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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • tunnel
    tunnel Posts: 2,601 Forumite
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    edited 27 December 2014 at 11:42AM
    At last, my SSW has sprung into life, luckily it has solaredge and a 45 deg roof and was protected from the bulk of the snow(still covering a couple of panels), currently hitting 800Wh generation which is more than enough for everything currently being usedsmiley-happy019.gif


    edit:- Just hit 1kW generation, can put my travel kettle on now
    2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)
  • Fruit_and_Nut_Case
    Fruit_and_Nut_Case Posts: 4,617 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    Andy_WSM wrote: »
    9C and raining here in the SW. More likely to get heat stroke than snow ;)

    http://www.westonweather.co.uk/
    W-s-M in the SW? That's practically the Midlands :D
    Are you for real? - Glass Half Empty??
    :coffee:
  • Andy_WSM
    Andy_WSM Posts: 2,217 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Uniform Washer Rampant Recycler
    Fruit_and_Nut_Case wrote: »
    W-s-M in the SW? That's practically the Midlands :D

    Whilst I'm paying ridiculous Bristol/Wessex water charges & even more ridiculous SWEB electricity rates, it's not ;)

    We get fleeced down here. Seems the electrons struggle to make it "this far" South ;)

    edit - but at least I still get to say "It's grim up North" with a half joking mischiveous grin on my face ;)
  • Andy_WSM
    Andy_WSM Posts: 2,217 Forumite
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    4.4 kWh today - or 1.12 O's.

    I sunk 3kW of that into the underfloor heating. It makes a surprising difference not having a cold floor beneath your feet!
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,105 Forumite
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    0.17 O's today...and rain,rain,rain.:(

    Who said the days are getting longer:wall:
    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.
  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,379 Forumite
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    0.61 O's here today.
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • Sterlingtimes
    Sterlingtimes Posts: 2,563 Forumite
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    edited 27 December 2014 at 4:32PM
    Had I switched off Avatars, I would never have know what Tunnel looked like.
    I have osteoarthritis in my hands so I speak my messages into a microphone using Dragon. Some people make "typos" but I often make "speakos".
  • Sterlingtimes
    Sterlingtimes Posts: 2,563 Forumite
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    Poor day here near to Meriden. 0.4 Os. Now stand corrected in using DC rating of panels as denominator.
    I have osteoarthritis in my hands so I speak my messages into a microphone using Dragon. Some people make "typos" but I often make "speakos".
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    edited 27 December 2014 at 5:18PM
    Sterlingtimes wrote: »
    Had I switched off Avatars, I would never have know what Tunnel looked like.

    He has always been a good looking chap with a broad chest...smiley-confused005.gif
    Andy_WSM wrote: »
    4.4 kWh today - or 1.12 O's.

    I sunk 3kW of that into the underfloor heating. It makes a surprising difference not having a cold floor beneath your feet!

    Think you need to think higher than your feet...smiley-laughing021.gif

    0.68 O's for today, thought it may have got better stead of worse..nay mind, my name does not start with LEG; I look forward to the 9th of March..... coffee.gif

    Edit: What does one have to do to get a thanks from Stirling Moss: Edit: Times....(Fall off the God Damn Wall) smiley-laughing021.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).
  • tunnel
    tunnel Posts: 2,601 Forumite
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    As only my SSW sprang to life today then I can only work from that 0.99 O's, not bad to say it didn't get going till after 10am
    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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