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Worst day in a while yesterday, and not looking better today..........
0.7 O`s!!!
Marvellous.3.975 kWp System, South facing, 21 degree pitch, 15 x Canadian Solar Elps, Samil Inverter, location NE Scotland (Fraserburgh) Bring on the Sun :beer:0 -
Worst day in a while yesterday, and not looking better today..........
0.7 O`s!!!
Marvellous.
Sh*t happens......this time of the year...:)
2.08 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 -
Even more of it (i.e less generation) in December !Oscargrouch wrote: »Sh*t happens......this time of the year...
2.08 O'sNE Derbyshire.4kWp S Facing 17.5deg slope (dormer roof).24kWh of Pylontech batteries with Lux controller BEV : Hyundai Ioniq50 -
4.37 Os for me today, over 2 x PVGIS!3.924kWp (12X327Wp SunPower). SolarEdge SE3500 inverter.
Surrey/SE. 30 degree roof pitch, chimney shading from mid afternoon.0 -
Just over 3 O's on my SSW today, can't be bothered to go outside now to check the others(so so cold...(nesh I know lol)).
Would've been great if we'd been in to take advantage of it too
2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)0 -
3.44 O's best day this month...

What's the betting on the next Hawaii....
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 -
I got an amazing 4.5 Os yesterday, best day for nearly a month.2kWp Solar PV - 10*200W Kioto, SMA Sunny Boy 2000HF, SSE facing, some shading in winter, 37° pitch, installed Jun-2011, inverter replaced Sep-2017 AND Feb-2022.0
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Oscargrouch wrote: »What's the betting on the next Hawaii....
April ! (or March if you're really lucky).NE Derbyshire.4kWp S Facing 17.5deg slope (dormer roof).24kWh of Pylontech batteries with Lux controller BEV : Hyundai Ioniq50 -
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But it was a particularly mild first few months of year. Unlikely to get two such years in a row (but I hope I'm wrong).My first "Hawaii" this year was on 9th March, practically February!NE Derbyshire.4kWp S Facing 17.5deg slope (dormer roof).24kWh of Pylontech batteries with Lux controller BEV : Hyundai Ioniq50
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