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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • Vomityspice
    Vomityspice Posts: 637 Forumite
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    1.47 O's today's!
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    On the way up.....1.12 O's.....smiley-think005.gifcoffee.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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    edited 23 December 2013 at 8:59AM
    Oscargrouch wrote: »
    On the way up.....1.12 O's.....smiley-think005.gifcoffee.gif
    On the way down:( 0.625 O's yesterday, with less to come today:D

    Edit. Almost 9.00am and I've made......1 watt
    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.
  • InVestor_2
    InVestor_2 Posts: 270 Forumite
    Oscargrouch wrote: »
    Would that be 0.05 O's by chance..? :rotfl:

    The differing weather for people shows just what a nonsense the 'O' is

    £3.30 yesterday (6.8 kWh)

    All up hill now :)
  • John_Pierpoint
    John_Pierpoint Posts: 8,401 Forumite
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    edited 23 December 2013 at 11:54AM
    legoman62 wrote: »
    On the way down:( 0.625 O's yesterday, with less to come today:D

    Edit. Almost 9.00am and I've made......1 watt

    My inverter will have turned itself off at a generation as low as that.

    Watt hour ?

    3,600 joules ?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joule
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watt

    I wish you all a merry Xmas and hope your family will be impressed by your mega joules.
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,105 Forumite
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    John_Pierpoint wrote: »
    My inverter will have turned itself off at a generation as low as that

    It was my day yield on Sunny Explorer of 1 Wh

    According to S/E at 9.00am this morning, I was making 0.012kWh:D
    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.
  • tunnel
    tunnel Posts: 2,601 Forumite
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    0.048 O's for me today. Lucky it did that with the cr*ppy weather, at least its not snow....yet!!
    2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)
  • Vomityspice
    Vomityspice Posts: 637 Forumite
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    0.077 O's.....

    Another poor day of very little generation.
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,105 Forumite
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    A windy, dull and dark day here, with lots of rain = 0.075 O's:D
    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.
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    InVestor wrote: »
    The differing weather for people shows just what a nonsense the 'O' is

    £3.30 yesterday (6.8 kWh)

    All up hill now :)

    Thank goodness the "differing weather" makes no odds to the kWh readings......:T:T smiley-think005.gif :rotfl:
    legoman62 wrote: »
    On the way down:( 0.625 O's yesterday, with less to come today:D

    Edit. Almost 9.00am and I've made......1 watt

    Well done you...:beer: I only made 200 of them all day, in 'real money'... and forsaking any feel better factor... 0.08 O's....today smiley-laughing021.gifcoffee.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).
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