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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • theboylard
    theboylard Posts: 1,211 Forumite
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    2.92 ho's yesterday, putting me just 18kWh short of the monthly target! Unless something miraculous happens, I'll pass the target with a few watts to spare!!
    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.
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,004 Forumite
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    Oscargrouch wrote: »
    Tell me; do you live on the coast? Thinking seagull shitaroony.....roflmao.gif

    3.8 O's today.....coffee.gif

    Yes, but my panels are spotless (just checked).;)

    I can almost touch/clean the lower 8 with a small pair of steps:)

    If I did have anything on them it's been removed over the last few days:eek:
    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.
  • Martyn1981
    Martyn1981 Posts: 15,410 Forumite
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    legoman62 wrote: »
    I can almost touch/clean the lower 8 with a small pair of steps:)

    Won't that scratch them? Shirley a soft brush and water would be better. ;)

    Mart.
    Mart. Cardiff. 8.72 kWp PV systems (2.12 SSW 4.6 ESE & 2.0 WNW). 20kWh 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.
  • ely_ellis
    ely_ellis Posts: 141 Forumite
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    Martyn1981 wrote: »
    Won't that scratch them? Shirley a soft brush and water would be better. ;)

    Mart.

    Nice... :rotfl:
    Martin (With an I)

    4.00 kWp System, 15° East of South, 35° Pitch, 16 (250w) x 8.33 Eternity Panels, Solaredge Optimisers and SE4000(16A) inverter, iBoost. Just North of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.
  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,259 Forumite
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    Unless a miracle happens it ain't gonna get much better so here goes! only producing 135 Wh

    1.71 O's (6.78 kWh) my worst day since 10th April

    Need 3.96 kWh to make Estimate! Could be close!:D

    Need 110 kWh to beat 2014. :eek:


    My first reading this morning was 1.45....... I thinks wow ;)that was great at 07:30 then I saw it was Wh not kWh. :rotfl:
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,004 Forumite
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    Between all the rain I somehow managed 2.3 O's today:D

    My panels do not need any more washing:(

    July PVGIS has gone from easy peasy to mission impossible:eek:
    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
    Sterlingtimes Posts: 2,528 Forumite
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    2.42 Os. 410/416 = 98.56% of July PVGIS.
    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".
  • Markj1110
    Markj1110 Posts: 912 Forumite
    legoman62 wrote: »
    Between all the rain I somehow managed 2.3 O's today:D

    My panels do not need any more washing:(

    July PVGIS has gone from easy peasy to mission impossible:eek:

    Interesting, I also managed 2.3 O's - my panels don't need any more cleaning either!!
    3.96 kWp System, SSE Facing, 30 Degree Pitch, 12 x 330W BenQ Panels, Solar Edge Inverter, Lincoln, Lincolnshire. Installed 26th May 2015.
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    legoman62 wrote: »
    Yes, but my panels are spotless (just checked).;)

    I can almost touch/clean the lower 8 with a small pair of steps:)
    Martyn1981 wrote: »
    Won't that scratch them? Shirley a soft brush and water would be better. ;)
    Mart.

    Don't forget Mart, we are talking Leggo here, so they are bound to be plastic. :rotfl:

    2.9 O's here today.....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).
  • ely_ellis
    ely_ellis Posts: 141 Forumite
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    Must have been fantastic weather at home, got an amazing 28'O's...
    No, wait a minute, oops decimal trouble, that would be 2.8 'O's... and one Doh!
    Martin (With an I)

    4.00 kWp System, 15° East of South, 35° Pitch, 16 (250w) x 8.33 Eternity Panels, Solaredge Optimisers and SE4000(16A) inverter, iBoost. Just North of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.
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