (is it worth it now!?)5
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0.42 O's a bit rubbish but need to remember that even a good day in December isn't very much more.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 Outgoing4
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