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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • EricMears
    EricMears Posts: 3,320 Forumite
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    John_Pierpoint wrote: »
    being East of the M1 makes all the difference; well until about 14:00 anyway.

    I've always thought of West of M1 being "the sunny side of the street" :D
    NE Derbyshire.4kWp S Facing 17.5deg slope (dormer roof).24kWh of Pylontech batteries with Lux controller BEV : Hyundai Ioniq5
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    Well it's been worse this month, but not a lot; 00.400 O's......coffee.gif
    2.5 kWp PV system, SSW facing, 45 Deg Roof. ABB Inverter, Monitor: 'Wattson'.
    Reg. for FIT Nov 2011. "It's not what you generate; it's how you use it that matters". One very clean Vauxhall Diesel Sri, £30.00 Road Tax: B)

    Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,105 Forumite
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    0.425 O's today:D
    Need 9.5 O's this month to hit 3600kWh for the year....tough ask:question:
    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.
  • shafeeq
    shafeeq Posts: 973 Forumite
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    0.29 O's generated today. ..
  • Kernel_Sanders
    Kernel_Sanders Posts: 3,617 Forumite
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    jevban wrote: »
    Hi Martyn
    just sent you a pm
    Jan
    Kernel_Sanders wrote: »
    Couldn't you have just PMd him with that info?
    jevban wrote: »
    I did do...sorry...forum etiquette and all that
    :wall:I meant the info that I quoted; 'twas a joke you see!
  • John_Pierpoint
    John_Pierpoint Posts: 8,401 Forumite
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    EricMears wrote: »
    I've always thought of West of M1 being "the sunny side of the street" :D

    Drier than Rome:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH44Ekt5n40
  • Martyn1981
    Martyn1981 Posts: 15,575 Forumite
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    Kernel_Sanders wrote: »
    :wall:I meant the info that I quoted; 'twas a joke you see!

    Hiya KS. I did think it was funny.

    Sorry peeps for the disturbance, Jan is having a tough time regarding her new toy, and I couldn't be more out of my depth if you tied me to a rock and dumped me in the middle of the Atlantic - easy now, stop getting ideas!

    So I've found her a little help and assistance from the Navitron techies.

    Should say, it's all generation related ...... well it it all is I suppose at the end of the day?

    Is anyone having a good December? My gen is ruddy awful. Had a respectable 2.5kWhs on Sat, but sandwiched between two days of 0.1kWh.

    Mart.
    Mart. Cardiff. 8.72 kWp PV systems (2.12 SSW 4.6 ESE & 2.0 WNW). 28kWh battery storage. Two A2A units for cleaner heating. Two BEV's for cleaner driving.

    For general PV advice please see the PV FAQ thread on the Green & Ethical Board.
  • jackieblack
    jackieblack Posts: 10,595 Forumite
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    We're on target, but only because December target is pretty low.
    Lots of 1s and 2s, but generated 4kWh one day last week!
    (Have exceeded December target for last 3 years)
    Everything will be alright in the end so, if it’s not yet alright, it means it’s not yet the end
    Quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur
  • John_Pierpoint
    John_Pierpoint Posts: 8,401 Forumite
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    edited 16 December 2013 at 3:08PM
    Martyn1981 wrote: »

    Sorry peeps for the disturbance, Jan is having a tough time regarding her new toy, and I couldn't be more out of my depth if you tied me to a rock and dumped me in the middle of the Atlantic - easy now, stop getting ideas!

    .

    Very difficult time to evaluate the generation, when even unshaded panels facing due south are in trouble getting two figure generation in kWhs per day.
    I have a relative with panels facing all over the place but he is using Solar Edge.
    My last 2 figure day in kWh and Os:
    10.55 2.9 23/11 Saturday
  • tunnel
    tunnel Posts: 2,601 Forumite
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    A N Other poor day today of 0.153 O's


    My systems don't seem to be doing too badly overall this month. My ESE & SSW are both slightly down yet my WNW is actually about 10% up, not bad when it only has some sort of sun on it for a couple of hours a day.
    2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)
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