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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,382 Forumite
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    Good day for sun here. Even with a few ups and downs!

    2.56 O's smiley-dance019.gif
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • Andy_WSM
    Andy_WSM Posts: 2,217 Forumite
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    .83 of an O here today (3.25kWh).

    Surprised the house is still parked in the same spot with the wind we had last night / this morning.
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,105 Forumite
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    0.92 O's here today on the windy E. Coast:)
    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.
  • Sterlingtimes
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    Merlin139 wrote: »
    Good day for sun here. Even with a few ups and downs!

    Great result, Merlin.

    Mrs Sterling and I were worried whether, having regard for the overnight winds, we would still have 14 panels in the morning. Trees are down on a nearby farm where we keep our horses, but solar panels are sound. Today, we had a wider time window and achieved 1.26 Os and still dumped a little to our immersion.
    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".
  • 1961Nick
    1961Nick Posts: 2,107 Forumite
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    1.02 O's for me today. I thought that was pretty good until I saw what Merlin had done.
    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
  • countryman_2
    countryman_2 Posts: 421 Forumite
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    Very windy but the bright sunshine brought in a respectable 1.1 O's today :)

    I didn't get chance to post on time but yesterdays total was 0.53 O's by the way.
    4kw PV fitted 4th July 2014 (Green Energy NW £5600). WSW facing, 30 deg Pitch, Unshaded, Samil Solar River inverter, 16 Solar World Mono panels, Iboost on Immersion Heater. located in mid Lincolnshire.
  • tunnel
    tunnel Posts: 2,601 Forumite
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    On my cheating SSW I made 1.7 O's today smiley-laughing025.gif
    2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)
  • Andy_WSM
    Andy_WSM Posts: 2,217 Forumite
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    tunnel wrote: »
    On my cheating SSW I made 1.7 O's today smiley-laughing025.gif

    It's OK, I'm going to start excluding my 2 panels that get shade from the neighbours roof this time of year until mid morning ;)
  • Merlin139
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    Sterlingtimes wrote: »
    Great result, Merlin.

    Mrs Sterling and I were worried whether, having regard for the overnight winds, we would still have 14 panels in the morning. Trees are down on a nearby farm where we keep our horses, but solar panels are sound. Today, we had a wider time window and achieved 1.26 Os and still dumped a little to our immersion.

    Very windy night here, but strangely enough I never gave the panels any thought about not being there. Lived in the Outer Hebridies on Benbecula for 2 and 1/2 years so we are used to strong gales, wind and RAIN!!!! mostly coming in sideways and not downwards.:rotfl:
    1961Nick wrote: »
    1.02 O's for me today. I thought that was pretty good until I saw what Merlin had done.

    We spent most of the day in York (30 miles due west) and that appeared a bit cloudy must have been lucky where the house is!:D
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • Oscargrouch
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    Merlin139 wrote: »
    Good day for sun here. Even with a few ups and downs!

    2.56 O's smiley-dance019.gif

    Jammy Dodger....:rotfl:
    legoman62 wrote: »
    0.92 O's here today on the windy E. Coast:)

    Snap!!!! 0.92 O's....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).
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