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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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Some Rain, Wind, Hail, Sleet and Snow today but managed...2.04 O's ......
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:
Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).0 -
Torrential rain til after lunch, then a little sunshine so 0.9 O's 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.0
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Didn't make an O, only managed just over 1/2 an O....
....0.68 O's..... 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:
Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).0 -
End of FIT quarter today, 268kWh generated since mid-November.
For comparison, generation for same quarter in previous years:
2010-11, 190
2011-12, 285
2012-13, 225
2013-14, 268Everything will be alright in the end so, if it’s not yet alright, it means it’s not yet the endQuidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur0 -
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Yesterday was a very dull day, so I was not expecting much power generation. I monitor the power of my two systems on Owl monitors in my office. At 9:30am the second system on my garage appeared to have gone to sleep - it was quite dark and the rain was falling hard. There was still no output at 10:30am. Rather than brave the weather I decided to see what the SE on-line monitoring portal said. It showed there was no connection to the inverter. Raincoats and wellingtons on it was a trip down the garden to the garage. Wind had caused something to hit the cover on the garage consumer unit and the lid had been knocked off and that in turn had switched off several of the circuit breakers. Power was restored to the inverter and generation restarted. Still only managed to generate 683Wh.
Dave FSolar PV System 1: 2.96kWp South+8 degrees. Roof 38 degrees. 'Normal' system
Solar PV System 2: 3.00kWp South-4 degrees. Roof 28 degrees. SolarEdge system
EV car, Evec charger
Lux LXP 3600 ACS + 6 x 2.4kWh Aoboet LFP 2400 battery storage. Installed Feb 2021
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After yesterdays 2kWh(0.summat O's) the sun is shining brightly, time to turn everything on..... and quick before the next storm arrives:eek:2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)0
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A very welcome 2.36 O's today and the wife put the dishwasher on:shocked: nothing else.....just the dishwasher, why do i bother:mad:2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)0
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Fantastic day here - 12.66 kWh (first double digit day this year !)
Alas, I had to go out for much of day but at least the immersion heater had a bit of a boost. If the forecasters are to be believed (and I don't often
) that will have to last me till Sunday. NE Derbyshire.4kWp S Facing 17.5deg slope (dormer roof).24kWh of Pylontech batteries with Lux controller BEV : Hyundai Ioniq50 -
.... Did she look good in it ???, bet it was a little 'scratchy' ....A very welcome 2.36 O's today and the wife put the dishwasher on:shocked: nothing else.....just the dishwasher, why do i bother:mad:
"We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit. " ...... Aristotle0
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