We're aware that some users are experiencing technical issues which the team are working to resolve. See the Community Noticeboard for more info. Thank you for your patience.
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

Options
1…10131014101610181019…3811

Comments

  • KevinG
    KevinG Posts: 2,086 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Wow, 5.52 Os today, didn't think it was that sunny.
    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.
  • rosythfifer
    rosythfifer Posts: 92 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    3.39 Os today.

    While we are on the subject, I use a push me pull me rotary. Far better cut and I spend far less time cutting the grass. Thats without the hassle of trailing leads and sorting out the rats nest of cable.
    2.43 from 9 x 270 Trina panels. Samil solar river 2600 inverter. Due South. 30 pitch. East coast of Scotland just North of Forth bridge.
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Ooohhh dear, oh dear, another boring Hawaii + 0.32 O's may have been O.329 but hey ho, whose counting???...... smiley-confused005.gif......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).
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Andy_WSM wrote: »
    For those with Energyhive / Wattson dashboards, I have submitted a support ticket as the "month view" doesn't appear to be working correctly on mine - and on a couple of yours that I have checked.

    Seems to be working okay with mine, tonight anyway....smiley-confused005.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).
  • jimmyboy420
    jimmyboy420 Posts: 1,004 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    asturdy2 wrote: »
    3rd consecutive Hawaii 5.6 O's 20.3kw, best day since beginning of august last year.

    Nice! In the end my 5.793 Os today was my best since 31st July!
    3.924kWp (12X327Wp SunPower). SolarEdge SE3500 inverter.
    Surrey/SE. 30 degree roof pitch, chimney shading from mid afternoon.
  • zeupater
    zeupater Posts: 5,389 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    After yesterday providing the best generation since 2nd week of August last year, today just ended up as the best day since yesterday .... :D .... keep this up for the rest of the week and we'll be back on target for the month ....
    "We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit. " ...... Aristotle
    B)
  • Andy_WSM
    Andy_WSM Posts: 2,217 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Uniform Washer Rampant Recycler
    Oscargrouch wrote: »
    Seems to be working okay with mine, tonight anyway....smiley-confused005.gif

    Yours was one of the ones I checked which wasn't working. They've got a database issue somewhere. My dashboard reckons I've only used 1 kWh a day this month - in an all electric house. I wish!

    If I use the week view it's working correctly, just not monthly at the moment and has been that way since the end of March.
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Andy_WSM wrote: »
    Yours was one of the ones I checked which wasn't working. They've got a database issue somewhere. My dashboard reckons I've only used 1 kWh a day this month - in an all electric house. I wish!

    If I use the week view it's working correctly, just not monthly at the moment and has been that way since the end of March.
    Yep, see what yer mean.....that's an EnergyHive issue as I understand it, they host the data base for Energeno.....coffee.gif

    Mine seems to be performing well and within 5% ish accurate. http://wattson.energyhive.com/dashboard/oscarsenergy
    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).
  • Sterlingtimes
    Sterlingtimes Posts: 2,524 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    At 4.73 Os yesterday, I am still short of the 5 that others are now routinely achieving. It may just be that early to mid-morning tree shading is compromising my overall score.
    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".
  • EricMears
    EricMears Posts: 3,308 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Andy_WSM wrote: »
    Couldn't start the petrol mower, no matter what I did, new fuel, cleaned plug, drill on flywheel - nothing. I've got a feeling i'm going to find mice have eaten the wiring when I unbolt all the covers
    I've had a similar problem with my rotovator this week. I drove it into my machinery shed last autumn but have just spent a couple of days persuading it to start.

    There are only three things that will stop a petrol engine from running : blocked air filter, lack of fuel or lack of spark.

    I thought I'd sussed the first two by taking off air cleaner to access carburettor bowl (and of course checking it was clean as I did it) then removing bowl and checking that liquid moved from tank to carb when I opened tap - it did. Convinced it was ignition, I moved machine to garage, removed (& cleaned) spark plug then clamped plug to air filter bracket with a 'mole' wrench and turned engine over. I hadn't been able to see a spark when I tried that out in garden but in garage with door shut it was easier to see it.

    So, back to fuel system. I took carburettor bowl off again - but this time because I was in the garage I was a bit more careful and collected the petrol in a glass jar. Noticed a few drops of water in that jar (thank goodness I used a glass one !) so decided to drain off a pint of petrol into a bigger jar to find that it was 3/4 petrol and 1/4 water. Next lot of drained fuel was all petrol so I put it back together and it started fine.

    But I'm still puzzled why it happened. Machine is at least ten years old and it's stood idle every winter since I've had it but has never been a problem starting in spring. Can only think that ten years worth of condensation had built up to a level where it became significant.
    NE Derbyshire.4kWp S Facing 17.5deg slope (dormer roof).24kWh of Pylontech batteries with Lux controller BEV : Hyundai Ioniq5
★ ★ ★ Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 351K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.1K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 453.6K Spending & Discounts
  • 244K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 598.9K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 176.9K Life & Family
  • 257.3K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.1K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.6K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.
Update Your Picture