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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • edwink
    edwink Posts: 3,009 Forumite
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    jimmyboy420 wrote: »
    So the answer is nope.

    What does that stand for?....?

    No pigeon excrement?


    YOU SAID "MIRRORS"


    I REPLIED "NOPE" - AS IN NO MIRRORS!!!!!


    You are right in one respect - NO PIGEON POO either!!!!!!!!!!!!


    Edwink ;)
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  • jimmyboy420
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    edwink wrote: »
    HI Oscar sorry the answer is NOPE!!!!
    edwink wrote: »
    ANSWER IS NOPE!!!!
    edwink wrote: »
    NOPE DID NOT DO THAT
    Edwink ;)

    edwink wrote: »
    NOPE!!!! Tried that once and it did not work!!!! :rotfl:

    Edwink ;)

    forgive my confusion.... come on, give it up?
    3.924kWp (12X327Wp SunPower). SolarEdge SE3500 inverter.
    Surrey/SE. 30 degree roof pitch, chimney shading from mid afternoon.
  • Martyn1981
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    jimmyboy420 wrote: »
    forgive my confusion.... come on, give it up?

    Go on winky, give it up!

    Actually, the answer/solution is one I'd love to do, and being the north half of a semi-detached, with E/W panels, would help my generation considerably. But being only half of the semi, means I'd get told off (or arrested :o), if I went and 'did it'.

    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.
  • Oscargrouch
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    edited 14 July 2014 at 11:14PM
    Not going to get involved any more...4.56 O's....coffee.gif Nearly missed the Midnight deadline; thanks Edwink.....tears-of-joy-smiley-emoticon.gif Big question is....... 12:00 today or yesterday....got to be yesterday as today is 12:01 or 24:00+ something. 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).
  • edwink
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    edited 15 July 2014 at 12:22AM
    AND THE ANSWER IS:- WE HAD OUR
    CHIMNEY REMOVED!!:rotfl:


    Edwink ;) Oh Nearly forgot a/an Hawaii + 34
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  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,105 Forumite
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    Nice day here yesterday, made 4.47 O's:)

    Rest of the week looking good too:T
    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.
  • lstar337
    lstar337 Posts: 3,443 Forumite
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    edwink wrote: »
    AND THE ANSWER IS:- WE HAD OUR
    CHIMNEY REMOVED!!:rotfl:


    Edwink ;) Oh Nearly forgot a/an Hawaii + 34
    Without knowing any of your history I was going to say that!

    I thought you made it obvious when you said:
    Always had rubbish generation in the mornings. Until now that is!!!!
    That something causing shading had been removed, and that it was most likely a chimney stack!

    Should have said earlier but thought it was a closed competition!:(
  • jimmyboy420
    jimmyboy420 Posts: 1,004 Forumite
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    lstar337 wrote: »
    Without knowing any of your history I was going to say that!

    I thought you made it obvious when you said:
    That something causing shading had been removed, and that it was most likely a chimney stack!
    This also seemed likely to me, but because Oscar etc hadn't guessed it, and I also didn't know the history, I assumed there must be something more complicated going on that I didn't know about!

    Sometimes (often) the simplest solution is the best :)
    3.924kWp (12X327Wp SunPower). SolarEdge SE3500 inverter.
    Surrey/SE. 30 degree roof pitch, chimney shading from mid afternoon.
  • lstar337
    lstar337 Posts: 3,443 Forumite
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    jimmyboy420 wrote: »
    I assumed there must be something more complicated going on that I didn't know about!
    Same here, didn't want to look stupid in front of the big leagues! :rotfl:
  • tunnel
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    lstar337 wrote: »
    Same here, didn't want to look stupid in front of the big leagues! :rotfl:


    Without being naughty(cough) but isn't the stupid one Edwink for waiting nearly 3 years to remove the chimney, I mean.....all that FiT gone to waste...at 48p per unit(cough, splutter)


    Ps, only teasing Edwink smiley-laughing025.gif
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