Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

EricMears

nobby1963 wrote: »

So the point is that it's a way of comparing generation that levels out the difference between people's system sizes ?

Yes, but system size is just one of the factors that dictate a panel system's output. If the other half of your semi has identical type of panels & inverter then it would give you a good idea if any faults were developing in your system (or theirs). However, it's completely useless for comparing systems in different locations or with different roof geometry etc.

zeupater

Andy_WSM wrote: »

So, this was happening this morning in my hallway...

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Seems the hot water storage tank has decided it no longer wants to store water

Had to drain the tank (of hot water!) down as I poked where the drip was coming out and the drip turned to a gush! Looks like the tank is scrap due to corrosion :(:(

.... probably a direct result of turning the heating off and letting the house get cold .... frozen pipes, thermal contraction, upset cold pixies, or, more likely, MrsA with a screwdriver having earlier told you not to do it or there'd be consequences (queue violins to play psycho shower music) ... screech, screech, stab, stab, gush .... _pale_

Keep Dry
Z

tunnel

EricMears wrote: »

However, it's completely useless for comparing systems in different locations or with different roof geometry etc.

You may not approve of it Eric but as Andy says below

Andy_WSM wrote: »

it's a bit of fun.

You're not by any chance worried of getting the wooden spoon in the winter months with your shallow roof?

Sterlingtimes

I don't really appear to be a 5 O man, but yesterday I got 20,100 / 3,780 = 5.32 Os.


Of considerable more importance, I appear to be using 70% of my own generated power. That is helped by Grandpa Sterling, Mrs Sterling and Master (Law Student) Sterling being in the house during the day.

Sterlingtimes

Andy_WSM wrote: »

So, this was happening this morning in my hallway...



Seems the hot water storage tank has decided it no longer wants to store water

Is that Artex? Following a similar series of events, I finally got rid of mine. You can never match it up. It is an inconvenience and a mess but once you are back to plaster it is relatively easy to cop with future episodes.

Andy_WSM

zeupater wrote: »

.... probably a direct result of turning the heating off and letting the house get cold .... frozen pipes, thermal contraction, upset cold pixies, or, more likely, MrsA with a screwdriver having earlier told you not to do it or there'd be consequences (queue violins to play psycho shower music) ... screech, screech, stab, stab, gush .... _pale_

Keep Dry
Z

:rotfl: LOL. Lucky for me, there is no MrsA.

So, 2 good neighbours later and I have a Redring Powerstream 12kW instantaneous heater providing on demand hot water throughout - awesome. Hot water tank disconnected for now. I just had a shower - you can see the "bump" in my graph. :rotfl:

http://wattson.energyhive.com/dashboard/AndyW

Sterlingtimes wrote: »

Is that Artex? Following a similar series of events, I finally got rid of mine. You can never match it up. It is an inconvenience and a mess but once you are back to plaster it is relatively easy to cop with future episodes.

Yeah I hate the stuff too. I'm waiting for my lottery win so I can move out, have the place rebuilt and move back in to a super eco green home. Not just yet though...

EricMears

tunnel wrote: »

You may not approve of it Eric but as Andy says below




You're not by any chance worried of getting the wooden spoon in the winter months with your shallow roof?

Not in the least worried - but I fail to see any 'fun' in calculating a meaningless ratio. For even more such 'fun' , have you considered working out the number of seconds since the 1st Jan then dividing that by PI ?

Andy_WSM

EricMears wrote: »

Not in the least worried - but I fail to see any 'fun' in calculating a meaningless ratio. For even more such 'fun' , have you considered working out the number of seconds since the 1st Jan then dividing that by PI ?

Better than !!!!!!!

theboylard

Andy_WSM wrote: »

Better than !!!!!!!

Hmmmm.... Maybe!!


/trying to think of something witty without giving away any of my secret fetishes or deviant behaviors ...

KevinG

EricMears wrote: »

Not in the least worried - but I fail to see any 'fun' in calculating a meaningless ratio. For even more such 'fun' , have you considered working out the number of seconds since the 1st Jan then dividing that by PI ?

Gosh, how many times have we had this argument? It is not meaningless, it is extremely useful for comparison and we all know its limitations. Anyway I've comfortably exceed a sixer today so well happy. Last time that happened was 4th July.