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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    edited 9 January 2015 at 3:59PM
    And today started off so well; I knew it was tempting fate when I decided to cook a 3Kg joint of Smoked Gammon...smiley-confused013.gif
    http://wattson.energyhive.com/dashboard/oscarsenergy
    http://www.energyhive.com/dashboard/oscarsenergy

    Ended the day at 1.05 O's, got me gammon to look forward to though.......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).
  • 1961Nick
    1961Nick Posts: 2,107 Forumite
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    0.68 O's

    Started well but finished poorly.
    4kWp (black/black) - Sofar Inverter - SSE(141°) - 30° pitch - North Lincs
    Installed June 2013 - PVGIS = 3400
    Sofar ME3000SP Inverter & 5 x Pylontech US2000B Plus & 3 x US2000C Batteries - 19.2kWh
  • Andy_WSM
    Andy_WSM Posts: 2,217 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Uniform Washer Rampant Recycler
    Generally a dull day here. 0.57 O's (2.26kWh)
  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,382 Forumite
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    Poor day here peaked at 1.63 Kwh and ended up with 0.91 O'ssmiley-happy088.gif
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,105 Forumite
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    Bottom of the class for me then....0.47 O's today:D

    Must try harder:mad:
    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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    1961Nick wrote: »
    Surely that's cheating!:)
    Nah, just don't want the wooden spoon every daysmiley-laughing014.gif
    legoman62 wrote: »
    Bottom of the class for me then....0.47 O's today:D
    0.8 O's on me SSW, just can't be bothered to check the others, besides if I did then I'm sure I'd be getting this 12356.png
    2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)
  • Sterlingtimes
    Sterlingtimes Posts: 2,563 Forumite
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    Three quarters of an O collected again in a concentrated time window.
    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".
  • theboylard
    theboylard Posts: 1,211 Forumite
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    Sun must have been up early and clouded over later - 5.123 kWh and 1.28 ho's :)

    Happy days!
    4kWp, SSE, SolarEdge P300 optimisers & SE3500 Inverter, in occasionally sunny Corby, Northants.
    Now with added Sunsynk 5kw hybrid ecco inverter & 15kWh Fogstar batteries. Oh Octopus Energy too.
  • Martyn1981
    Martyn1981 Posts: 15,576 Forumite
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    tunnel wrote: »
    Nah, just don't want the wooden spoon every daysmiley-laughing014.gif


    0.8 O's on me SSW, just can't be bothered to check the others, besides if I did then I'm sure I'd be getting this 12356.png

    That is the downside of having multi-aspect non (due) south panels. I got 0.25 Os yesterday. :(

    If I played this game every day I'd have more spoons than Alanis Morissette "...... when all you want is a knife." ;)

    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.
  • tunnel
    tunnel Posts: 2,601 Forumite
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    Martyn1981 wrote: »
    If I played this game every day I'd have more spoons than Alanis Morissette "...... when all you want is a knife." ;)
    At least if I post them individually I'm confident it won't be a 2 horse race for the wooden spoon every day between you and myself Mart....no harm levelling the playing field...... smiley-dance011.gif
    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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