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.55 0’s - pass the wooden spoon 🤣Lancashire
PV 5.04kWp SW facing
Solar Battery 6.5 kWh
🐙 Intelligent Go
Mortgage freedom January 2024 - paid off 7 years early by making overpayments where we could.9 -
Down, down deeper and down 🎶1.15 O’s here.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.9
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0.71 Os today. The gloom never cleared.PPI success. Banding success. Double Dip PCN cancelled! South facing solar (Midlands) and battery. Savings Session supporter (is it worth it now!?)9
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I will never believe forecasts again, BBC said 8hrs sunny , solcast f/c 3.1 actually 0.9 Os, didn’t see the sun until 445

4.8kWp 12x400W Longhi 9.6 kWh battery Giv-hy 5.0 Inverter, WSW facing Essex . Aint no sunshine ☀️ Octopus gas fixed dec 24 @ 5.74 tracker again+ Octopus Intelligent Flux leccy9 -
2.21 O’s - relieved to break 1x O tbhLancashire
PV 5.04kWp SW facing
Solar Battery 6.5 kWh
🐙 Intelligent Go
Mortgage freedom January 2024 - paid off 7 years early by making overpayments where we could.8 -
2.65 O’s on the E coast 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.9
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Snap!SuzeQStan said:2.21 O’s - relieved to break 1x O tbh
A few shadows cast, after lunch, but it didn't seem to be for long enough to pile on many kWh. I was right to treat the forecast of dawn to dusk sunshine with suspicion, though.9 -
Overcast most of the day. Sun out around 2.45 then back in after 30 mins.
2.57 O's3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds9 -
0,65 O's yesterday and 1.7 O's today. Only consolation is I am at about 109% of PVGIS, but probably not for long5.5kWp Solar PV System. South herts, SE facing 12 panels. 6kw inverter, 5 kwh Battery. Apr 2025 install9
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2.46 O's todayOur green credentials: 12kW Samsung ASHP for heating, 7.2kWp Solar (South facing), Tesla Powerwall 3 (13.5kWh), Net exporter8
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